A few years ago you could buy low wattage heaters, suitable for keeping frost out of sheds, garages, etc.
They were quite cheap to buy and were very cheap to run. They were generally sold via adverts in Sunday suppliments etc.
I can get hold of low wattage tube heaters but they are expensive. The things I'm thinking of were much cheaper but did a similar job.
However, I haven't seen any recently. Does anyone know where to get one?
sponix
I bought some small 500w "frostwatcher" heaters from machinemart about 4 years ago. They don't seem to stock them any more though.
How about these?
Like this;-
Wouldn't just using a light bulb be as good?
TLC prices for tubular heaters start at 12 quid for a 60watt to 23 for a
360w.I'd hardly call that expensive.
Wouldn't a mobile butane heater on a very low setting be cheaper for the garage/shed?
-- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Hi,
You can get digital plug in thermostats for about £15, or wire a room thermostat onto a lead, and use them with whatever heater you have.
Best to put water based paints etc into an old cupboard with some insulation and heat that alone. Make sure the heater can't overheat the cupboard if the thermostat malfunctions! :^) A 60W bulb at the bottom should be enough.
cheers, Pete.
On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:24:16 GMT someone who may be snipped-for-privacy@email.com (sPoNiX) wrote this:-
Perhaps something like
These heaters are pretty resistant to knocks etc as you might get in a shed or garage. A gas heater (re other post) is going to generate water vapour which might be less than desirable.
Because modern convector heaters come with thermostats, the need for a genuinely low wattage heater is much less. It may be cheaper to buy a standard 2kW thermostatic convector heater and just use that. It won't use significantly more electricity than a 200W heater, if it is set to the same temperature. Indeed it will use less if the 200W heater was thermostatically challenged.
This is exactly what I have done with my insulated shed. 2.2kW thermostatic fanless convector. My paint stays liquid in the frost. An additional advantage is that it can be turned it up if I want to work in there.
Christian.
Last time I checked they were around the £40 mark!
A 12 quid one will do fine..it's actually just for keeping the frost off some pipework in an outside meter cupboard type thing. sponix
The combustion produces water vapour, which encourages rust. Not the ideal result if you're trying to reduce winter damage in a workshop.
My "damp proof cupboard" has a permanent heater in it left on all winter. It's an old anti-condensation heater from inside a photocopier drum. Big wire-wound resistors work equally well.
Use heating tape. Much more focussed heat and is actually inside the pipe insulation, making it much cheaper to run. Make sure the insulation is OK for the tape.
I presume you are NOT talking gas here!
Christian.
I'll heat the whole cupboard as there's some other gubbins in there as well that could do to be kept warm.
Nah. I'd use a gas heater on that.
:)
sponix
| On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 13:18:47 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" | wrote: | | | >TLC prices for tubular heaters start at 12 quid for a 60watt to 23 for a | >360w. | >
| >I'd hardly call that expensive. | | Last time I checked they were around the £40 mark! | | A 12 quid one will do fine..it's actually just for keeping the frost | off some pipework in an outside meter cupboard type thing. | sponix
I saw a 200 watt with thermostat one on sale at B&Q last week GBP10.
| A few years ago you could buy low wattage heaters, suitable for | keeping frost out of sheds, garages, etc. | | They were quite cheap to buy and were very cheap to run. They were | generally sold via adverts in Sunday suppliments etc. | | I can get hold of low wattage tube heaters but they are expensive. The | things I'm thinking of were much cheaper but did a similar job. | | However, I haven't seen any recently. Does anyone know where to get | one?
I saw a 200W one at B&Q with thermostat GBP10 last week.
I was going to say that. I installed one at my dads two months ago. Its been on a couple of times so far.
I did similar in my workshop - added a room stat to the wall mounted fan heater in there. The heater is left on its 800W or 1200W setting, and the stat set to frost protection. Just enough to keep the dampness out and it hardly ever kicks in since the place is well insulated.
Whichever type OP gets, low power or high, it should be thermostatic either way. Otherwise one is just throwing a lot of heat away for nothing.
NT
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