Anyone use one of these heaters? Any good? I want to heat my 24 X 24 garage, but I’m not sure if it would do the job. 
Fahrenheat Ceiling-Mount Automatic 5000 Watt Electric Heater, Model# FUH5-4
240 Volts, 5000 Watts at 17,065 BTU/hr. 21 Amps.
I am also looking at electric heat for my garage. What are some of you using for heat?
$230 at Fleet Farm, a bit more at Northern Tool.
How much do they cost to run?
I have no idea.
I am also looking at a gas one. Need to keep the boat,truck, car and dog warm in the winter.
Ron
i have one in a 30 x 40, works great. can’t tell you cost but can’t be too bad, wife thought it was hardly noticeable on bill. I keep it about 1 or 2 clicks up and it’s 38-50 depending on the outside weather.
I put this gas heater in my garage. http://www.gas-space-heater.com/modine-hot-dawg.html
Had a friend in the business so it was really cheap. I ended up getting the 70,000 BTU for my 2.5 garage. Overkill but heats quickly. I heat the garage whenever I am working out there. I dont leave it on in the winter. Mostly because I never insulated the ceiling and also because it seems pointless. These types of furnaces are very dependable.
Suzuki,
That heater is great. Have the same one in my garage. Depending on how much heat you would like, the Hot Dog is great. If you are just looking to take the chill off and have it so goods dont freeze I would go with the electric. If you want work on projects in the garage without a winter jacket go with the Hot Dog. I was told by several people that the gas model is more economical. Just my .02 
My sister in law has one in her garage. Does a great job. I fire it up at christmas, and the garage becomes the party zone. In about 1 hour, it warms it to 70′ no problem.
big g 
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How much do they cost to run?
5000W heater = 5kW x 1 hour(runtime) = 5kWh x $0.082(Xcel winter kWh rate) = $0.41 per hour
That will give you a rough idea
A similar sized natural gas heater would probably cost a little over half that, around $0.25-0.30/hr.
You would probably need at the least a 20,000 btu/hr heater to heat 500 sq. ft to t-stirt temps.
To figure the cost you need to know your electric rate for a kilowatthour. Take your total bill and divide by kilowatthours used to get cost. Example of mine would be $ 0.11 kWh Then take the wattage of the unit (5000 for this heater) times the hours of use. Divide by 1000 and multiply by your cost per hour.
KWh use = (5000 watts per 1 hour) / 1000 watts = 5 kW.
cost/hr= 5 kWh x $.11/kWh = $.55/hr
If you don’t know the wattage take the amps times the voltage.
I installed that exact heater in my 12×24 bunkhouse last Sunday. It heated it up from 58 deg to 68 deg in 10 minutes. Simple to install. I’m happy. Also, was on sale last week at Fleet Farm for $199.
Dave
I just checked mine. It called a ReadyHeat and I bought it from Fleet Farm a few years ago. The thing puts out 115,000 BTU’s, and runs on either kerosene or Diesal Fuel. The garage is big, about 36 X 24 feet and the heater does a good job. However, after reading these posts I wonder if electric is better and can do the job. The kerosene/diesal heater is expensive to run and when I use diesal fuel you can sure smell it.
Just wondering how many of you guys use kerosene/diesal heaters versus electric and your experiences with them.
Brian,
sorry for the double post but I just noticed the electric heater you mentioned puts out only 17,050 BTU’s. That seems extremely low relative to the kerosene/diesal heaters which put out over 100,000 BTU’s.
I have the Hot Dawg LP 45K BTU in my 26×26 “top garage” (two story garage). It is wired to a thermostat and I keep it at 40 thru the winter and heat as needed when I have a project. I run ~100 gal LP/winter to do this. Good heater, great place to do the projects 
I have yet to meet a guy who regrets insulating and heating a garage….if it is detached 
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My sister in law has one in her garage. Does a great job. I fire it up at christmas, and the garage becomes the party zone. In about 1 hour, it warms it to 70′ no problem.
big g
Big g, is that the electric one that heats it to 70 degr.?
I’d like to go with a gas furnace, but the up front cost of having a gas line laid and installed is why I’m thinking of electric….but now I’m not sure?
Dave N or Todd NE…does this heater have an electrical plug, or do I have to wire it to a box?
I read some where that it had to be hard wired.
Ron
Hard wired to a 30 amp breaker in the box. 10 gague wire. It runs on 240 volts.
It cost me ~$600 for the furnace and the line installed to the garage (~30 ft) 4 years ago. Hope this helps.
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