Electric Garage Heater

[jack bacon]

I have a 500 square foot insulated garage and have narrowed the 5000 watt electric heater down to Dyna Glo from Menards for $200 or a Vevor from Amazon for $130. Which one is better and which one one is more quieter?
The Dyna Glo has switchable output either
7500w or 5000w.

 

[Buckaroo5]

I have a King Electric 5,000 watt 240V Eco 2s from Menards in my 3 bay insulated attached garage. I use it to take the edge off when I am working out there in the winter. It will eat you alive in electrical cost if you run it much but I only use it when I have to. Electrical costs should be the deciding factor.

 

[kngelv]

I see your in Minnesota. I also have a 5000 watt King in my front garage. All of those are similar in that they are 100% efficient. They are expensive to operate and noisy as hell. It also depends on how much you do out there. If you are out there a lot get a small Mr. Cool mini-split or similar like a Pioneer. It will cost you around $1000.00 and you'll make up the cost on saved energy costs within two years. I built a second garage and put a Fujitsu mini-split in it. I leave it at 64 degrees all winter. It's so quiet that I can't even hear it when I'm out there.

James

 

[Jakemedic]

Run, don’t walk away from those electric heaters. I installed one from Menards once in a 2 car attached garage that was well insulated. I tried it for one weekend and it raised my electric bill 50.00. Friday night through Sunday afternoon. As others have said, consider a mini split. Much more efficient and you get cooling too.

 

[ipgenie]

We have pretty low power rates in Idaho. I have a heater like that, 240V, 7500W, in my well insulated shop (foam R42 walls, R49 ceiling R18 sectional doors). I used it last winter to heat 1500 sq ft.

I have an energy monitor on the heater and set the shop at 50 degrees last winter. It was one of the mildest winters we've ever had.

Running the heater only during off peak hours, it consumed 57.8kWh on the highest day or about $2.89 of energy charges at those off peak rates. The highest month was 2230kWh for the month of January or $111.50. (just under $0.05/kWh off peak winter rate for energy charges. Delivery charges are a flat rate of a little under $30/month, often offset by Columbia River credits.)

I already had the mini split for the shop and am finally getting it installed, but didn't have time to install it before last winter and the resistance heater was $65 on sale at Northern Tool so I bought one and hooked it up.

It'll be 2-3X cheaper to run the mini split, but I'll never break even on the savings of running the mini vs the purchase cost. It'll be quieter and if our winters go back to normal, it'll have more heating capacity at a lower running cost and AC if I ever want it, but it won't last long enough to save me any money when heating to 50 degrees.