Problem with heated garments is that to do any kind of near precision work you need to have your hands unencumbered with gloves. __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 27 November 2017 at 13:53, wrote: > Consider electric radiant heaters. Warms you, rather than the whole garag= e. > I used them in my drafty old barn with some success. > > - - Bob Ammerman > RAm Systems > > -----Original Message----- > From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf > Of > V G > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 3:38 AM > To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > Subject: [OT] Best garage heating option > > Hi all, I'd like to install some heating mechanism in my decently-insulat= ed > garage for working on my motorcycle and some other projects over the > winter. > > Initially, I considered getting a portable propane heater but I don't wan= t > to mess around with propane tanks, exchanging them, the danger of setting > something on fire, and the fact that they vent directly into the room. > However, this would be the cheapest option and definitely workable if I > lift > the garage door up a bit to let some fresh air in and mount a CO detector > nearby. > > The options I'm now considering are: > > - Natural gas heater - This will require running a natural gas line into > the > garage which a professional will likely need to take care of, then > installing an expensive natural gas heater as well as setting up the vent= .. > - Electric heater - To be practical, this will require running a two-phas= e > 240V power line into the garage and hooking up some powerful 240V electri= c > heaters. I'm not worried about electricity costs, since this will only be > used when I'm working on my projects, which is only during off-peak hours= , > and not too many hours per week. These would also be the safest and easie= st > to manage. > > I'm leaning towards electric since it would likely be easier to install a= nd > overall cheaper considering the infrequent use case. > > I would appreciate any thoughts and advice on this. Thank you! > > -- V > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change > your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .