How to Heat a Garage or Workshop for Under $100. The Comfort Zone Industrial Heater: Does it Work?
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- My objective in this video is to determine if I can heat my two car garage with the Comfort Zone Industrial 5000w Heater. After installation (not shown in this video), I test the heater's efficiency by timing and tracking the temperature over a given period of time with multiple digital thermometers.
The link to the Heater:
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@@ArtisanMade Haha yep
I have one of those. It works really well if you have a fan going too, mine is a ceiling fan. My space is insulated also, and it will raise the temp 10 degrees in 15 minutes (from 50deg)
I have the same heater. Keeps the garage just warm enough to work without freezing. Lack of insulation is my problem.
I strongly recommend insulating your garage. It's currently 21 degrees outside but it's 54 degrees in my garage without the heater on. Insulated door (very important), walls, roof--and with a 1500 watt ceiling-mounted radiant heater on, it raises the temperature easily in about an hour and maintains it.
@Daniel Bradford How would you insulate a garage door? Do I need a new door? I'm in the south Texas and was thinking I need a mini-split for air conditioning (and I suppose these units heat as well).
as far as i know, you can buy insulated garage doors or you could just do some research on the most effective layer of insulation to simply install over top of your current garage door. @@TheSwampDaddy
Try placing a small oscillating fan in the room to create air currents/flow. Works in my small shop.
Really appreciate the no-nonsense information. Very unbiased and adequate for a decent work space. Thanks you sir.
Using a cheap box fan will minimize striation of air temperatur in the building.
Two walls insulated is like a box with only two sides. If you have a man door, do a fan test on how well the building is sealed for air leahs, then seal those air leaks. The $100 price for the heater is minimal for all the extra kilowatts you will be purchasing with that much leakage and uninsulated square footage.
If you aren't planning on staying long, great. Otherwise:
-Seal it up
-insulate
- add a circulation fan in the opposite corner blowing downward to heat the whole building.
Good video.
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An option would be to get a small propane heater to help get the temperature up quickly then use the electric ceiling heater to maintain the temp.
Your better off buying a mini split and sizing it for heating. Heat pumps are far more efficient and will pay for itself compared to a conventional electric coil heater
I heat my insulated three stall garage with one of these but it needs a little help when it's real cold outside. Once the temps start to dip down into the low 20s, I use my 80,000 btu kerosene heater to bring the temp up to about 68 - 70 or so, (which takes a whole 15 minutes) and then the 5000w over head electric heater can maintain the heat from there usually. The kerosene heater never has to come back on unless it way below 0 outside. They work pretty good an if you clean them out periodically and lube the motor, they last for many years.
I have the same heater in a 16 x 24 garage. Insulated door and ceiling. Walls are not insulated. In the 40's to 50's it heats up quickly to a comfortable temp. Colder I have the same issue. It's warm in the top of the garage but much cooler lower. When the temp is down in the teens and the garage is empty it just knocks the edge off. However my son changed his oil in there once in the teens and it was very comfortable. (Less air to warm maybe?). Got mine on a Black Friday deal a few years ago for about 80 bucks so really it was worth it.
I bought the exact one from Rural King 3 years ago for about 90 bucks. I couldn't be more satisfied
now it's $130
I left unit on 55 degree 100% time but ceiling was insulated 12" insulated door ,all walls on 20 x20 insulated. Cost 35 .oo a month . Took 15 min when i was out there to get 70 degree.
I use a 135k btu diesel bullet heater. Takes about 4 minutes to get 70 in two car garage from ambient of 25ish.
Thanks for the video. I also have an 18x20 garage. It's a metal building with foil bubble insulation and an uninsulated roll up door. I purchased the 7.5kW version of this heater and will install it this weekend. Should keep my garage a comfortable working temp. The added capacity should also bring it up to temp faster. Didn't route a gas line and don't want to constantly refill propane or stinky kerosene.
I agree, especially if you are not running it every day. But if you already have gas lines in your house, definitely worth it then.
Any update on this? I have a 1700sqft garage that is well insulated and wondering how I'd fare
@captin2284 my 7.5kw electric heater heats my 18x20 garage very well. Heats up fast too. Only thing is the ceiling is high in there and the heat tends to stay up high. This trips the thermostat on the unit before it reaches temp at working level. I fixed the issue by setting the heater to 90°F shutoff. That makes it nice and cozy to work in a t-shirt even in the dead of winter.
Hang a DIY box fan / air filter blowing upward low enough to reach the switch. It will filter the air as well as mix the cold air on the floor with the stratified warm air. Big difference!
Ive discovered something rather recent. I live in the mid-west and I just need to keep a few plants from freezing going dormant ok. I happen to an inwall heater because my water softener is out there. But Im noticing that by simply parking my vehicle in there its much easier to heat, it is about a car and half size space . I mainly keep a temp monitor running for plants so I know how cold it is out there. Tonight it will get tested as outside air will go into the 20s F.
Key word here is "insulation". You can easily insulate your garage door with some foam board. It works really well and isn't expensive to do.
That’s a great idea. I needed to replace the door anyway, so now I have a fully insulated shop.
circulating fan to get the hot air from the ceiling. or a simple fan
Small ceiling fan, on reverse switch most fans have, on low speed… to circulate air and even the temperature
I bought a similar heater, 4000 watts, for my garage. I just use it to keep it from freezing in my garage and it's perfect for that. I have a propane heater that I use to make it comfortable when I'm working in the garage.
I have a 5000 / 7500 watt unit in my 2 car uninsulated Chicago garage. On brutal days, I run a propane torpedo heater with it to get up to temp fast... Then kill the propane heater and let the overhead electric maintain the temp....
Put the heater on the floor, heat rises so that's why you have cold at the bottom and warm at top.
I have the same size garage which is totally insulated and same electric heater. It works very well and affordable.
Depends on how much your electric is. As others have suggested, insulation works and has a short ROI.
I have been looking for a garage heater for my videos I do in the winter. people say stay away from Mr buddy heater.
I like the ideal of corner heater. And for under 100 bucks.
Thanks for the review.
Rich Mowers and Blowers OutDone
Would be interesting to see what 2 of these would do. The price of 2 is still fairly cheap considering other options. I see they have a 7500 watt version for $299
One does a great job heating my garage and now it is insulated. Sometimes I have to shut it off.
A centrally located ceiling fan set at low speed, blowing up would move the warm air up high out across the ceiling to the walls and then down to the floor. That would more evenly distribute the heated air.
yeah but it's kind of weird having a ceiling fan in a garage
i had installed my unit only 1 foot off the floor (adjusted fins to blow straight out vs down) found that it removes cold air below 4 foot level and heats the shop much faster
I would say it's probably not very good for my needs. I live in the Midwest where it's now winter. Can easily get to 0 degrees outside. With an uninsulated garage, it looks like on those days, I might hope for it to get to around 10 if I'm lucky. That wouldn't help at all. Never mind the added electricity for no useful benefit.
What is the energy consumption of the heater. the cost is minimal compared to what it will cost to operate.
5000 watts. That's less than 45 cents an hour where i live.
This video was very valuable for what I was looking to gain from it. Thanks for making it.
Right to the point, awesome video. that's all people need to know.
You could probably mount the heater lower because heat does rise that’s why the lower half stays cooler. And using a fan to help move the heat around to works good.
Lloyd Roth
... the main problem with mounting a unit lower is all the crap the average guy has in the garage. (fire hazard) You can certainly mount it high and aim it to blow toward the floor. (recommended) The key to better comfort is usually more air flow than the heater can provide. IOW, a second fan (elsewhere) to push the warm air to the floor.
What will happen if you mount the heater lower?
I have the same unit, I have a high pressure fan I point up at the ceiling to circulate the heat. Makes a huge difference, I do have a 2.5 car garage but it is well insulated.
I insulated my garage over the summer. I'm sure it will work even better now.
the problem is how expensive electricity is. it's 16c/kwh here in upstate NY. was costing me a fortune to heat my garage. switched to a 40000btu modine hotdawg natural gas heater and now the garage is warmer & it costs about 1/3 as much to run it.
It costs me about 50 cents an hour to run on high but I only run it when I’m in there working so it isn’t a huge expense
Dude I just ordered this exact heater for $80. I am so happy I found your video
You won’t be disappointed
My garage has an old oil-fired house furnace in it that I bought used for $80. Middle if winter, 30 minutes and it’s so warm you’ll want out of there.
If I had the room I would love to put a wood burning stove
This unit coupled with a ceiling fan is the ticket.
I simply cut 2 vents in my trunk line. 2 car garage! Works like a charm. My home is 2 story and power is never over $170 a month!
That’s extremely dangerous if you park a vehicle in there
Trunkline?
Need a small fan to circulation warm air from ceiling towards the floor and small fan.
You can get pick styrofoam strips to glue on your garage door sections real cheap. That’s what an insulated door is anyway, with a cover over the foam.
That is a great idea. I needed a new door anyway so now I have an insulated one.
I had one of those. Took too long to warm up and pulled a lot of current. Ended up sending it back.
Thanks for sharing. But honestly by not having an insulated door and side wall, the expectation should be very low.
yeah you bald fkn moron
@@tsmith1729 What the actual fuck is wrong with you? Get off the drugs
Better then having no heat 😂👍🏽
Like they say in the horse business, "It ain't the purchase price...it's the upkeep". Electric bill is a comin' !! Hang on.
Yeah, exactly. High electric bill coming!
@@cheerry777 Yeah, but if you're looking at $1500 to run gas, vs being able to do the electrical work yourself, $1500 will pay for a lot of electrons!
@@pilotalan lol maybe for an year. Electric is a waste of money if you live in a cold climate and do actual work in the garage, gas is the only way and is well worth the initial investment rather than pay electric year after year.
@@pushtoyota It depends on your use case. In my case, electricity is 30 cents an hour (after 60 minutes, the heater cycles off and on). The heater is only needed six months out of the year.
Even if gas was free (which it isn't), it would take over 5000 hours for gas to come out ahead. I'll be dead by then.
@@pilotalan You're only going to live another 7 months. A little pessimistic isn't it?
You couldn’t ask for a better compacted heater!
I got mine for $84.00 fron Home Depot... it added about $50.00- 75.00 to my power bill.... but then I have it on a remote thermostat and set @ 60F. unit is left on like regular central heating and regulates just fine.
Was this increased electricity cost running it all month or just when you were out in your garage? If so, about how many days if use a month? Thanks
What kind of thermostat did you use? And how long the heater is on?
I have one of these it has 3 Temp settings 3500 4000 and 5000 i run it for 15 min at 5000 then turn it down to 3500 to maintain the Temp works really well but my Woodshop is really well insulated.
You have the same exact one ?
@@kye6134 Its a Comfort Zone with 3 diff heat settings i bought it at a Runnings store and paid $99 it works great and i live in Upstate NY where it gets pretty cold in the Winter.
How much did it change your electric bill
@@endlesssummer3406 Not sure because i have Solar on my House lol!
I bought this& heating the house WONDERFUL!+😊
my HOUSE is a 24'x40' on a slab and it heats it just fine,im in Erie PA,(little hope PA.)COLD WEATHER!!!(9 1/2 cealings)
That is a large space. Impressed that it heats up a room that big.
Add a fan to move the air
Warm air rises....so why hang it high?
Don't think it so hard, you might hurt yourself.
@@SirCavemaninthewest Wow, and common sense not utilized.....
How much would it cost to have a plumber route a gas line into the garage to Install something like this?
Could I use a 10-30 3 plug for power
My garage is insulated but my garage door is not. I live in northern Idaho and I’m excited for this heater to get here and get installed
I think it will work well. When I made this video I didn’t have any insulation anywhere. Now I have insulation everywhere and one the space is warm I have to shut off and on because it gets too hot. Good luck!
you might want to install a second unit if its not staying warm enough
This thing gets the job done. I even insulated the garage over the summer. It's going to be even warmer this winter.
Would be great if you can reduce your power consumption is went with a solar panel setup for heat heater box. Still great video.
I want to solar power the whole house
I’m pretty sure you were my social studies teacher when I was younger
I am a social studies teacher. How long ago?
Nice, im in the market for a heater
Rich
Mowers and Blowers OutDone
Gas heater would be a better option, especially if you don't have 240v in your garage, like me.
Thanks for posting
Just buy 4 of them 😮 that should work
where are you. and what is outside temp sorry if i miss it
how much did you Electric bill go up after running it? and how often and how long do you run it?
how many days a week?
It costs me about 40 cent per hour if I’m running it on high. I will run it for about 10 hours per week.
How much of an impact has it made on your electric bill? (percentage of increase)
I have no idea. Electric is very expensive where I live. My electric bills are always very high. I would imagine it is similar to running a small window air conditioning unit.
@NonyaBusiness! Is it safe to run one of these heaters round-the-clock? I’m also looking to keep my detached garage/workshop above freezing so I can keep glue, finishes, etc, out there. Thanks for any input!
@@cwaxwingsflylate reply, I'm a journeyman electrician. I would be very careful running any electric heater 24/7. Best to use it as needed. That said, I'm sure it'd be just fine. Just check on it daily.
Did you faint when you saw your electric bill??
I've gotton 300 dollar electric bills with mine.
@@mitchdenner9743 YEOWCH!! I just used a little 1500 watt heater in my shop and it cost WAY too much even for weekends use so I built a waste oil heater.
@@centaurus777 yeah, a 5000 watt heater pulls close to 21 amps. Ran it for a week or two in the middle of winter and ended up with a 300 dollar electric bill. Learned my lesson, now i use it sparingly.
@@mitchdenner9743 How much is your electricity? Mine is 9c a kilowatt. My heater costs less than 45 cents an hour. Unless its really cold out, its only on about 60-75% of the time. If im in the garage, im making 100 times that. I have done the propane and wood stove but the electric is quiet and maintenance free.
@@mitchdenner9743 I'm in a winter climate, and if I ran that for 14 days, 24hrs per day it would only be $56. Does your house have electric heat too?
Super helpful thanks bro
Its works alot faster if you have a ceiling fan to help spread the heat faster
hi, wondering how that worked out for you. seems like your Electric bill would go up 300 dollars a month if you are in the garage 4-6 hours each day. thx
It cost me about 50 cents an hour if I am running it on the highest setting. Usually run it on high for the first 30 mins and then drop to low. Probably costs $2-3 for a 10 hour work day.
@@ArtisanMade thx for getting back to me. 100 dollars a month for total productivity, worth it. Nice!!
Whats the temp out side 70....is the garage insulated?
Just wondering if this machine for 220v or just standard 110v
220
It must be pretty warm there, and power very cheap. Great vid though!
How much this adds up into electric utility bill during peak winter months?
Where I live, 50 cents per hour on high.
Add a fan to circulate the warm air.
Added an air filter. When it’s on it circulates very nicely
Great video
Where did u buy the heater ?
Just need a fan to help move the air. Mine works great
I like it just need a down fan :)
I was thinking about one of these an use generator but mine is only 3300 continuous watts
Steven Culbertson jr
... why would you use a generator when the cost to run that will be at least 4 times more than utility power? (yes, I have done the math)
Alternate video title: How to buy space heaters and plug them in
Would I need 220 for this unit? Thank you.
brokin6 yes sir.
How bad does it hurt the electric bill
Electric is very expensive by me in New York. It costs me about 40 cents an hour.
My garage is insulated but my garage door is not. I live in northern Idaho so I am hoping g this will do the trick for me
I have one in my shop I love it I really can't tell much with the electric bill
mex700 ... 5000 watts X 17 cents per hour = 85 cents an hour to run.... or $6.80 for an 8 hour day continuous run. (if cold enough for that) You'd have to do your own math to figure out what your costs are using it every day (all day?) versus only weekends versus on a few days a month for a few hours each time.
@@rupe53 Wow, its only 9cents per kw where i live.
@@alecb8509 ... you might be right or you might not be considering the various taxes, fuel charges, and transmission fees in your total bill. My "base price" for electricity is also 9 cents but the other things add up quickly.
@@rupe53No, that is total cost per kw. I live near a nuclear plant.
@@alecb8509 ... ok, most report living near a hydro plant to get a decent rate like that.
Can u use this in a unfinished basement
I guess you could but this is not efficient and it uses forced air which is heated up by hot coils. I don’t like the idea of running this kind of heater in the House 24/7. I prefer something of higher quality with some safety features
I live in a 32 foot camper trailer at 9360 feet elevation... Would you recommend this heater.... My small space heaters arnt cutting it
I think it would work but might be a little loud for a living space, and i don't think it is energy efficient enough to be used 24/7. You would probably save money in the long run, buying a more expensive and efficient unit.
IT requires 240V...
That stinks, I would jump off a bridge before I would live in a trailer
Small wood stove and fan?
@@wayneguy6043 Post it on youtube so we can all watch.
Is your garage properly winterized and insulated?
It is now and it’s great!
@@ArtisanMade how much did it run you? I believe my garage on the walls connecting to the house is insulated, but the 3 Walls that complete the actual garage may not be, not sure how to tell either, any tips would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
did it make your bill go up at all?
Costs me about 40 cents an hour
hi, how do u use in the USA? it's 220v?
We have 220v here too. Any appliance or machine that draws a lot of electric runs on 220v in the USA
@@ArtisanMade l gotcha 👍 thank you
I had an older Reznor gas heater in my old shop, it was effective and cheaper to run.
Wish I could have gotten one of these back when there were under $100. As of today $250🤬
I just got a 7500 watt unit for $150 from norther tool. The 5000 unit is $99 bucks.
A lot of these cheaper garage heaters appear to be from the same manufacturer.
@@darwinawardcommittee yep, just got the smaller one from northern tool yesterday for $100.
add a ceiling fan and push that warm air down.
5000w running full time is going to be expensive! My electric is about $0.10 per kWH, which puts it at $12 per day to run. Even running half the time it's still going to push $200 per month in electric cost. Natural gas or propane would be a better option.
I don’t think these are supposed to be running 24/7. They are great to heat up your work space when you are in the garage or workshop but then you shut them down.
These heaters sell for well over $200 now
Thank you Covid.
@@ArtisanMade Thank you Bill Gates
Very nice video. I've been considering one of these.
Yep. Hot air rises.
How cold do your winters get ?
I’m in New York. I was working on projects when it was 20F and it warmed up my shop to 55F. I didn’t have an insulated garage or door. I insulated everything recently, so I’m sure it will get even warmer. Overall, it has served me well.
Artisan Made , thanks for your response. 20F is like -7C. That was in your shop. Wondering what outside temp was. Here in Alberta Canada it can get to -35C outside which can make my only partly insulated shop quite cold lol. I do plan on doing more insulation and looking for heating choices. My shop is also below ground level so it’s a challenge for sure. 😉
This might work for me, my garage is insulated.
Works for me and my 3 car garage isn’t even insulated, sure if you are on the far side of the garage away from the heater it may be a little cold but it does a great job, I bet it would work even better with insulated garage doors
How much electricity does that drain lol
About 40 cents per hour for me. I run it about 25 hrs per month in the winter. That’s about $10 per month for me.
Artisan Made where are you from ? And does it need a lot of volts?
Christian Jakovceski from Long Island NY. It runs on 220v
Artisan Made ok perfect as long as you’re in the US too then we should have around the same energy Bills lol
I'm in NH. Electricity is a major scam in New England. No sane person would ever elect to heat their garage/house with electric heat!
Maybe its a different story in Idaho.