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I use one of these, I leave it set on 55° then turn it up when I am in the shop. Did not notice too much increase in elec bill last winter.

joedw00 wrote:

Infrared Heater.jpg

I use one of these, I leave it set on 55° then turn it up when I am in the shop. Did not notice too much increase in elec bill last winter.

That is exactly what I am using now. Looks just like it.

How much area are you heating?

John, that must be one heck of a heater or you my the real pure no odor kerosene? Not regular heating stuff. After seeing pics of your shop I would have thought you had a better system to go with all the rest of a A1 shop, but as most of us, only so much bling to go around.

ERLover wrote:John, that must be one heck of a heater or you my the real pure no odor kerosene? Not regular heating stuff. After seeing pics of your shop I would have thought you had a better system to go with all the rest of a A1 shop, but as most of us, only so much bling to go around.

Well it is just a 15 year old Sears blow torch burning kerosene from the gas station about 5 miles down the road. There is nothing special about it.

Since I never planed to heat 24/7 that is why the electric base board heaters in the bath room and the finishing room. As I said I have the heater to permanently install but because the blow torch works there has been no incentive to install the other one. I do think about it every time I have to go and get 5 Gal of kerosene.

It is not about the money it is about me being lazy and a system that works. You have sparked my interest so maybe it will get done soon.

When I lived in Oklahoma, (and had Model 10, #1) I had a real antique
wood-burning kitchen stove in the shop. LOVED that thing! 4 "burner"
stove, with a small-ish oven. Burned wood scraps, or cut-up pallets.
I would also cook on it, just for fun.

Here in Arizona, well, no house heater today, and I'm wearing cut-off
shorts. Although, I WAS able to do some work in the shop today. No
air conditioner out there.

steve

28'x24' detached garage/shop with 16' ceiling. Have a two ton Mitsubishi mini split heat pump for heating and cooling. Nice thing is that I can control the system via my phone or computer from anywhere using a Honeywell redlink internet gateway.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006BD1K4A/re ... uwb7K8XQKJ

When I first started woodworking I used my grandfather's large 30" x 30' garage with 20'+ ceilings and ran a corn stove and a wood stove at the same time to keep the -10 to +10 degrees F outside to a nice cozy 40 degrees inside.

Now I am in my 3rd stall of a 3-stall garage with the Shopsmith and have a small electric $20 heater I run for about an hour before I go out to take the chill off. I have been trying to get a nice 220v garage heater but alas the $$$ and the wife doesn't allow it. Since it's attached to the house it stays at around 40 degrees almost all winter which is workable in a t-shirt for a few hours, just need my stocking cap on and the small heater to warm up my hands every now and then.

**Minnesota by the way**

rjent wrote:

joedw00 wrote:

Infrared Heater.jpg

I use one of these, I leave it set on 55° then turn it up when I am in the shop. Did not notice too much increase in elec bill last winter.

That is exactly what I am using now. Looks just like it.

How much area are you heating?

14X24

Dick,
Checkout ProComm flameless propane/NG heaters.
My shop is 26X34 with a 10' ceiling. Detached and well insulated. Our water pressure pump and bladder tank are located in the shop. We definitely need the place to be above freezing.
I use a 5 plaque model like the one I linked to and leave it set at 1 for most of the winter. Keeps the shop at 40 during the coldest days. Turn it up to 2 when I'm in the shop.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/ ... oCcFXw_wcB

In Florida, we just use the sun XD