Tom Pritchard
02-19-2006, 3:59 PM
I didn't know whether to post this here or in the General Woodworking Forum, so I thought that I would start here. My boys bought me a Marvin Overhead Quartz Workshop Heater Model 7260 (Heat 'n Light) for Christmas last year. It's a very good heater, as it is a radiant design that heats objects and not the air. Since I'm often only in my shop for a short time, it gives great "spot" heat to take the chill off my unheated basement worshop. Today is the first really cold day that we have had this winter, and I spent about 3 hours in the shop, using the heater. I left the shop for a short time, and when I came back, I could smell something similar to when you burn a piece of wood. What I found is that the joists and flooring directly above the heater were too hot to touch:eek: ! I mounted the heater exactly as directed by the instruction manual, and I can't believe the amount of heat that was being absorbed from it by the surrounding wood!
I took the heater down, and mounted a 36"X26" aluminum plate above the heater on 2 1/2" standoffs. There is now enough air circulating above the plate that after 2 hours of use, the joists and flooring above the heater are still cool to the touch. My digital temperature probe shows the air temp above the plate at 78 degrees. I'm OK again! Whew! Here's some pictures of the heater with the standoffs and plate mounted. I was so shook up that I failed to take any "before" pictures. So much for woodworking today, but this was a good job completed!!! Thanks for reading this (if you made it this far:) )!
I took the heater down, and mounted a 36"X26" aluminum plate above the heater on 2 1/2" standoffs. There is now enough air circulating above the plate that after 2 hours of use, the joists and flooring above the heater are still cool to the touch. My digital temperature probe shows the air temp above the plate at 78 degrees. I'm OK again! Whew! Here's some pictures of the heater with the standoffs and plate mounted. I was so shook up that I failed to take any "before" pictures. So much for woodworking today, but this was a good job completed!!! Thanks for reading this (if you made it this far:) )!