Finally put a heater in the tractor shop

1939farmall · Jan 13, 2022

Been wanting something in the shop for awhile now to take the chill off in the winter. My wife picked this one up for me.

This is a 25000 BTU electric unit and it will be heating an uninsulated 700 square foot shop. I dont think Ill be working in shorts and a tshirt but hopefully it will be at least comfortable with out coveralls on. The older I get the more I hate working in the cold! We got it all wired up now I just need some spare time to actually continue with our projects!

Russ from MN · Jan 13, 2022

Looks good. Now your first project in that shop should be to insulate it, the insulation will pay for itself in a short time!

1939farmall · Jan 13, 2022

Insulating It has been on my mind! I know it be better. Just worry about mice making a home if I use fiberglass batting. Maybe spray foam would be better. Well use it like this for now now and see how it goes.

55 50 Ron · Jan 13, 2022

Looks nice. 25000 BTU should heat quite well even uninsulated. I had a 5000 BTU unit in a 26 X 24 drive under garage. It was insulated and I could do a vehicle oil change without wearing a coat or hat once the heater had warmed the space.

Is that 10-3 wire connecting to it? Or maybe larger for those BTUs?

What are the holes in the ceiling area in front of the heater?

Bob Bancroft · Jan 14, 2022

knots!

TomIn · Jan 14, 2022

I think code would require 8-gauge wire with a 40-amp breaker for a 32-amp load.

Geo-TH,In · Jan 14, 2022

My 24x24 insulated attached garage stays around 40 degrees on its own. A 1500w baseboard heater will warm it enough for me to work without a jacket.
My garage has insulated garage doors, same windows as in the house and

finished like the inside.
You will have a happy place to work in the winter if you finish off your garage.

Vito · Jan 14, 2022

Not sure how combustible spray foam is if not treated with fire retardant.

Vito

1939farmall · Jan 14, 2022

Ron. The instructions call for 8 gauge thats 8-2 with a ground in it. Those arent hole in the roof. Thats a row of knots in the plywood for the roof.

Texasmark · Jan 14, 2022

My 30x50 shop is uninsulated and I have vehicles coming and going when working on them so I don't try to maintain the whole shop, just use the 20# bottle of Propane with the round 5-15k BTU radiant heater attached and just keep in by me as I move around the shop....have it on a little HF furniture moving dolly making it easy. On really cold days I have a 30k BTU jet engine blaster type Propane heater with fan and I hook that up.....and put on ear muffs.

1939farmall · Jan 14, 2022

Tom, you are correct. 8 ga wire on a 40 amp breaker.

davpal · Jan 14, 2022

Will that use about $20-$25 dollars worth of electricity a day to run that? I know my 750 watt ceramic heaters use about a dollar a day to run each one of them.

Ellis Kinney · Jan 14, 2022

My garage is attached to the house primarily for my bride's car. It is insulated and walled with plywood instead of drywall so I can hang cabinets and brackets and not really worry about studs. Also insulated garage door. I heat it with a small 220 heater. If I need to work on equipment in the winter we put the car in the barn for a few days. Ellis

Hobo,NC · Jan 15, 2022

All you guys with a insulated garage door what were you thinking did Y'all have money to throw away.

I can tell ya from experience a non insulated garage door is one big heat lost. A heater of any kind will have to overcome it.

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