Heaters for your vans

[Mark Saiger]

If you do not have a shop...(but if you live in as cold a climate as me you really should!)

I was walking around the local L&M Fleet Farm tonight and thought would take a pic of some heater options...

If you are doing this kind of heater, you really do need slight air movement to circulate the heat...

You will also want at least 2 heaters....and EACH ONE ON A SEPERATE CIRCUIT WITH NOTHING ELSE ON THAT CIRCUIT!

So if you run 2 heaters and a small fan...you will need 3 circuits....

Each one of these heaters can put enough stress on a circuit to blow the circuit....

Some of these also WILL NOT RESTART THEMSELVES IF THE CIRCUIT BLOWS.

Some of these units have a fan...some do not...

Also, some are still a fire hazard if you get something flammable around them (or fuel fumes)

So just some pics and ideas for those of you saving up for a heated shop

I DID NOT TAKE ANY PICS OF OIL FILLED...THEY ARE OK...But I don't feel they really put out enough heat fast enough....

 

[Mark Saiger]

 

[Able 1]

I use this one change it out every year or every other year..
this HTML class. Value is http://m.homedepot.c

 

[Able 1]

Didn't work I'll try again..
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What ever it is the yellow and black Stanley..

 

[Mark Saiger]

Didn't work I'll try again..
this HTML class. Value is http://www.walmart.c
What ever it is the yellow and black Stanley..

Can you take a screen shot of it?

 

[Mark Saiger]

I use this one change it out every year or every other year..
this HTML class. Value is http://m.homedepot.c

Is it this one?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-...able-Heater-with-Pivot-Power-675919/202843067

 

[Able 1]

Yes that's the one.. I also have a industrial in line thermostat that I set to 50 degrees and put it next to the heat exchangers.

 

[Able 1]

My other van is at home in a garage with a furnace, much more comfortable with that set up..

I do also cover my truckmount in my off site van with a bunch of blankets, and blow the heater under them..

 

[dgardner]

Most of the heaters with digital controls won't come back on after a power outage (even a brief one) and should be avoided. Heaters with basic manual controls, such as the so-called "milkhouse" heaters will.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/17808701

In any case, test any heater you buy by pulling the plug, and make sure it comes back on when you plug it in!

 

[Able 1]

The Stanley will come back on.. I also have the heater you posted Dan. I like the size and shape of the Stanley.. Or maybe it was the color..

 

[GeneMiller]

My father-n-law always blows out the lines at the lake house in northern Maine. Ashamed they don't put a high and low fitting so you can blow out the water and drain it completely.

 

[Scott S.]

http://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-EW77...=1450704472&sr=1-1&keywords=electric+radiator

these dont have electronic contols and will come back on in the event of a power outage. Dont get a digital.

ceramics will put out more heat, but these dont burn out as easy, or melt things near them.

 

[Jeffrey Tobian]

You can pick up this heater at home depot I put in a thermostat and a plug to the outside

 

[Able 1]

220?

 

[Jeffrey Tobian]

Yes it is 220 and a 4,000 watt Heater It has a big fan to get the heat through the boxtruck. When I get to my job , I turn on this heater to keep my truck warm while I am inside talking to my customer. After my truckmount runs for a while I can turn it off