BrokenBiker
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My father runs 2 in his bike shed...timber shed that suffered with damp originally but since putting the heaters in it hasn't had any moisture at all and with 3 custom painted bikes in there, dry is good.
Thinking of getting a few for the shed, any reasons why I shouldn't? Low wattage and designed to run permanently. There is nothing in the shed that poses a fire risk except the small mapp bottle but that's far enough away from where the heaters would go, no rags stored in there, only other gas is inert etc, nothing combustible and the heat output is going to be minimal.
I have done a little test over the last few days with one of those little fan heater jobbies, sat it on the bench, set it to a medium heat on power 1 and so far, no condensation at all in the shed, even with the rain, frost and subsequent sunshine. Plus I have just walked in there to run the lathe up for a 10 mins to get the fluids moving and it's lovely and warm in there which is a bonus as the oil in the lathe is already at a decent temp compared to last weekend when it was like treacle
Thinking of getting a few for the shed, any reasons why I shouldn't? Low wattage and designed to run permanently. There is nothing in the shed that poses a fire risk except the small mapp bottle but that's far enough away from where the heaters would go, no rags stored in there, only other gas is inert etc, nothing combustible and the heat output is going to be minimal.
I have done a little test over the last few days with one of those little fan heater jobbies, sat it on the bench, set it to a medium heat on power 1 and so far, no condensation at all in the shed, even with the rain, frost and subsequent sunshine. Plus I have just walked in there to run the lathe up for a 10 mins to get the fluids moving and it's lovely and warm in there which is a bonus as the oil in the lathe is already at a decent temp compared to last weekend when it was like treacle
