KIMOSABE wrote:
My home shop is squeezed into a 9 x 16 wood shed.

I can't do much in the winter because NJ is just too cold. I need to
heat it up now and then and am looking for suggestions. I tried a
small 1500 btu Pelonis electric/fan heater the other day and that was
about as effective as puppies' breath.

So, any thoughts? Space is at a premium. I'm stepping around and
over stuff as it is now.

I'd consider some sort of propane or kerosene heater provided it
wasn't a space hog or just too much of a fire or carbon monoxide
hazard.

I may be asking for the impossible.

I don't think you're asking for the impossible. No mater what source of
heat you choose, the first step should be to make the shop reasonably
tight and at least minimally insulated so that heat isn't lost as fast
as you add it.

I have an obvious bias toward solar heat because it doesn't have any
operating costs and because (at least during the day) it's already warm
whenever you want to use it.

I have photos of a solar-heated shop building at

http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/solar.html

It's larger than your shop, so just imagine it scaled down to the size
of yours...

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