11-05-2004
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Join Date: Aug 2003
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Garage heat
I want to heat the garage this winter during the few projects, but am not sure which one to go with..
ignore the btu... what i am more currious is
PROPANE BLUE FLAME HEATER
PROPANE INFRARED RADIANT HEATER
i am clueless on the difference between the two..
I have a propane heater now, but when i use it moisture gets created on everything...
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45615
or
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45604
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11-05-2004
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Asshat King
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The only heater experience I have was with LB White heaters. I have never heard anything bad about LB White heaters and would recommend them to anyone. They are very common in farm shops and in animal housing so I'm sure one of them would nicely heat your garage Enes.
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Shut the garage door and turn on your car. No need to spend lots of money on a garage heater.
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The blue flame heater seems to be where the flame itself heats the air, where as the other heater radiates heat from an element that gets heated directly. That's my take on it... I'd take the infrared radiant heater over the other.
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Originally Posted by npaulseth
Shut the garage door and turn on your car. No need to spend lots of money on a garage heater.
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Funny thing is, thats what ive been doing the last few days. Since im working in my engine bay, after i shut it off, it keeps me nice n warm  We have a torpedo lookin thing that runs off propane, i wouldnt recommend that to anyone. Anyone that wants real heat shoud invest in a climate controlled system!! spend lots of money $$$
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11-05-2004
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Get one of those jet engine looking ones, i believe they are kerosene ones. very nice for heating.
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I can't belive I'm going to agree with Tom. But they heat up way faster then any propane ones I've used.
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and they are very bad for you too.. they release kerosine smoke which burns the eyes really really bad...
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11-05-2004
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A bixby corn stove. Its the only way to go.
And we could hook you up.
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how cheap are you talking about? and whats the fuel?
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11-05-2004
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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I've heard about heaters you can buy that burn used motor oil, you just change the filter every month or so. It sounds like a good idea, since I always have old oil sitting around...anyone else heard of such a thing?
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I just use two large electric radiator plug in type heaters. (old school)
They take about 20 minutes to get the garage up to temp but once they do they are very efficient. They also don't produce a flame which is good when your garage is full of fuel/chemicals.
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Originally Posted by Enes
how cheap are you talking about? and whats the fuel?
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corn. I've seen them, pretty good idea actually.
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or just get a barrel and some wood and throw a match, it seems to work fine for homeless people.
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11-05-2004
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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I know of several used oil heaters. They work very well and are the choise of enviromentalists. Do a google search on it and you will find a bunch of do it yourself styles useing old water heaters and new ones with climate controlls.
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11-05-2004
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I use this little LP heater that I got from menards last winter. It is about the size of a small stool and it runs on full blast on a 20 pound tank for about 40 hours. Nice and portable, no mounting or drilling through walls to run LP lines like the ones you are looking at (that I once looked at). I have a very poorly insulated 1 1/2 car garage and you wouldn't even be able to wear the lightest of sweaters while in the garage. And including the tank it only cost me 100 bux.
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11-06-2004
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Mr. Me Too
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Go bigger so you can change your oil in your t-shirt and boxers, even if its
-20 deg out side.
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11-06-2004
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Tha MIG Masta!
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My friend has a torpedo kerosine heater and I can't stand 'em. Burns my eyes and I swear that garage is gonna blow up the way that thing ignites and then the fumes in the air, not good. The used motor oil one sounds good, definetly gonna look into that.
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11-06-2004
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One more vote for Kerosene suxs balls. I use one in my uninsulated 3+ car garage with open second story. All the heat just goes up unless you are infront of it and it is 250,000 BTU. Used to be able to be infront of it for hours, now I can only stand it for a half an hour.
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11-08-2004
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Tha MIG Masta!
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I started looking into used oil heaters and so far it seems like a wash. Now I didn't dig to deep but they seem to typically use a gal of oil per hour and didn't see any from major manufacturers that would be good for a garage. Smallest/lightest unit was 250lbs and most, if not all require an air compressor too.
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