Garage heaters

arthuy

arthuy

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I am looking for some info.

I am looking to get a couple of Tubular heaters for the garage. They start off at 60watt so are pretty low.

Does anyone use these in their Garage? Mine is a fair size so was thinking one in each corner?

Any views?

Colin
 
Back in a previous life when I had a garage to heat, I had a couple of these that I'd rescued from the scrap skip at work. It was still fairly chilly in the winter - they're really designed for frost protection rather than human-heating.

Cheap to run though! :)
 
I used to use a 60 Watt one under the sump of my truck overnight, just to keep the underbonnet temp up and the oil a bit thinner to make it a bit easier to crank over in the mornings. I'm not sure it made much difference to the overall temperature inside the garage, and I think I would have needed more than 4 of them to make it warm(er) in there, but that is in a garage that's about 4500 cubic feet.
 
Can't see a couple of 60w heater having much effect in a garage, like leaving a couple of 60w lightbulbs on !

If you just want heat while you work, I'd go for one of the small gas blower heaters that run off calor gas. Just don't do any spraying at the same time, naked flames and thinner vapours don't mix !
 
I used to use two in a single garage, and I think it took the edge off things. No danger of stripping down to your skivvies though but it helped keep things a little more liveable. Good for making oil seals nice and pliable before fitting too :D
 
I've got an ancient bathroom infra red heater in my garage - the type with the element in a glass tube about 24" long .Think it's 750 watt
It warms up what it shines on - ie me , rather than the air
Definitely makes it less unbearable to be working at the bench
 
Thanks Guys,

it is just for taking the chill of the garage when the car is stored. I have Jumpers and other heaters for when I am in there.

I recently got some hefty electric bills and have gone right off of those Halogen ones which basically toast anything which is directly in front of it and burnt about a unit an hour each so are pretty pointless.

Coln
 
Yep, energy prices are pretty shocking at the moment, can't see it improving any time soon either. Our bills just keep going up and up, even after sending one child away to Uni. :(
 
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