Keeping a paint cabinet warm.?

[snyder]

I use a 60 watt incandescent light bulb to keep my paint and chemical cabinet from freezing in the winter.
As you know these bulbs are getting harder to find.
Are there any better options.?

 

[Half-fast eddie]

Harder to find, but not impossible. And they should last a long time.
240 v bulbs, 100 w … $5 each. A little high, but one order should last forever.

 

[cvairwerks]

Goldenrod from a gun safe.

 

[Shiftless]

Get a dead refrigerator for its excellent insulation. You won’t need many watts at all to keep that paint from freezing.

 

[dfiler2]

They make foot warming pads that work, the one I saw was stuck to the inside back of the cabinet.

 

[gmcgeo]

I use a 60 watt incandescent light bulb to keep my paint and chemical cabinet from freezing in the winter.
As you know these bulbs are getting harder to find.
Are there any better options.?

Yes they make these, in all different watts. Heaters I have many in my enclosures. They work amazing and safe

 

[nadogail]

Due to the mandate for energy conservation you may have to settle for a 50 something Watt incandesent.

 

[paredown]

You could maybe try one of those wrap heaters made for wrapping pipes in snow country? No glass to break and pretty portable. They also won't kick on until close to freezing:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IKSQ8U/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[racecougar]

I use a 60 watt incandescent light bulb to keep my paint and chemical cabinet from freezing in the winter.
As you know these bulbs are getting harder to find.
Are there any better options.?

A bunch of options pop right up on Amazon:



Home Depot, too:

 

[BlindViper]

My buddy keeps all his paint in the bathroom with a small oil space heater. I plan to do the same except I am going install a small electric base board heater.

 

[nh_yota]

Search the web for "reptile heater".

 

[65Goat]

Would one of those reptile heaters work?

Amazon.com : reptile heater

www.amazon.com

I know nothing about these but it was an idea.

 

[The Cobbler]

2 bulbs in series makes them last a long time, but I think a small heater on a thermostat would be more efficient.
I have a few boxes of incandescent bulbs if anyone wants them LOL

 

[gmcgeo]

Would one of those reptile heaters work?

Amazon.com : reptile heater

www.amazon.com

I know nothing about these but it was an idea.

Reptile heaters are very dangers to use, trust me. i have 100s of reptiles.

To heat enclosures i use PTC heater emitters, they are safer and easier to use. I buy Stego heaters from automation , great service and a wide verity of cabinet heating elements with thermostats built in.

 

[BukitCase]

I bought this specific reptile heater

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075D4X63Y/?tag=atomicindus08-20

POS lasted less than a week before being DOA. Don't waste your money.

My shop is mostly unheated (mild climate) but humidity can be a prob, so more critical stuff goes in a 30 cubic foot (dead) freezer, I put an "outhouse" porcelain socket at bottom with a 100 watt "rough service" incandescent - re-routed the power cord to the bulb, power it from one of the HF "speed" controls, set to about 50% - keeps things warm AND dry (I drilled a small hole in the top, added a little mushroom shaped cap I stole from the freezer's drain) -

Previously I'd started with 50 watt bulb, had several burn out. Since I went to the larger bulb with dimmer, same bulb has been working for over 10 YEARS.

Our relatively mild climate does freeze, just not often or real hard - so there's a couple places where I use the 250 watt IR bulbs, for those I've been using these

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0006U2HD2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Seem to work pretty good, the trick is finding IR bulbs that last at least 2% of the claimed life

Oh, and remember to put the Thermo-cube NOT where the bulb is - DAMHIKT... Steve

 

[Bert_]

but I think a small heater on a thermostat would be more efficient.
I have a few boxes of incandescent bulbs if anyone wants them LOL

All forms of electric heat are 100% efficient. Doesn't if it's a light bulb or a purpose built heater. All the energy used gets turned into heat

 

[Stuart in MN]

You can get small heaters that screw into a light socket. Do a search for 'Edison base heater', here's one example. https://www.processheating.com/products/air-load-bank/cone-heaters/

 

[The Cobbler]

All forms of electric heat are 100% efficient. Doesn't if it's a light bulb or a purpose built heater. All the energy used gets turned into heat

where does the light come from then?

 

[Stuart in MN]

Incandescent bulbs emit 90 per cent of their energy as heat, 10 per cent as light.

 

[Bert_]

where does the light come from then?

What happens to the light when it hits the walls of the cabinet?

 

[22george]

I have a small chest freezer l keep my paint in. I use a florescent bulb with a thermostat from H. D. Keeps it at 60 degrees. Have had it for about 15 years with no issues.