modine hot dawg shop heater IT"S ALIVE ! ! !

[sweetk30]

so I have posted up a bit in the past on this subject . but now its time to buy my own unit .

looking at modine hot dawg units .

there is reg old fresh burn air NON sealed burn chamber units .

and then sealed burn with fresh air pulled in from outside .

they look more efficient with sealed and also less chance of boom in a automotive based shop environment .

what would you guys do ?

and price seems to be almost double for same size unit if sealed .

 

[Stein]

Two 55 gallon drums and a $50 kit from Harbor Freight. Keeps mine at 75 all winter.

 

[Bent77]

^this except run it on air pressure injected oil (wasteoil). All your used anything and paper trash = free heat

 

[sweetk30]

guys I didn't ask what to get other than what I posted .

I already have a huge wood stove and few cord of wood .

I will be looking to use the nat gas shop heater for min temp when I am not in there to baby sit the wood stove .

 

[diesel4me]

I have the same stove as Stein and it works great...
I cant blame you for wanting something thats "automatic" though,it does get annoying having to feed the stove every so often,though the barrel ones have a long burn time if you stuff some big logs in it..

It kind of sucks having to cut trees and gather pallets and smash them up to feed the stove too--its a lot of work and time that could be spent on better things...I dont like having to freeze for an hour till the garage gets warmer either...when I had a hot air oil fired furnace it was nice,in ten minutes you could get it up to 65 from 30 degrees..

The sealed heaters are much safer,using outside air for combustion..having it high off the floor also increases safety if some gas got spilled,the fumes tend to stay close to the floor..
I have had a few incidents where some gas spilled while my stove was blazing,not a lot of gas,but about a pint or so--I saw the flames in the stove start roaring and luckily the fumes just got combusted in the stove and it did not "flash back"...

 

[doubletrouble]

I have a non sealed modine in my garage, I've had it for over ten years and no problems.

 

[sweetk30]

dam good people / easy to work with / got me exactly what I needed for less money on the phone .

http://shurailhvac.com/

got me a modine hot dawg hd125 unit with full exhaust install kit ordered to ship today or first thing wensday .

how to figure out size needed . http://www.calculator.net/btu-calcu...=60&temperatureunit=f&calctype=heat&x=59&y=16

 

[sweetk30]

fedex freight tracking shows its in local terminal and ready for Monday delivery .

 

[sweetk30]

its here ..... daa dunt .... daa dunt .... daa dunt daa dunt

its not small . . . . 125k btu natural gas modine hot dawg hd125 .

just replaced 2 couplers in the 1" line up in the shop celling today and pressurized the line up and will see if it holds 24 and 48 hr . then if good we be ready for the flow of gas .

 

[doubletrouble]

Nice heater, they work well.

 

[sweetk30]

whipped up a simple yet strong bracket this morning .

then bolted & lagged it to the celling . center is lag to rafter beam . then front/back are bolted to 2x4 I screwed up in between the rafter beams so its locked up in there . and big fender washers up top also with lock nuts.

load tested it with just over 250lbs of woodchuck dead weight not even a smidge of movement .

then few long ratchet straps and over 1 hr it was bolted up in its new home all by my self . and that's 12ft tall bay its in and just over 3" off the celling .

 

[doubletrouble]

Nice bracket, when your by yourself you get creative on how to get things done.

 

[76zimmer]

Looks like a great setup Brett
Do you have any additional ceiling fans for even distibution around the shop?

 

[sweetk30]

this unit will throw 52 feet if I recall. I am 50 foot end to end.

but if I need to move air around its easy now with duct work I put in for the other thread ( woodstove )

new thread coming soon with pics . keep a eye out in here

 

[stump_puller]

I like the bracket you made good job

 

[sweetk30]

I like the bracket you made good job

simple / easy / strong / effective

 

[Greg Ducato]

Well done!

 

[sweetk30]

as of 10:30ish Friday night its ALIVE ! ! !

me make fire and it fells good and warm .

 

[76zimmer]

oh that's gotta feel good!
I lit mine up today for the first time as well. I find 55* and a sweatshirt is great working temps!

 

[FOR MUD]

as of 10:30ish Friday night its ALIVE ! ! !

me make fire and it fells good and warm .

Right on time. We had a a frost here last night. Your probably a couple of weeks ahead when it comes to the cold.
I'm now up three different sources of heat for the shop