"John" wrote in message
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Perused a copy of Popular Mechanics at the inlaws last night after dinner
and saw an advert for "Econo-Heat" flat panel heaters
www.eheat.com
and was wondering whether one of these would suffice to take the area
around my workbench in my insulated but unheated half garage workshop from
"damn cold" to merely "cold" over the coming winter months.

Anybody have one of these?

Also, though the working temperature is 175F and is said not to pose a
great fire hazard elsewhere in the home, would a coating of sawdust and/or
cobwebs make this unsuitable for workshop use?

It uses 400 watts of electricity. That is the equivalent of four 100 watt
bulbs. Is that enough to heat your shop?

They give a figure of 3¢ an hour to operate, but that is based on 8 cent
electric. Most of us in the north a near double that.

400 watt = 1365 Btu. I use a 30,000 Btu heater in my shop and it is not
enough on the coldest of days. I'd pass on it.