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[ukdave2002]

I have been building a workshop from scratch, with a lot of reclaimed materials. I needed something separate from the garage, where I can house my machines. I wanted it to be a comfortable space to work in, so good lighting and decent heating was a must.
I'm in the process of moving stuff in, a pain because its 100 yards down the garden and everything has to be moved over grass!

Anyway the low temperatures today gave me an opportunity to test the heating, the workshop is approx. 5M x 4M, it is insulated, heating is provided by a Chinese diesel heater that cost £50 delivered!



With the outside temperature at -1? this morning I gave it, its first proper test.



I have housed the heater outside of the workshop, it has a mains 12v supply that has a battery back up, these heaters need a cool down process when they are turned off otherwise they can be damaged, so a battery backup protects against power cuts, which we have several times a year.



The exhaust is visible at the bottom, the fuel tank situated behind the heater housing.

Inside the workshop is a bit of a mess as I move stuff in and figure out the best layout.







Back to the heater, after 45 mins the temperature was a toasty 18? I have not measured fuel consumption yet, but a visible check of the tank indicated not much oil was consumed.



Very pleased with the results my previous garage had a couple of 7KW storage heaters, whilst they took the edge of , they were never brilliant and cost a fortune to run, even with Economy 7 tariff.

There is loads of info on YouTube about these heaters, generally positive results, they will run on anything from used cooking oil to premium diesel, we have oil heating for the house, so have a good supply of relatively cheap fuel.