Ouellet Electric heater

[MarksM]

I just got one of the 10,000 watt models for my 36x24 garage. Does anyone else have one? I'm not sure what size breaker to use for it.

Northern Tools does not list it on their site any longer.

 

[MarksM]

I'm not at all happy with this heater. It doesn't seem to heat any better than the 5000 watt I had before. I'm tired of messing around with these things. Should have gotten a gas heater in the first place.

 

[TNToy]

Is this the one you have? Just curious what it looked like...

http://www.shoplocal.com/iid789085prid-99151_-ouellet-all.fp

 

[MarksM]

That's the one. It has finally warmed up the garage to about 60 degrees after running for 24 hours. Hopefully it will be adequate for the rest of this winter

 

[TNToy]

How high is your ceiling?

Is it insulated well?

 

[trainer]

I've got a couple of those at work. They work great, but mine are 3 phase models.
You may want to check to make certain its wired up correctly (getting 220v to the heating elements) and that all the elements are working.

 

[MarksM]

Ceiling is 15'

It has that white insulation that is fitted to the panels before they are attached to the structure. It's not great insulation but keeps it fairly comfy until it gets down below the 40's.

I ran the wires and connected them to L1, L2 and ground. I didn't see anything about three phase. The little instruction sheet that came with it didn't have a lot of info.

 

[danski0224]

10kW of electric is only gonna give a bit more than 30k btu of heat, which would be questionable for a 36x24x15 poorly insulated building- even in Texas.

Wait until you get the electric bill

 

[MarksM]

I just got the bill. Holy F***!!!!

Time to cut my losses and try something else. Would one of the Big Dawg 75,000 btu heaters be a good choice?

 

[Charles (in GA)]

This is a 42 amp draw, yes, gonna run up the electric bill. I'm planning on putting in a lighting system that draws 48 amps. Lucklly I won't be using it alot and will have the option of not using all of them. This thing is a fairly minimal 34,000 BTU and trying to heat over 10,000 cubic feet of space.

Using the heater BTU calculator I found on the web

http://www.heatershop.com/btu_calculator.htm

I arrived at 160,000 BTU required (which is 47,000 watts) to raise the temp 30 degrees in a poor insulation building (36x24x15) (it sounds as if you have the thin insulation that is put up againist the purlins and then sheet metal is screwed on over it.)

Depending on your exact situation, a 175,000 to 250,000 BTU heater would be in the range you probably would need.

Charles

 

[MarksM]

Looks like I need to invest in more insulation.

 

[fefarms]

Assuming the floors and ceiling are R1 (plain glass or bare sheet metal is about R1), then I get more like 80000 BTU per hour. Add 20000 BTU per hour for air leakage and you're at 100000 BTU per hour maxl even with no insulation at all. So the 160000 figure is pretty conservative..
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[TonyMazz]

I have a 75,000 BTU gas ceiling heater, live in Wisconsin...garage is 27 X 35 with an 11-foot ceiling...all sheetrocked, with 2 36" ceiling fans blowing the warmed air down from ceiling. Garage doors 1-18x8 and 1-10X8, one window and one pedestrian door....I work in garage all the time...raise the temp from 35 (coldest when outside temp is -20f) to 60-65. I let it cool down when not in use....it use's fuel, but ALOT cheaper than electric !!!! My space figures at about 50,000 btu. Insulation is 12" ceiling which I am going to raise to 18" and 3.5 on 2.5 of the 4 walls (6" on remainder as it adjoins the house).

Stay away from electric as it eats your pocket book up....

 

[troublemaker427]

I pulled up this old thread from the past. I have a 40x60 building, well insulated walls and 9'4"ceiling. The garage doors are also insulated. I think it is sealed up pretty good. What are your opinions on using this Oulette heater? I don't want to go with propane.

Thanks