Fan setup to help with heat

[yugami]

I'm going to be using a kerosene heater in the new shop this winter and I was thinking that with 13' side walls a couple fans hung up high might be nice to keep the hot air circulating, hopefully cut back on the run time to keep the bottom warm.

building is 32x50. Right now my thinking is to hang a couple 20" Lasko quick mount (they're floor fans the come with a wall hanger) as a test, and expand to a couple more if it seems to be beneficial.

Anyone have something similar? a ceiling fan might be better but I was going to have the lights flush mount on the ceiling and I've see strobe effects when the lights are above the blades.

 

[gmcgeo]

kerosene heaters give me a major headache, any torpedo style vent free heaters are very hard to deal with.

i would crack a door have fresh air coming in with those fans on to help with the fumes plus it wont have an oxygen cut off.

if it was me i would use it... but that's me.

 

[nadogail]

Be sure you have a reliable Carbon Monoxide Alarm; should you be overcome with the CO gas, your "Buddies" may console your widow in a manner you would consider unacceptable.

 

[Sumboodie]

Kerosene heater?

You mean like a Toyo stove, drip stove, etc or an unvented "not for indoors" heater?

 

[yugami]

I should have added, the overhead door won't be installed until late winter, almost spring. So the heater will be setup near the tarped door which will also ensure fresh air flow into the building. If I feel that's not enough there are a couple windows and 2 other entry doors I can crack.

I also have 4 CO2 monitors.

Better heating is on the menu for next year. Right now the focus is on getting the thing done so I can get my stuff moved out of storage.

I tested it the other week while doing the flooring in the evenings and didn't get any bad fumes, and no CO2 alarms.

 

[gmcgeo]

if it works for you and its save, then go for it

 

[Milton Shaw]

A ceiling fan would be better as you are not blowing air fast enough to cool you. A floor fan moves air so fast that you will feel cold air just like in summer. A ceiling fan on low will spread the heat out and even the temp out in the whole area.

 

[yugami]

I have a new plan. I was planning on an air filter for the wood shop anyways and found an air mover (with sealed motor)that shoves around 3000cfm.

Having it blow down through a box of air filters should (based on rough calculations), pull air in from the ceiling and diffuse it out nicely. I can have it far enough away to not blow on me but still pull warm air down.

 

[PoorUB]

What type of fan? Propeller fan? It won't work. You need a squirrel cage blower out of an old furnace and you certainly don't need 3,000 CFM. 1,000 CFM is plenty, even less will be fine.

 

[yugami]

I said air mover, not fan. Very different design. Its designed to move large volumes of air much like the furnace part you recommended.

Less than 1,000 CFM won't make a good air filter as I'll only get maybe 5 air exchanges per hour. Not great to minimize the inhalation of wood dust in the wood shop. The nice thing is air movers can be slowed to a lower setting if I just need to use it to cycle the air for HVAC assistance.

 

[gmcgeo]

Fans are fantastic at providing simple airflow over a large area.

Air blowers are built to provide strong, direct airflow to a specific location.