- 21. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: "Matt Liggett" <mliggett-receive-shop-talk@elise.kiva.net>
- Date: 26 Jan 1998 23:15:37 -0000
- Too true. When I bought mine, I sprung for a CO detector and a fire extinguisher. Safety First. -- Matt Liggett, SysAdmin Kiva Networking
- /html/shop-talk/1998-01/msg00095.html (7,140 bytes)
- 22. garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:01:00 -0500
- Our house is old and poorly insulated, and out in the added-on sections it gets pretty cold. The main heat is a standalone natural gas furnace in the living room - no exterior vents. In very cold we
- /html/shop-talk/1998-01/msg00096.html (9,113 bytes)
- 23. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: "Peter J. Thomas" <pjthomas01@snet.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:09:40 -0500
- There is also the possiblity for a gas leak from the tank. Propane is heavier than air and will pool and spread across the floor. If you have a basement garage, any leak spread and could be ignited b
- /html/shop-talk/1998-01/msg00097.html (8,223 bytes)
- 24. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: "Scott W. Paisley" <scotty@sni.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 09:16:07 -0700
- I use this type of heater in my garage for the CO reasons. Not so much that I'm worried about being smothered by the CO, but I get a headache from it. The other nice thing about the dish, is I can se
- /html/shop-talk/1998-01/msg00098.html (7,435 bytes)
- 25. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:08:14 -0500 (EST)
- Not directly near the gas tank, but in an open space in the garage. I touught about the possibility of a fire but I don't see it as any more dangerous than any other flame in a garage. My main concer
- /html/shop-talk/1998-01/msg00099.html (8,262 bytes)
- 26. garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Haskett <haskett@applink.net>
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 10:37:52 -0600 (CST)
- There was a thread earlier in the year about shop heaters, but this thread focused mostly on those in the Frigid North. I live in Dallas, Texas, and I'd like to get a portable heater to make my garag
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00024.html (7,508 bytes)
- 27. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: jblair@exis.net (John T. Blair)
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 16:24:49 -0500
- Brian, Then either put up a ceiling fan or set a box fan somplace in the shop to blow the air around. John John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229 48 TR1800 48
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00026.html (7,614 bytes)
- 28. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Wmccull@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 9 Nov 1996 19:11:49 -0500
- I live in Dallas also. I've been using a kerosene heater (28k btuh) for several years in a two gargage. It works great; heats my garage nicely even on the coldest Dallas days. I bought it at Home Dep
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00027.html (7,025 bytes)
- 29. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Bruce Wentzel <76752.3101@compuserve.com>
- Date: 10 Nov 96 08:51:35 EST
- I used one of those radiant propane heaters for many years in Michigan. Yes the warmup is slow. What I did was to point it in the general direction of where I was and it could easily toast me because
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00032.html (7,404 bytes)
- 30. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: jibrooks@JUNO.COM (Jack I Brooks)
- Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 20:36:52 EST
- One big drawback to using the heaters which are being described is the primary by-products of combustion: Carbon Monoxide and water. We all know how bad CO is for us. The garage will become very hum
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00036.html (8,022 bytes)
- 31. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: jibrooks@JUNO.COM (Jack I Brooks)
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 21:55:34 EST
- Ben, Bruce and others, I stand corrected. The CO is not a primary constituant. I would, however be sure to put a CO monitor in any garage I heated without an external exhaust vent. Most of us think o
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00047.html (10,287 bytes)
- 32. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:25:41 PST
- Good idea. For a few bucks you can get a CO monitor from any pilot shop; check out the little airfield near your house or call Sporty's (1-800-LIFTOFF in the USA). For a couple of bucks you get a li
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00048.html (7,524 bytes)
- 33. Re: garage heaters (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 10:50:01 -0800
- And for a few sawbucks you can get a battery powered CO detector to put next to the smoke detector in your garage (you have one, right?) for those cold winter tuning sessions with the door only parti
- /html/shop-talk/1996-11/msg00049.html (7,148 bytes)
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