At first I thought that this Fire Demon was a type of radiant heater but then I noticed that there was no large surface area to glow. Does it work by putting out hot air (drawn in by convection)? On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:29 PM, Justin Richards wrote: > May be over kill but I use a Fire Demon to warm an open patio. > > People tend to keep their distance as it pumps out 47kw. It keeps us > toastie warm on the coldest of nights. > > They are often seem in big machinery sheds on farms and do a great job. > > Burns diesel, kero, sump oil, cooking oil. 16 hours on a tank. > > Starts a bit smoky then burns clear. Probably spews out really really bad > chemicals when burning sump oil. > > http://henstock.com.au/demon%C2%AE-heaters > > http://www.littlefarmco.com.au/products/the-%E2%80% > 98demon%E2%80%99-heater/ > > For your garage you would need to open the garage door completely and > place the fire demon just outside > > On 27 November 2017 at 16:37, V G wrote: > > > Hi all, I'd like to install some heating mechanism in my > decently-insulated > > 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 > want > > to mess around with propane tanks, exchanging them, the danger of setti= ng > > 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 int= o > > 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-phase > > 240V power line into the garage and hooking up some powerful 240V > electric > > 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 > easiest > > to manage. > > > > I'm leaning towards electric since it would likely be easier to install > and > > 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/piclist > > > -- > 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 .