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Post by lynx on Dec 9, 2008 22:04:33 GMT
Not really woodworking but related due to workshop heating.
I'm finding it hard getting use to the cold in the new workshop. The ceilings are really high so the little fan heaters are just p**sing into the wind. I'm looking at the Quartz Halogen Heaters and was wondering if the directional, object heating style is better suited. May even make a mobile frame so it can be moved around the workshop. Does anyone use these heaters, any good?
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Post by jonnyd on Dec 9, 2008 22:19:24 GMT
I have tried one in the workshop and i dont think it is much more effective than a fan heater. My workshop is about 2000 sqft and about 20ft high at the eaves so it is a lot of space to heat. I have a large relax woodburning stove and it gets the temperature about 10 degrees higher than outside after a few hours. I have an office in the corner or the workshop which is about single garage size and insulated and one of the halogen heaters will heat that up to about 20 degrees in this cold weather.
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Post by stevep on Dec 9, 2008 22:25:46 GMT
They're infra-red, so anything out of the direct 'line of sight' doesn't get heated. I used to work for the Electricity Council, and the office was a sort of showcase for a variety of installations, including infra red panels mounted in the ceiling. They were pretty useless, as everyone had cold feet and went home with headaches at the end of the day because their heads overheated. So storage heaters were installed instead! They might be quite useful for your situation, but only if you had something else to provide convection heating as well. There's no substitute for convective heating. The long term solution would be to lower the ceiling (is there room for a loft or first floor, or a false ceiling of some sort?).
I find the two biggest problems in keeping warm are heat loss by conduction to a cold floor, meaning very cold feet, and the cold draught created by circular saw blades etc, which make fingers so cold it can become dangerous - can't grip properly and lose the all-important sense of touch.
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Post by stevep on Dec 9, 2008 22:28:39 GMT
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Post by cnc paul on Dec 9, 2008 22:37:50 GMT
I have some quartz halogen patio heaters I got in a sale in B&Q, they do the job.
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Post by lynx on Dec 9, 2008 22:37:53 GMT
i don't think the landlord will allow for any wood burning within the unit. It's a shared space, within an old factory so having 65 single units. I don't find it cold myself, it's just things like gluing up and finishing that i need to control the heat on as i'm on a tight deadline with things and i can't keep telling the client i'm late due to the cold.
I think a temp partitioned off area will have to be high on the list soon just to heat that local area
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Post by trousers on Dec 9, 2008 22:41:16 GMT
I've got one in my nuclear bunker ;D! My workshop has concrete floors, blockwork walls and a low concrete beam/block ceiling so possibilities for insulation are pretty non existant without losing precious floor area and ceiling height. I aquired one of the Q/H lamps and they do heat you up nicely if you are within range but mine wouldn't heat my shop up to 20 degrees  . Are we talking the same heater JD? Don't like fan heaters as they stir up the dust but may try an oil filled rad for some background heat. Theoretically if I could get all that concrete warm it should re - emit some of that heat back into the shop, but without insulation behind I think I would be p..sing in the wind as well. |
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Post by Keith on Dec 9, 2008 22:51:34 GMT
I have a 2kW ceramic heater which works reasonably well for me. You do have to be in line of sight and reasonably close for best effect but it is not as bad as a quartz one I tried which felt really (too) warm in the beam and v cold out of it.
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Post by jonnyd on Dec 9, 2008 22:54:31 GMT
I only use the heater for heating a fully insulated room about 15ft X 8Ft which is inside the main workshop. I dont now if its the same type of heater as originally mentioned mine is just a cheapo one which glows orange.
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Post by mrgrimsdale on Dec 9, 2008 22:56:24 GMT
Outdoor gear light and comfortable. Helly hansen or similar vest and long johns. 2 pairs socks thin and thick. Normal gear on top + fleece, several thin layers better than fewer thick ones. Light walking boots - loose fit. Wool bobble hat. Body warmer. Leather rigger gloves.
Heater - oil filled electric rad. Thin, so it goes in front of workbench without being in the way, and I can lean against it and warm my legs, which seems to warm the rest of me!
Did wonder about getting an exercise bike - hop on for a quick warm up every now and then. Linked to dynamo and electric kettle? No tea until youv'e pedalled up the energy.
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. Are we talking the same heater JD? Don't like fan heaters as they stir up the dust but may try an oil filled rad for some background heat. Theoretically if I could get all that concrete warm it should re - emit some of that heat back into the shop, but without insulation behind I think I would be p..sing in the wind as well. 
