For a winter workshop we're limited to heating the two car garage with electric right now.
Anybody have a really good electric heater to recommend?
OK. How big Sq. foot, is your shop. Ceiling height. Insulated and finished or bare walls.
I have in the past gave my buddys the electric heat air handlers we remove when upgrading heat pump systems. Forced air 15KW units. You need some serious power source.
Extra heat from friction when the dial in the meter turns 800 rpm.
I use a salamander. I run it for about 20-30 minutes and my uninsulated garage stays warm for about an hour.
I have a 25" deep by 16" wide shop off the side of my 2 car garage. For years I have used a 1500 watt ceramic heater that I get from Home Depot. Mostly any brand will keep this space at 70 degrees all winter long.
I can't imagine this being the case based on my experience. It might keep space warm but I can't imagine it bringing it up to temperature. I use something like this in a bathroom to knock off the chill (66 temp)up to 70-71 & it works fine but the space is probably 120sf not
400sf like yours.
Either way I have to wonder how much this costs you in increased electric. They are all based on 1500 watts but are some more efficiant than others, like the EdenPure, ceramic etc. What I am looking for is a cost/hr to run a unit on 750 or 1500 watts.