Pretty good idea. I would seal up the heat ducts and insulate them some.
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What am I missing Herb? This won't work?
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we both missed it..
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
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I don't need a heater but thought if I had a need and couldn't afford one this would be of use. His version needs some improvement but it would easily work. I made do with a lot of things before I had the money. These days the insurance companies won't cover a wood stove but a lot of people take the chance and use them.
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You made my day, Dan, I am not laughing at you, I left the video when he had this pile of sheet metal electrical wire, what all else stacked in front of him and he picks up a scrap of sheet metal and is pondering which end to cut off.
HAHAHA..By that time I was ready to scoop up everthing in the pile and start looking for a scrap bin. HOHO.. maybe I should have turned the sound on.
I agree with you about improvising, but this hit me as way beyond. Thanks for the good laugh, I needed that.
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HAHAHA..By that time I was ready to scoop up everthing in the pile and start looking for a scrap bin. HOHO.. maybe I should have turned the sound on.
I agree with you about improvising, but this hit me as way beyond. Thanks for the good laugh, I needed that.
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north of a hundred bucks...
some way north...
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The part that Dan said about insurance is valid. If it doesn't have a UL sticker on it, it's not approved. Will it work? Probably. I fast forwarded through it but heaters have to have safety controls to prevent overheating. I don't know if that has any. The element is 3000 watts I think so that's how much heat you're getting. The equivalent of 2 1500 watt baseboard heaters about 4 to 5 feet long. In a small space that would be a fair bit. It has to be wired to a 30 amp breaker and you must use 10 gauge supply wire. What you said about wood heaters is true. Mine is going right now and I need to go out and stuff some more wood in it. But I have a UL approved heater going into masonry chimney with tile liner so it's pretty close to code. To be WETT certified I'd need a stainless steel liner inside the lined chimney. I can't get insurance for it without it being WETT certified. I have a 30 foot radiant tube heater for the main heat and is is insurable.
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What Carles says is good. I have a oil filled radiator that plugs into a 110v. outletI think I paid $40. for it i keep running day and night and it keeps my double garage sized shop comfortable.
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I would assume to run the dryer heater requires a 220v. outlet, of which I have spares because I wired it that way incase I wanted to run 220v. equipment. But most shops don't have that capability.
I guess that dryer might be converted to run only one leg of the dryer element on 110v, if a person knew how to do that. I can do simple electrical work, but I am not one to mess with higher voltages. I do have access to an electrician in the family so call him when I start getting outside my realm.
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I would assume to run the dryer heater requires a 220v. outlet, of which I have spares because I wired it that way incase I wanted to run 220v. equipment. But most shops don't have that capability.
I guess that dryer might be converted to run only one leg of the dryer element on 110v, if a person knew how to do that. I can do simple electrical work, but I am not one to mess with higher voltages. I do have access to an electrician in the family so call him when I start getting outside my realm.
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The guy in the video kept all the safety switches that were on the dryer although he did disable one that was bad. He wasn't the greatest at metal fab but got the job done. If done right and wired properly I can see it working well. My insurance company made me disconnect the wood stove from the chimney before they would insure the house. I called other insurance companies and they required the same. This happened 25 years ago when I bought the house.
Really though, there are some very affordable electric heaters out there to be had. I just looked.
Really though, there are some very affordable electric heaters out there to be had. I just looked.
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I like my radiant tube heater but you need a little taller ceilings to run one. Mine is about 9 1/2 feet which is marginal. I had to angle the reflector to make it work. The radiant heat warms objects instead of air and then the objects re-radiate that heat back into the room. You feel warmer at a lower temperature. There is no moving air like forced air or that dryer conversion and I put the air intake for the burner up in the attic.
I added the wood heater later to save on propane. It does have a circulating fan but it doesn't move air like a forced air furnace does, or like that dryer redo will. Because the wood heater goes 100% of the time the fan doesn't need to be that powerful. I'm an ex logger and I'm pretty much surrounded by forest so wood is easy and cheap to come by mostly requiring the labor input.
I added the wood heater later to save on propane. It does have a circulating fan but it doesn't move air like a forced air furnace does, or like that dryer redo will. Because the wood heater goes 100% of the time the fan doesn't need to be that powerful. I'm an ex logger and I'm pretty much surrounded by forest so wood is easy and cheap to come by mostly requiring the labor input.