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Pump room heater
- Thread starter Kirb
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I.B. Washincars
Car Washer Emeritus
I have 2 vent-free NG heaters (Both 30K BTU), one in my basement and one in my garage. They have been priceless during the two extended power outages we have had in our area. The one in my basement kept my house liveable when it was 0 degrees outside. If I had it to do over, all of my washes would have these in the pump room. It's a no-brainer, don't use a heater that requires electricity.
I have a vent free propane heater (no electric required) in each of my mechanical rooms. You can get them almost anywhere - Graingers, Tractor Supply, Northern Tool, etc. I turn it on if the temp is going below 20? F. I also have backup electric heat that is on a line voltage tstat that comes on if the temp in the room gets below 40?F. If my power is out I crank up the propane heater all the way and leave it on.
PaulLovesJamie
rural 5 bay SS
fire concerns?
Methanol is flammable, and the vapors can collect in low areas, can flash back, etc...
Anybody worried about the use of heaters and their winter/antifreeze soaps? Check out section 5 of the methanol msds: http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/methanol.htm
What (if any) precautions do you take?
I just have one of those small tank-top propane heaters, but I completely shut down my methanol FB soap when I use the heater, it just makes me nervous.
In case youre curious as to exactly how flammable methanol is, when I was a kid we made pepsi can stoves as a project on a camping trip once. (OK, they were beer cans. Yes, dad brought beer and guns and knives camping back in the 60s, and let us play with fire too.) Cooked stew, coffee, etc on them. The fuel was gas line antifreeze, which is simply expensive methanol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN865oRI7-Q
Methanol is flammable, and the vapors can collect in low areas, can flash back, etc...
Anybody worried about the use of heaters and their winter/antifreeze soaps? Check out section 5 of the methanol msds: http://avogadro.chem.iastate.edu/MSDS/methanol.htm
What (if any) precautions do you take?
I just have one of those small tank-top propane heaters, but I completely shut down my methanol FB soap when I use the heater, it just makes me nervous.
In case youre curious as to exactly how flammable methanol is, when I was a kid we made pepsi can stoves as a project on a camping trip once. (OK, they were beer cans. Yes, dad brought beer and guns and knives camping back in the 60s, and let us play with fire too.) Cooked stew, coffee, etc on them. The fuel was gas line antifreeze, which is simply expensive methanol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN865oRI7-Q
MEP001
Well-known member
This one requires 120V:
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3E132?Pid=search
but it could operate off a small UPS. It takes almost no watts to operate, none at all when off.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3E132?Pid=search
but it could operate off a small UPS. It takes almost no watts to operate, none at all when off.
