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30/11/2005 6:42 AM

Reddy Heater - Good Deal?

Planning on buying a 35k BTU Reddy Heater, Propane, 75 bucks canadian.
Seems like good deal to me based on new prices, etc.

Anything bad i should know about the reddy models?


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c

in reply to [email protected] on 30/11/2005 6:42 AM

30/11/2005 7:51 AM

No NG access, thats the problem (another thread on this back a day or
two).

Heater is going to be used to quickly (or as quick as possible) warm up
a 18x16 shop, and then let a 16k btu electric heater maintain it.

c

in reply to [email protected] on 30/11/2005 6:42 AM

01/12/2005 6:39 AM

And that open flame dosent bother you in the shop?
Still makes me nervous.

On a positive side, Im not expecting to need the propane version for
extended periods of time.
My 16k BTU heater pulled my shop from 1.9 C to 16.9 C last night in
about 15 minutes. I was pretty happy with that.

TK

Thomas Kendrick

in reply to [email protected] on 30/11/2005 6:42 AM

01/12/2005 8:55 AM

I put the heater several feet away from my workspace such that the
warm air is all I get. These heaters all have exposed flames, some
more than others but none are flamethrowers.

On 1 Dec 2005 06:39:37 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>And that open flame dosent bother you in the shop?
>Still makes me nervous.
>
>On a positive side, Im not expecting to need the propane version for
>extended periods of time.
>My 16k BTU heater pulled my shop from 1.9 C to 16.9 C last night in
>about 15 minutes. I was pretty happy with that.

TK

Thomas Kendrick

in reply to [email protected] on 30/11/2005 6:42 AM

30/11/2005 7:37 PM

That's a good price. I run mine from a 50# tank.
The propane models will have a bit of flame out the front, so watch
where you stand.

On 30 Nov 2005 06:42:21 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>Planning on buying a 35k BTU Reddy Heater, Propane, 75 bucks canadian.
>Seems like good deal to me based on new prices, etc.
>
>Anything bad i should know about the reddy models?

Rd

Robatoy

in reply to [email protected] on 30/11/2005 6:42 AM

30/11/2005 10:11 AM

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] wrote:

> Planning on buying a 35k BTU Reddy Heater, Propane, 75 bucks canadian.
> Seems like good deal to me based on new prices, etc.
>
> Anything bad i should know about the reddy models?

As a brand, they've been around a long time and there isn't a whole lot to go
wrong with a propane heater, short of the ignitor perhaps.

Most of those heaters will tell you what to expect in terms of fuel consumption.
As a fellow Kanuckistani, I'd find out about that first: how MANY 20-pound
cylinders you are going to go through during the course of a week.

You got natural gas where you live? (I'm not talking beans.)


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