Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:32:33 -0500
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: Garage heater: Propane or kerosene?(LVC)
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Must be a big quart to deliver 40,000 btu of heat. I am curious what the
efficiency is.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Christopher Gronski
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Garage heater: Propane or kerosene?(LVC)
I have a NOS unimog swingfire heater and turboheater exchanger still
thier its military crates that may work if you'd like to go the
gasoline route instead. 40,000BTU (a full third more than the heater
you got rid of), 1 quart per hour consumption, 12v or 24v to start no
electrical draw after lighting. The advantage to these is you can vent
exetrnally rtaher than breathing exhaust.
I can even drop off in a couple of weeks if you are anywhere along the
route from Detroit to Portland to save you some shipping costs.
Let me know...
Chris
On 12/19/05, Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@ipa.net> wrote:
> Help!! I am needing to heat a 22x30 garage with minimal insulation
> and a ridge vent in the roof(stands alone in back yard unattached
> from the house.
>
> I tried one of those wall mount 30k btu propane heaters last year and
> it didn't get the job done much below 20 degrees. I sold it and now
> need a REAL heater. Don't have a natural gas line to the garage and
> would like to not have to bury one, so that pretty much leaves me to
> electricity(have a 220v line in there), kerosene, and propane too
> heat this bad boy.
>
> So far, I've found a $480 mount in the rafters propane heater( with a
> stainless exhaust system that adds another $130 to the cost) that
> throws 45k btu.
>
> The other option is going to a kerosene fired Reddy heater or
> something like that, but kerosene is higher than diesel fuel these
> days and I would likely have to mount a CO detector in the garage if
> I bought one of these, but its portability would be a plus. They
> come in sizes from 55k btu to 175 k btu($200-420), and they drink
> about a gallon per hour of usage. The other option is to get the
> propane-fired version of the Reddy heater, but it wouldn't be as
> portable if I used the tall propane tanks stationed outside the
> garage. they also run in the 55k to 125k capacity range, but the
> 125k is only $200.
>
> The initial cost is important, but I'm more concerned about what
> either of these systems will cost me to run when it gets below 20
degrees.
>
> Is propane substantially cheaper to use than the kerosene? Since the
> 30k btu unit didn't do the trick, any guess as to how high I need to
> go? the attic area oft his garage is substantial, although the roof
> pitch is moderate at best. I think by cracking either the walk in
> door or raising the bottom of the double garage door, I should get
> enough ventilation with the heat escaping through the ridge vent, but
> any help or experience from the list would be greatly
> appreciated. BTW, I would be working on my Vanagon in this
garage(RVC)
>
> Thanks
> DM&FS
>
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