WTD: Low wattage heater

Nov 21, 2005 20 Replies

| John Rumm wrote: | > Christian McArdle wrote: | >

| > > 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. | >

| > 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.

Most definitely! they should all be controlled by a thermostat. One should also bung up any holes to try to draught proof workshops etc.

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