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Old 02-28-2013, 06:10 PM   #1
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Garage heater

Here is a cheap way to heat your garage if you have some extra automotive and household parts laying around. It is temperature controlled with a thermostatic relay. It heats a 3 car garage very well. The fluid reservoir on top is to keep the system full so that there isn't any air in the system. The top fan/radiator assembly is hanging from the ceiling above the wate heater.

-40 gal water heater
-car radiator
-electric water pump
-squirl cage fan
-duct metal (fan to radiator)
-heater hoses
-thermostatic relay
-reservoir for extra fluid
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Old 03-01-2013, 07:22 PM   #2
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Re: Garage heater

thats some red neck ingenuity right there. lol. pretty much a simple air over water heat system. im sure a few will copy the idea
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Old 03-01-2013, 09:08 PM   #3
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Re: Garage heater

Thanks. It works pretty well for me anyway.. If you want some more information i had it post on the truck forum also, there are parts numbers and such listed.
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Old 03-03-2013, 11:28 PM   #4
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Re: Garage heater

how much electric does the fan and pump run you a month
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Old 03-04-2013, 12:22 AM   #5
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Re: Garage heater

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how much electric does the fan and pump run you a month
I haven't noticed very much, maybe $30 a month, but i only run it for 4-5 hours a night, 5 nights a week.
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thats not bad
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