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Trent wrote:
| What kind of shop heater would you reccomend?
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| My shop is 28x32 with 10 foot ceilings. It would have to be electric
| for there is no gas line nearby. I could easily run 220 in the
| ceilings and use a drop down ceiling heater. I have seen some on the
| Internet but not quite sure what I am looking at.
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| Winters can get to the low teens. It would probably only be used in
| the evenings and weekends, so it would not have to be heated all the
| time. I have used the propane bottle heaters and it can raise the
| temperature a bit so as not to freeze your butt off. It is well
| insulated.

If it's well-insulated, then you're invited to take a look at shop
with passive solar heating at the link below...

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/SC_Madison.html