[Shop-talk] Portable garage heater

[pethier at comcast.net]

> From: "Wayne" <wmc_st at xxiii.com>
 
> Karl is right about the heat blast.  Mine will melt Pb/Sn solder
> dangled 
> a foot in front of it.  NEver burned any skin or clothes though.

Charred the wooden bumper on my SAAB ice racer once.

One night I had a brain face and stooped to replace the hubcap that had fallen off one of the heater's wheels.  The heater had just been turned off.  I put my hand on the top of the heater to get up.  This was the second-nastiest burn I have received, second only to the time I grabbed a BMW 250 exhuast pipe while looking for the kickstand in the dark.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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2004 Suburban 8.1
2005 Lotus Elise
2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
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