Gary,
What size Empire heaters did you use?
Thanks,
Stephen
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From: <Mog8@attbi.com>
To: <MJSUKEY@cs.com>; <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: Heater request
>
> Marty,
>
> I put an Empire unit in my garage a few years ago and never regretted
> it. I thought it was over-kill at the time. But rather than be
> penny-wise and pound foolish I bit hard and went with the advice of the
> heating/AC expert who was a friend and was trusted.
>
> It heats the entire garage, getting its combustion air from the outside,
> and exhausting to the outside. Inside air is drawn through the unit
> mostly by convection, but sometimes with a blower fan assisting. The
> heat is effortless and the unit has been trouble free. I light the
> pilot in the fall and put it out in the spring. I also mounted the
> furnace a bit higher on the wall than normal, to lessen the potential of
> fumes from the car getting into the combustion chamber. (The port
> opening to the pilot light does not seem to be well sealed, so this is a
> slight concern.)
>
> I just did a search for Empire Furnaces, and found several models from
> this vendor (of whom I have absolutely no connection).
>
> http://www.propaneproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PLST&Store_C
> ode=propprod
>
>
> Mine is natural gas, but this site shows several propane models as well.
>
> I kept my garage at 45 degrees, and bumped it up to 55-60 when I was
> going to work out there. My new house has a very well insulated garage,
> so I keep it at 60 all the time. Really nice environment to work in.
>
> I believe most radiant heaters have a flame inside the garage, so I
> would be reluctant to use them. Both for the fumes and the moisture
> they would create.
>
> If you are the same Marty Sukey of Loco Brits, come and see it.
>
> Gary K.
> Grafton, OH
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