| If you want to heat a shop or other large area, | | | | methods. This can allow you to place the heater |
| then a shop heater might be just the solution that | | | | exactly where you want it, as opposed to simply |
| you are looking for. A shop heater will give you | | | | having to set it on the floor (unless you want one |
| the amount of heat that you want exactly where | | | | which can be placed anywhere on the floor.) You |
| you want it to be, they are easy to move and | | | | should also consider whether the heater you want |
| put out a lot of heat in the immediate area | | | | needs to be portable or if it will be stationary |
| surrounding them. If you're looking for a more | | | | during most of the time that you use it. |
| permanent solution, many shop heaters can be | | | | Fuel or Power Source |
| mounted semi-permanently on walls or other solid | | | | Different shop heaters will operate using different |
| surfaces as well. | | | | fuel or power sources. Some will require that you |
| Not all shop heaters are created equal, | | | | plug them into an electrical outlet for them to |
| unfortunately. Some will have larger space | | | | work, while others will need propane, natural gas, |
| requirements, some use different fuel sources or | | | | or some other fuel source. You should consider |
| heating types, and many of them vary in the | | | | both the cost of the different fuel and power |
| amount of heat that they can produce. Since you | | | | sources as well as how each would fit into your |
| obviously want to choose a shop heater that will | | | | intended usage to help you decide which shop |
| meet your specific needs, here are some | | | | heater you want to buy. If you're going to need |
| considerations to keep in mind that will help you | | | | the heater in a location without electricity nearby |
| pick the heater that will serve you best. | | | | or if you want the heater to be easily portable, |
| Amount of Heat Produced | | | | you might want to buy a heater that uses |
| One of the first things that you should look at is | | | | propane or some other fuel to produce its heat. If |
| the amount of heat that is produced, generally | | | | you don't want to have to continually buy fuel or |
| represented in BTU's. The higher the BTU number | | | | if you simply want to have the heaters relatively |
| is, the more heat the heater will produce while it's | | | | stationary, then an electrical heater might be a |
| operating. If you need the heater to heat a larger | | | | better option. Make sure that you consider both |
| space, you're going to want more BTU's than if it | | | | options so that you can decide which would truly |
| was going to be heating a smaller room. You | | | | be most beneficial to you. |
| might also check and see if the heater features a | | | | Blowers or Radiators |
| thermostat of any kind which regulates when it | | | | Finally, it's important to decide whether you want |
| heats and when it doesn't based upon the | | | | a blower of some sort on your shop heater or if |
| temperature that you set. Check and see if the | | | | you just want it to radiate heat in the area |
| heater box has any recommendations as to the | | | | around it. Blowers can range in type from simple |
| amount of room that it can heat, and use this to | | | | fans to jet-like air movers, while radiators come in |
| develop an estimation of whether it would meet | | | | a variety of shapes and sizes in order to provide |
| your heating needs. | | | | you with the most heat without creating wind. If |
| Size of the Heater | | | | you're trying to heat a large area or if your |
| Obviously size is going to be a consideration when | | | | heater is going to be at least a short distance |
| it comes to choosing a shop heater. If you're | | | | from where you're going to be working, then |
| going to use a heater you need to have enough | | | | having a shop heater with an equipped blower |
| room for it, so you need to choose the heater | | | | could be beneficial. If you need to keep airflow to |
| that you buy according to the amount of space | | | | a minimum because of paperwork or you just |
| you have available. Likewise you should consider | | | | don't want to have the noise of a blower, then a |
| options that will allow you to make better use of | | | | radiator-style heater might be more along the |
| your space, such as the ability to mount the | | | | lines of what you need. |
| heater using wall brackets, screws, or other | | | | |