I recently put a new long block in my 86 Ford Bronco. For those of you who live in the great midwest, you know it can get a little cold in Minnesota. Anyway, for those of you who can't afford a wood burning stove or even a used furnace, head to Home Depot and pick up a LP gas heater $50-60 buck-o-roo's and it runs off from your gas grill tank. I put it on high for about 15 minutes and vio-la the garage is heated enough to work on any project. Be sure to read the saftey precations however! A cheap way to heat your garage when you can't afford the other alternatives!!

'86 Ford Bronco
302 EFI
4" Rancho Susp. lift
35" Mudders

 

Home Depot was just running a closeout on there torpedo heaters about a month ago. Got a 125,000 BTU unit for $150. about half off. Can't believe I went that long without one. They are great.

 

I wish they would have offered that same deal when I was buying (some kind of air movement would have been nice)! Mine works pretty well also. The only complaint I have is that it burns up a 5 gallon (20lb) tank pretty fast if you are'nt miserly. I have been thinking about buying a bigger tank!



86 Ford Bronco
302 EFI
4" Rancho Susp. lift
35" Mudders

 

Yeah the only problum with the propane heaters is there is no circualation of the heat. but still great, i use one. Just a little tip. disconnect the fire detectors first

 

The propane heaters are great, but keep them at least 18 inches off the floor so there is no risk of explosion from gas fumes.

The best thing to do is buy a cheap ceiling fan. At work we have 20 foot ceilings, if you stand under one of the ceiling fans it has to be at least 10 degrees hotter because it brings the hot air back down.

The best thing to do for a tank is to get a lift truck style tank or an old propane tank out of a converted car or truck. Up here in Ontario it will cost close to 20 dallors to fill the BBQ tank. I fill my 18 gallon tank off an old propane converted truck for the same price. When you get a tank with the big spinn on fill you pay by the litre not the pound.

 

I've thought of that also (ceiling fan), just have not had time to install one yet....good for summer use also! Thanks for all the replies!

 

Someone needs to say it, so...If you are not gonna use a smoke detector in your shop and heat with an open flame, go get a carbon monoxide detector at least. Ceiling fans help, but you can't be too careful with the air you have to breath. I'll step off the soap box now, thanks for listening...

 

Give your local propane dealer a call and try to get a bigger tank.
I have a 500 gallon tank for my shop. It will last most of the winter
if i don't open the doors. Right now i'am paying .95 cents for a gallon. My furnace is vented to the outdoors. If yours isn't you need a Carbon Monoxide detector... As with any furnace with a open flame watch those fumes from painting and parts cleaning.
Better to have a little chill and be alive tomorrow.
Life is tooooo.... short to screw up and make it shorter...

 

I have a Resnor hanging heater (Nat. gas) in my two 1/2 car garage
and it works awsome!
It shows a little bit of a difference on the bill but not that bad
for the comfort..When it's 20F outside it's 70F in my garage

 

YEP...forgot to mention the CO2 detector...good idea!
Home Depot for that too!!!

 

Just a quick chemistry lesson guys. CO2 is Carbon Dioxide and CO is Carbon Monoxide. Art

 

A buddy of mine uses a torpedo type kerosene heater in his shop. He said a piece of 6" stainless stovepipe fits right in the discharge end of it. He puts it outside and runs the pipe through a hole in the wall. Says it cuts down a lot on the noise. Can't say I've tried it myself yet...got the heater but don't have a garage yet.

 

Oooops...must have slipped with the 2 key, so which shell do the electrons reside? Thanks Art!

 

Great reminder but remember, CO is heavier than "air" so you need to mount the CO detector lower to the ground not high like a smoke detector.



>Someone needs to say it, so...If you are not gonna use a
>smoke detector in your shop and heat with an open flame, go
>get a carbon monoxide detector at least. Ceiling fans help,
>but you can't be too careful with the air you have to
>breath. I'll step off the soap box now, thanks for
>listening...

 

>Great reminder but remember, CO is heavier than "air" so you
>need to mount the CO detector lower to the ground not high
>like a smoke detector.

Better check your information! CO is lighter than the mixture of gasses that we call air. CO is about 97% of the weight of "air" so it generally tends to rise. CO is usually produced by a combustion process which means warmth and warm gasses rise also. Most CO detector manufacturers recommend that they be placed high on a wall in an area of good air circulation (not a stagnant pocket or corner). Manufacturers do not recommend that CO detectors be mounted low to the ground. CO is so close to the weight of air though that it does mix well with any air movement.

CO2, on the other hand, IS heavier than "air" and tends to collect in lower areas.

You can check this information in any chemistry book. You can also go to the detector manufacturer web sites.


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