Just picked up one of these tank-top heaters for the garage, wondering if anybody has any experience with them. Talked to a customer in home depot who talked me out of a kerosene unit, I don't like the sounds of $7/gal kerosene.. :confused:
Plus the smell.

This is the unit.

http://www.heater-store.com/images_templ/enlarged_images/2320i-lg.gif

I have a couple and they work great, just don't set anything near them as it's easy to under estimate the heat they put out:D

around here, Kerosene is only about $2.50 a gallon..

I have a feeling that it will take a week to heat a garage with that. I had one and the only thing I used it for was heating an item up (snowblower) in the winter. How many BTU?

LK

Forgive my ignorance, but is there any concern over the fumes from the propane unit being used in an indoor location? :confused:

Can you tell that I don't have a garage that I've ever had to heat??? :)

These work fine - just get yourself a small fan to put in front of it to blow the heat around the garage...set it on the lowest speed of course. We have a few and they work fine, but the better one is the forced air construction heater that hooks to a propane tank...see mine in my photos - link below. Good luck and stay warm!

http://picasaweb.google.com/blackswampmedia/ChevelleProject#5143715534599937122

I have one like pictured below. I open the garage door a few inches and run a fan. It heats up my 2 car garage pretty fast.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5192N2VH82L._SL500_AA280_.jpg

I have one similar to yours with three burners and have used it for several years. It heats a two car garage very well and I haven't had any problems using it.

They are great, no smell, I live in Idaho and it gets cold here, I use two of them and they heat my shop 40x48 in a very short time. I had a Kerosene heater and it smelled, could not work with the odor.

The heater that I use is the same as 138car/Mark Hickman

I won't use any kind of heater that burns fuel and isn't vented outside. My lungs are too valuable to me to have a heater replacing my oxygen with carbon monoxide.

Forgive my ignorance, but is there any concern over the fumes from the propane unit being used in an indoor location? :confused:


Yes, very much a concern. I used to heat my garage with propane, as a matter of fact the same heater shown as well as the other shown here. I do a lot of woodworking in my gagrage, and one day my wife found me on the garage floor with the tablesaw running. I had passed out from the propane fumes. I now have natural gas in my garage with a vented furnace. Had I passed out and went the other way, likely my face would have landed on the running blade.

Propane is not worth it to me in a sealed garage.

Jeff

I bought the twin to the original poster's heater from Lowes and used it in my 24x24 garage last weekend. Worked great. But, YES....it produces fumes. Not as bad as kerosene heaters, but still there. The box clearly says Not For Indoor Use. We just partially opened the garage door and everything was fine. On high, it produces 30,000 BTU.

Read the manufactures instructions

This is in a 3 car garage, and it is not finished, so the rafters are exposed, and there are vents on the ceiling. I think it will be OK as far as fumes go. I only work on 1 side at a time so I don't need to heat the whole thing. The box said 10,000 - 30,000 BTU.

I'm wondering what happened to the cold weather, as I was driving home from buying that thing at 7:30 pm or so it was 60 degrees out.

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Yes, very much a concern. I used to heat my garage with propane, as a matter of fact the same heater shown as well as the other shown here. I do a lot of woodworking in my gagrage, and one day my wife found me on the garage floor with the tablesaw running. I had passed out from the propane fumes. I now have natural gas in my garage with a vented furnace. Had I passed out and went the other way, likely my face would have landed on the running blade.

Propane is not worth it to me in a sealed garage.

Jeff

A CO Detector in the garage / shop is a good idea. I have one in my shop that also senses explosive gas - I found 2 propane leaks in the gas line in my shop attic last year :eek: and decided a $50 detector is worth the investment. :yes: :yes:

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It is fairly new but I really like it!! :beers:

Hat's off to Al and Dot!

I only run an electric heater mounted r from the ceiling in my garage. I use a 5KW unit and can make 70 degress when it's 20 outside and no worries about CO1 poisoning.

I have one and it works well. It heats up pretty quick, but sooner or later the fumes will probably bother you some. Not too bad though.