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Eddie Ormerod
02-02-2008, 3:25 PM
Besides the price and the brand, what's the difference?
http://www.heater-home.com/product/L5600.aspx

http://www.heater-home.com/product/BRH562.aspx

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3VU36

Eddie

Rick Gooden
02-02-2008, 4:04 PM
The cheaper one will work just fine, go for it. I have on like it that I use for about 550 sq. ft. My space is reasonably well insulated and when it's 0 degrees outside, it's 70 inside and could get a lot warmer. I have used it for 2 years and I am quite satisfied. When my shop is not in use the temp is around 50 - 55 and it takes about 15 minutes or so to go to 70.

Eddie Ormerod
02-02-2008, 10:29 PM
It's just hard to believe that they are the same heaters, just different prices and different names. I'm glad I researched more.
Eddie

Dave Hale
02-18-2008, 7:33 PM
I got the BRH562 2 months ago for the $175 price. :(
Why couldn't you have posted this then?

BTW, they all look to be the same.

I'm using mine in a 2 car uninsulated garage (cedar shakes) and I'm in a short sleeve shirt when it's below freezing. Needs about 1 hour to warm up from a cold start, but I fire mine up when I get home on Friday night, have dinner and start making some dust! Turn it down when I'm not in there, but it's on most of the weekend. :)

Ben Cadotte
02-18-2008, 9:47 PM
One of the others is Dayton as well, but Dayton is just a brand title for Grainger tools. Dayton is not a manufacturer just a brand.

Here is another one that is just a little bit lower in watts 4800 vs 5600 for the ones listed on high. $99

http://http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200307929_200307929

Greg Stanford
02-19-2008, 10:25 AM
Don't want to hijack a thread, but . . . is there a decent heater run off 110v? My shop's about 450 sqr ft & I don't have 220.

g

Ben Cadotte
02-19-2008, 2:05 PM
Don't want to hijack a thread, but . . . is there a decent heater run off 110v? My shop's about 450 sqr ft & I don't have 220.

g

With 110v your limited to the standard 1,500 watt heaters. I have seen some that are 1,800 watt. But the price for 1,500 is arond $30 each, vs like $150 for the 1,800 watt and they need 20amp circuit. A good rule of thumb is 3.5 btu's per watt. So your looking at roughly 4,500 btu's for a 110v heater. I don't know if your shop is insulated. But my last garage which was not insulated close to your size needed about 30,000 btu to maintain a heavy shirt temp. I did have open ceiling right to the roof boards though. Ceiling would help even without insulation. Would need 2 or 3 seperate 110v circuits just for the heaters alone! Maybe more deppending on your shop construction.

Is your shop a basement, attached garage, or detached building? Going vent free propane might work for you. Allow you to run tools on the electric instead of heat.