Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

propane1 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 7:38 pm Make sure you got ventilation Tim.


Noel

Oh, don't worry about venting, it's pine board siding, gaps between every board. And sliding doors.

Timj wrote: ↑Sun Dec 18, 2022 6:45 pm So here I am, a year later, My big shop in town sold and all the stuff got moved home and packed into the old farm buildings. Nothing is insulated and they are not very tight.

I picked up this propane heater last week, was looking at a Mr. Heater brand one but ran across this one on closeout and saved $40 bucks. tried it out today and think it will make things tolerable if I need to work on something in the cold and can move it around.
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The radiant heat these put out is very neat, makes for a better solution when you need warmth concentrated in a small area. I use an electric dish sometimes. But have been thinking about one of these propane heaters myself. Any idea how long the tank lasts?

About 24,000 btu’s in a litre of propane. About 18 litres of propane in one of those 20 bbq propane cylinder. Sooo, depending on the amount of btu’s the heater burns, let’s say 24,000 per hour, you’ll get about 18 hour of use out of one of those 20 lb bbq cylinders. But, depending on how cold the temperature is, you may not get 18 hours, could be less, or maybe reduce heat out put, or both Eugen.


There now a propane ramble for you. I have not had a ramble in a while.


Noel

This one is 30-40,000btu, 10-14hrs run time on 20lb.
The radiant is good for me for now. Not truly trying to heat the space,. Just trying to make it a little bit more comfortable if I need to get something done. Just trying it out for a few minutes yesterday I would have been good without gloves, it was 15°f. And I can take it out on the job if I have to.
Tim

I can remember before the pole barn was built, I worked in my attached garage. Mostly on vehicles that broke and many times that happens in Winter. I used a little Kerosene heater. It was better than nothing, just enough to warm your hands up using ice cold tools. Harry

Thanks guys, this makes sense. For portable heat when working on something the propane heater seems like a great solution. Radiant heat is definitely the way to go when working on something out there in the cold, because you feel the heat instantly and strong near the heater, whereas the hot air like the diesel heater I just got is good as an enclosed space heater, when you can run it for a longer time and allow it to heat up the area.