Temperatures hard for me to fathom. I struggle to watch bigclive working in 7degC. On 5 Jan 2018 13:25, "V G" wrote: > On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 6:24 PM, John Gardner wrote: > > > Two-car garage? With "decent insulation" 5.6 kW oughta > > > > run you out of there... "8) > > > > I was really hoping for this to be true. Toronto just hit -21 degrees C > (-35 with "windchill") today. Luckily, it doesn't usually get any colder > than this. > > Although I didn't yet plug in my 5.6kW 240V heater (I still have to run a > proper 240V 50A line into my garage), I did use a portable generator and > hooked up a total of 4.6kW of electric heaters for temporary use. Even > after two hours of heating, temperature was still below 0 degrees in the > garage. It was enough to allow me to work without winter gloves with all = of > the heaters surrounding me, but still definitely needed two layers of > clothing and a winter jacket. > > I think I'll end up needing at least 10kW to get the garage up to > comfortable temperatures quick enough. I'm aiming for at least 10 degrees > so I can work comfortably with just a sweater. > > A NEMA 6-50 receptacle and a couple of NEMA 6-30 receptacles should also = be > useful for my welding equipment and a possible future electric car. > > Anyone have any references to electrician's guides or any documentation o= f > that sort to make sure I stick to the electrical code for this permanent > installation? > -- > 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 .