Rockytime Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Awhile ago I posted about heating my shop. I bought a Dimplex 220 volt heater from Amazon. I have had very little time to spend there. But the time I have spent there gave me the opportunity to use the heater like today. I turned the heater on. It was 42 degrees in the shop. I ran a few errands and coming home the shop was 60 degrees but the red light came on. I lowered the thermostat until the red light went off. Then it started recycling as it should. However, the heater never raised the temperature more than 62. My shop 112 sqf and well insulated. I had installed the heater a number of weeks ago and it did the same as above. I thought the heater was defective and returned it and reordered the same heater. This second heater is not doing the job well. In a shop the size of mine it should sweat me out. I have a milk house heater that is 110 volts but I can't have something on the floor to stumble over. I may just purchase a larger heater. Sixty degrees is comfortable enough with a heavy shirt but I like working in a T-shirt. Some of you had asked how it worked out so this is my review. The pro's are light weight, fairly quiet and inexpensive. It shuts down when fully turned down. I can live with it but... meflick, kmmcrafts, OCtoolguy and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Sorry to here it isn't working out.Hopefuly you will come up with the right one soon. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Rocky these new electric heaters have so many safety features on them .Even if you get a larger heater it would the same thing.You have the heater mounted high.Heat rises and shuts the heater down If your milk house heater is the older one no matter what the temp.is it will keep running and it is sitting down low Good heat but don,t leave the house with it on.A little more expensive but works good for your situation is a Infrared heater that heats mass and not air.Mounted close to the ceiling out of your way and very safe.Just for kicks set it down lower to see if temp. Goes higher. Edited February 12, 2018 by tonylumps OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmaster1 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 I bought an electric heater as a backup for the gas heater when it occasionally stops working. I bought it from rual king for $79. Sounds like I should run a trial on how well it will heat when needed. Good luck on finding a solution. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Sounds like the safety device is kicking in. My guess is the device works with the T-stat. Wonder if you took it apart and wired it to a external T-stat down lower. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonylumps Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 That would work The only problem Kevin you would have to remember to shut it down when you leave the house.Or you would be able to cook a turkey the shop. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 55 minutes ago, tonylumps said: That would work The only problem Kevin you would have to remember to shut it down when you leave the house.Or you would be able to cook a turkey the shop. If you hook it to external T-stat it should cut off and on like a normal furnace etc.. BUT.. Yes.. you'd want to shut it down if you're done in the shop.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Not to change the subject.. but I'd love a shop at 42F LOL Looking right now and planning to head out to cut these orders I got over the weekend.. my shop is a whopping 5F right now.. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iguanadon Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 I jokingly complained to Mrs. Iggy yesterday... "Dang, I'm tired of sweating in the shop, I wish winter would come back." We hit 74 degrees yesterday. OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Yeah Les I remember looking at the picture in one of your posts showing the heater mounted in what appeared quite high on a wall. Like others have said unless the thermostat is located remotely the unit will not operate properly. One other thing is the rising heat needs to be brought down maybe with a paddle fan on a low speed setting. I have a forced air unit heater specifically designed to be mounted way up next to the ceiling that works well in my shop but it has a remote thermostat. Mine is natural gas but I have to assume an electric element one would be available. Edited February 12, 2018 by stoney OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodmaster1 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Kevin I live about 80 miles south of you and we had a heat wave this morning 10 degrees. My shop was 70 degrees thanks to the gas heater. kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted February 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 8 hours ago, stoney said: Yeah Les I remember looking at the picture in one of your posts showing the heater mounted in what appeared quite high on a wall. Like others have said unless the thermostat is located remotely the unit will not operate properly. One other thing is the rising heat needs to be brought down maybe with a paddle fan on a low speed setting. I have a forced air unit heater specifically designed to be mounted way up next to the ceiling that works well in my shop but it has a remote thermostat. Mine is natural gas but I have to assume an electric element one would be available. Hi Al, Lots of good advice from everyone. I agree an external thermostat would work. The heater is about seven feet off the floor. The heater has a little button thermostat below the heat coil. I read a review on this heater where the owner moved the thermostat another inch away from the heat coil which worked for him. I may try that or I may have my electrician friend wire in a remote thermostat. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Rockytime said: Hi Al, Lots of good advice from everyone. I agree an external thermostat would work. The heater is about seven feet off the floor. The heater has a little button thermostat below the heat coil. I read a review on this heater where the owner moved the thermostat another inch away from the heat coil which worked for him. I may try that or I may have my electrician friend wire in a remote thermostat. I agree Les an external thermostat and defecting the discharge from the fan down toward the floor would make the unit much more efficient. Good luck. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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