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To: TR List <triumphs@autox.team.net>, Dave Terrick <dterrick@pangea.ca>
Subject: Garage heat
From: Dave Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 09:46:34 -0500
Dave Terrick writes:   


>Hi all, Terrick in the not-so-frozen Great White North here.
>
>The bonspiel thaw saw me in my garage - the GT6 is in place, wheels off,
>I'm doing bodywork, post crash.  Said garage is 14x22, insulated R12, R20
>roof, drywalled.  Rear door, 9' standard, has 1.5" foam glued to it.
>
>For you electrical engineers (or preferable, heating contractors), how
many
>BTU's do I need to force into that room to keep at at ambient outside
plus,
>say, 30 degrees?
>
>In our last -28c with wind, that garage stayed at about -14.  Oh, there
are
>also 2 single pane windows, about 24x36 (yes, bars in place).
>
>I am contemplating electric heat for size reasons and am wondering how
much
>power to feed next spring.  (And yes, I did visit ultimategarage.com and I
>drooled).
>
>TIA
>Dave T
>Surprised to be in a +65 garage when it is only in the '20's outside.

I thought you Canadiens went swiming in -14 degree weather ;-)

Just find yourself an old electric clothes dryer and use that.  Cheap
5 KW (about 20,000 BTU) will take the chill off.  220 V, 30 Amps.

Dave (Thanks for the weather, you can have it back now) Massey
St. Louis, MO USA


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