Radiant tube heater temp adjusting question.

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Hi, I was wondering if any of you guys turn your radiant tube heaters down at night and back up again when you use your shop? I have a small 14 x22, 9ft ceiling, insulated and drywalled with a NG radiant tube heater..would like to keep my heating costs as low as possible. I know it's a small building, but I also heat another double car garage, so it all adds up. Thanks folks.

 

[mygarageone]

Are you in your shop every day ? These heaters heat the floor and surrounding objects , so turning it down if you in there daily wouldn't really be a saver for you.

 

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Not in there every day, just thinking it might be the same result as using a setback thermostat in a house but not sure.

 

[kabinenroller]

I have had in floor radiant heat in two buildings, I do not turn the thermostat down even when I know I will not be in the shop for a day or two. In fact I leave the temp and the boiler set the same all year long. Recovery time and energy is not efficient with this type of system. I would never consider any other type of heat in a shop, radiant is the best.
Jim

 

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I have had in floor radiant heat in two buildings, I do not turn the thermostat down even when I know I will not be in the shop for a day or two. In fact I leave the temp and the boiler set the same all year long. Recovery time and energy is not efficient with this type of system. I would never consider any other type of heat in a shop, radiant is the best.
Jim

I get that, and I agree, but radiant tube heat is not quite the same as radiant floor heat...even though both are radiant heat.

 

[koditten]

I need to subscribe to this thread. I've been thinking about a radiant heat tube heater for the attached garage. I don't spend much time working in this garage, but on occasion the Mrs. and I will do some random home project that just makes sense to do the work nearer the house. The detached garage is 200' from the house.

I won't use it much and only want to turn the thing on when I'm actually doing something in the colder temps time of year.

With that said, I love my hydronic tube heated slab in the detached garage. Like said earlier, I never touch the thermostat, even if it will be a week before I have a chance to do any work out there during the winter. Oddly enough, the only time I turn it up, is in the summer. I like to do a test run on the thing a couple times a month. The boiler won't turn on unless I jack up the T-stat.

KO

 

[Vincenthdfan]

Here in Washington State, I have an 80,000 BTU 30 foot radiant tube heater in my 30 x 42 x 14 foot pole barn.

I turn it down to 45 to 50 degrees when I'm not out there for any length of time.

I typically will turn it up to 58-60 degrees when I come out to do any work for any length of time and it comes up to comfortable working temp in no time.

Before you know it, the coats coming off and I'm working in my t-shirt...perfect.

P.S.,
We had an 18 degree cold snap here a week or so ago for a week and half straight and I kept the thermostat set at around 45 degrees.

It cycled several times an evening, but it was far better than having the contents of my shop freezing.

Also helped take the chill off just that much quicker when it came time to do some work out there.

 

[burleyfarm]

My 30 foot, 80,000 btu is on a setback thermostat. 45 degrees from 6pm till 9am. 60 degrees from 9am till 6pm. It's easy to over-ride the set temp when needed.


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