Recommend me a workshop heater

[knighty]

I've got a water battery fan heater thing (like a car radiator with a van blowing through it) running from an 18kw gas combi boiler... combi boiler normally runs at 85'C doing 2 radiators in the tea room... with the fan heater running the water temp drops to 60'C and below as it struggles to keep up... it's been on 24/7 for the last week... it's still cold, thermals/coat/hat and gloves when you can

bought a 22kw electric heater, expensive to run (£3/hour?) just tested it out.... it's not making any difference :-(

think all the heat is getting out of the (big) roof vents :-(

 

[m_c]

To save me searching, does anybody know if you can wire these so you can control them by a remote switch?
I know eberspacher you can just connect a couple wires and have them fire up, but can you do the same with these.

Or at least, does somebody have a copy of the instructions?

 

[JMS1972]

To save me searching, does anybody know if you can wire these so you can control them by a remote switch?
I know eberspacher you can just connect a couple wires and have them fire up, but can you do the same with these.

Or at least, does somebody have a copy of the instructions?

Some of the cheap Chinese diesel heaters come with a remote control key fob that allows remote start.

 

[m_c]

Some of the cheap Chinese diesel heaters come with a remote control key fob that allows remote start.

I'm looking to be able to control it via a relay, so I can control it from wherever I can get internet access and turn it on before I venture into the workshop.

 

[qwakers]

look up the afterburner mod.

 

[Domdom]

Try GB fuels in Erdington, 74p a litre at the pump according to their website.

I'll be trying them when I run out of diesel....

Tried GB Fuels today. Terrible. Posh website but the reality is a small scruffy yard, diesel all ofer the ground. No drums, doesn’t take cards and the actual bloke can’t string a sentence together.

 

[not done it yet]

and the actual bloke can’t string a sentence together.

Isn’t he a member on the forum?

 

[Domdom]

No idea. Makes no difference really. I only wanted some kero as advertised on the website, no chance. Not very helpful at all. Looks much like they only want to sell large deliveries but if that’s the case why advertise smaller retail sales? ‍

Edit. Just to add I want the 25 or 20 litre pre pack drums as they are (should be) sealed so won’t make a mess in the car. I also don’t want to get it in the carpets off my shoes. Just have to keep buying red from the local petrol station.