Electric Garage Heater Installation And Test
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2023
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I have been wanting a heat source in my garage for several years now and finally bit the bullet and completed the installation. I will walk you through the process of installing the Dyna-Glow 7500W Electric Heater. I will leverage a NEMA 14-50 Outlet I already have installed which is primarily used for electric car charging but will work well for this use for the handful of days I need it each winter.
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I have the same heater in my 800 SQ FT 4 car garage in Indiana. It’s wired in the same way using my 220 plug for car charging and welding. It works great but when I added a old ceiling fan in my the center of my garage it was a game changer. Takes 1/2 the time to heat it up to 65 deg and keeps it a nice even heat in all corners of the garage.
A few things.
Our builder left us 220 at both ends of our garage ceiling in our 3 car garage. I installed 2 similar heaters in the garage. Sure is nice to work comfortably during these cold winter days.
Nice project. Put up a similar unit in my garage last Jan (did a video on it, too) and it has been a winter lifesaver for car projects in cold weather. Easily bumps in up even my insulated garage around 20-25 degrees in short order. Wish I'd done it years ago.
Great video thanks for the info. I recently got the X series 10kw heater and used a 50amp RV extension 6/3 + 8/1 for the wiring to my 14-50 outlet. Just cut the female end off to length and cap the neutral (white wire) since it is not used for 240.
Thank you for sharing. Planning on installing a similar heater in attached garage after I finish insulating ceiling.
FYI , I leave mine on the LOWEST setting in my 30 X 36 insulated pole barn. adds approximately $150.00 per month to the bill. 59 degrees all winter. I live in Pennsylvania. sounds expensive but all my toys stay warm and toasty. It's worth it!
That is pretty cost effective. If you have a project for 6 hours and it will cost about $6. Not to mention that if the temp reaches to require setting, it will shut off. Great install. Thank you for sharing
Nice install, my only criticism is the thermostat wire should have some kind of grommet or chafe protection, especially since there is a fan in that heater that will cause vibration.
Was taught many years ago to always have several more inches of slack on ground wires from all cords. Reason being if cord ever pulls out of flimsy romex connectors the ground wire would still be connected. In commercial sites we usually used Kelms grip cord connectors. The stainless steel 6 to 10" basket heavy enough that you a 300 pound guy can hang onto a cord without pulling out the cord.
Would love to see your thermostat setup on this heater! Will be installing the same one in a few days.
YESS!! Thank you for this video!!! Love it!!
I have an issue with this heater. 2nd winter in use and it did not seem to be heating as much as the first winter. Took down and opened it up and found one of three heat elements was open. Called the company to get new heating element ( all three contained within a single unit). The heating element assy is not available. Though this company is still selling the garage heater. Obviously if they are still manufacturing the unit, heating elements must still be available. I do not recommend this heater. I bought this in January, 2022 for $200. It now cost $369. Thank you Brandon!
Recently changed our shop heaters to use ferrules with the screw-clamp terminals; connections had been going crispy over the years. 🤞
I have a similar heater and an infrared heater in my home garage/workshop. For my 220 electric heater I put a thermostat on it. I don’t remember what RUclips video I saw but he recommended a particular thermostat for the heater and it works great. I use the 220v heater to warm it up a little until my infrared heater warms things up and I switch the electric heater off. Also when I mounted my electric and infrared heaters I used a 2x6 long enough to go across 3 studs and mounted them in place, then mounted each heater to them. I just wanted some extra beef to tie them into…. But then I tend to over build.
I bought one of these last winter off Amazon. Still have to install it. Lol.
Pretty cool that it works so cheaply per hour. I would have expected it to be much more than that. The only thing I would have done different would be in measuring the power cord length so the cable would connect to the unit like you did, but then let it hang down a bit, then arch back up and mount it with cable brackets across the ceiling toward the wall, then 90° arched down at the corner and continue down the wall with cable brackets on the wall and leave enough length to plug it into the outlet or, if necessary, leave the cable long enough to bend back up when plugged into the outlet. The part that hangs down at the unit and back up to the ceiling is so the unit's swivel position could be of a greater turning range, but the cable would be secured to the ceiling and the wall better. I think it would look more finished and aesthetic like that. Glad it works out for you the way you had hoped. Great job, Scott.
Another informative video.
What thermostat did you connect? You should do an update showing how it’s wired as well. I have the same heater and trying to figure out the thermostat has been a nightmare.
Perfect timing!