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Woo Hoo! Got the new heater fired up this afternoon. Shop has been 40 all week. I know for you northerners that t-shirt and shorts weather but I'm a wimpy Bay Area native.
After much back and forth between forced air or radiant tube I went with forced air. Mr. Heater Big Maxx 50k. Did the propane conversion. Fired right up.
With 12' ceilings and the thermostat at 60" off the floor it took about 15 min to go from 40 to 55. 55 is plenty warm for working in the shop. At 8' it is significantly warmer. I saved some of the old celling fans from our other house so I will mount one of those to help even out the heat. I'm currently running it off a 100lb tank. We will see how long that lasts.
After much back and forth between forced air or radiant tube I went with forced air. Mr. Heater Big Maxx 50k. Did the propane conversion. Fired right up.
With 12' ceilings and the thermostat at 60" off the floor it took about 15 min to go from 40 to 55. 55 is plenty warm for working in the shop. At 8' it is significantly warmer. I saved some of the old celling fans from our other house so I will mount one of those to help even out the heat. I'm currently running it off a 100lb tank. We will see how long that lasts.