IF I ever do another shop build it will have serious under floor insulation. With 2 units you will have 2 thermostats which I think will be the real advantage. I don't feel I need to be any closer in my case. Side to side I eyeball it at about 11 ft to the edges of the U shaped tube system. Length: I come up about 8 feet short of the walls from each end. Some spray foam and caulk fixed that.įor what its worth, my previous shop was steel framed and it was just as bad if not worse about the leaks but fuel was dirt cheap back then so I never got as serious about all this stuff as I am now. The bottom outside edge of the sheeting seems to be a big source even though it has the original insulation there. As time goes on I discover and fix leaks. Mine is a pole barn and I can attest that these things are far from leak free. The better the insulation and sealing the more efficient this or any heat system for that matter will work. Heck, the only place comfortable was right in front of it in the air stream. It never shut off and it never got the place anywhere as comfortable as radiant and used a heck of a lot more fuel. Had a BIG forced air hanging heater before this. Makes it nice in my case for accurate, repeatable machining measurements year round. I think the shop dog appreciates the floor. Floors, benches, tools,etc all at the same temp, give or take. It bounces from piece to piece as advertised. Leave it closed and as it is against an outside wall it will be colder. I can leave the door open to the bathroom and it arrives at the same temperature as the rest of the open building. Unlike forced air these things don't really have cold spots. I finally shortened my wiring up 2 years later. Anyway don't make it's placement final until you have it for a while. I fooled with it for a few days off and on and found a happy spot. That may be a good thing if the hot end is near a recently opened big door. Case secenario: The further away from the hot end will make it run longer and make it boiling hot under the hot end.until it shuts off and everything settles down. Experiment with it's placement to get the room evened out versus run time. Tip 2: Leave a long cord to the thermostat. My then 13 year old and I managed to get this big U shaped thing up with a combination of hotrodding 101 and Egyptian engineering. Tip 1: If you are half way handy and can read the instructions you can put these up yourself. I would buy another reverb if the occasion ever arises.after seeing what the market offers at that time. As I said earlier other than that I love the radiant tube deal. I would use less gas overall I believe with 2 burners. What I meant about efficient is that I could have done better by going the 2 burner route. Walk around with a temp gauge and it's even all around. It was my final choice and this was the longest they felt would be useful. Anyway they gave me the info about how it's hottest toward the burner end and less the further you go. Wait ////it was actually one of their wholesalers.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |