Garage Heater for a car...
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Is this so you can work in the garage or just to keep the car warm at night.
I suspect it's working on it by how often they break down
If so, a Propane space heater is going to be your best bet.
As for "efficiency" you stated later on in your posts, that would depend on whether your garage door is insulated and fits its hole properly or not.
Draft excluder and some decent wall insulation would take priority over trying to heat the atmosphere.
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The ones we had in our old garage were long plastic tubes on the walls. Probably 3" diameter, 6 feet or so long, there were four of them. I think we might have them still in our little mini garage at this house.
However, I have no idea what they actually were or how they worked, so I don't suppose that's much good.
They were there to take the edge off and stop condensation and proper freezing cold rather than actively make them room warm, if you know what I mean. Very low power from what I gather.
However, I have no idea what they actually were or how they worked, so I don't suppose that's much good.
They were there to take the edge off and stop condensation and proper freezing cold rather than actively make them room warm, if you know what I mean. Very low power from what I gather.
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Just a thought - what about those hospital bear-hugger things that they use in A+E's etc.
Could form a warm cosy blanket over the car, run off a pump which could be put on a timer .
R
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Could form a warm cosy blanket over the car, run off a pump which could be put on a timer .
R
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I spoke to my dad, he said the tube things weren't very good. He reckons the best thing he's found is oil filled rads, he uses ones made by Delonghi. About £40 each, 1500kw max. He reckons for a single garage one set to low (500kw) is definitely enough, and for a double garage you'd probably get away with one as well.
They have several dotted about their place in France as well which, when it gets left empty in winter, gets properly ****ing cold and he reckons they take the edge off enough to stop the doors swelling and so on while being pretty economical.
We have one in our 'garage' (it's a wooden cabin at the end of the garden) that we keep the motorbikes in, they spend a lot of time sat still and there's never anything even approaching a damp feel out there because of the rad.
They have several dotted about their place in France as well which, when it gets left empty in winter, gets properly ****ing cold and he reckons they take the edge off enough to stop the doors swelling and so on while being pretty economical.
We have one in our 'garage' (it's a wooden cabin at the end of the garden) that we keep the motorbikes in, they spend a lot of time sat still and there's never anything even approaching a damp feel out there because of the rad.
I have just bought a 2kw oil filled radiator and it costs 26p per hour to run on full settings. It's enough to take the edge off the cold in my living room, I don't think it would be enough to "warm" a garage though.
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The way we run them, it's enough to stop the garage (and the bikes) from getting damp all through winter. When I'm actually in the garage doing something, I put them on full and that'll actually warm the place up enough that I can work in there quite happily on whatever I'm doing.
OP sounds like he wants to warm the garage to the point where it'll keep the car happy and dry, oil filled rads will do it perfectly imo.
Yeah I agree, as long as he is ok with the cost of running them, they're ideal.
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