Charlie Self wrote:
We've been here before. Checked the wiring and turned my electric
furnace on and got a modest "hummmmmmmmmmm" for my efforts.

No big deal, I guess, as I had money in the circuit breaker and cable,
but not in the furnace. Which is why I don't wish to add any more cash
to that cow.

I've been looking at the radiant heaters Lee Valley has: has anyone
here tried that radiant heat concept recently enough to recall whether
or not it works well?

If it seems to, I'll stick one of those up in each corner of the shop
and get on with it. I'm not up for rerouting ducting for a furnace,
among other fun chores, so ceiling mount radiant heat might be the
answer.


Found that this electric heater: Dayton G73 (actually manufactured by
Marley Products as their UH5xx series) works quite well. Have a 30amp
circuit available? This is plenty for a 13'x24' well-insulated shop in
the Chicago area.

As the David mentions, radiant isn't likely to do the job you want
unless you're actually talking about convection heat units mounted (ala
electric baseboard heat).

Cleaning the baseboard units would be a pain, as would the wall space
that would be wasted.

OTOH, I do have the draft from the forced-air from the Dayton stirring
things up. Hopefully that will be a minor downside since I have now
have a dust collector AND air filtration system in the shop.