You know the fall air is getting crisp when the questions about heating the
shop come out.
IDAGS on some garage heating options, with the nod seeming to go to the Hot
Dawg and Reznor units. While installing my new water heater today with the
help of my next-door neighbor (a plumber/HVAC guy), I asked him if he knew
anything about these particular models. He didn't, and I explained how the
Reznor model I was looking at uses outside air for combustion. I'm not so
worried about exploding dust as I am about the precat lacquer I intend to
spray. He said that any 90% efficient furnace uses outside air for
combustion and that the combustion chamber is completely sealed. He could
get me a great deal on a small Carrier unit (by small he means only 80K
BTU...I've got him looking for something in the 45K range). Does anyone
know of a reason I couldn't use a setup like this? I suspect the size will
be somewhat larger than a Reznor, but I can live with that.
todd
they work fine and the dust burns out. :-0 Actually I blow mine out at
the beginning of the season and it smells a little funny the first time
it comes on but it is fine the rest of the season. works quick, no
splosions.
Larry Jaques wrote:
> On 26 Sep 2003 06:19:10 -0700, [email protected] (Howard)
> pixelated:
>
>
>>FWIW I have a 90%+ efficient Trane furance and it does NOT use outside
>>air for combustion. It is designed to be used in a ventilated furnace
>>room or closet. It does have the low temperature condensing exhaust
>>flue. I can look right at the flames so its not sealed.
>
>
> My 96% efficient Carrier Infinity (6 freakin' grand installed with
> a/c...oh, my heart) is set up the same way. It's in the attic which
> is already considered to be vented. It really blew me away when I
> saw them cut the PVC pipe to use as the chimney vent. The furnace
> is so efficient, I can put my hand on the chimney pipe when it's
> running and not get burned. It's not even uncomfortably warm!
> Amazing. It's also $80/mo cheaper to run than the old oil-filled
> baseboard electric heaters.
>
> I would think that, for most shops with insulated walls/ceilings,
> the normal wall-mounted gas heater would provide enough heat.
> Just blow the sawdust out of it every once in awhile.
>
>
> --
> Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
> ---- --Unknown
FWIW I have a 90%+ efficient Trane furance and it does NOT use outside
air for combustion. It is designed to be used in a ventilated furnace
room or closet. It does have the low temperature condensing exhaust
flue. I can look right at the flames so its not sealed.
"todd" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> You know the fall air is getting crisp when the questions about heating the
> shop come out.
>
> IDAGS on some garage heating options, with the nod seeming to go to the Hot
> Dawg and Reznor units. While installing my new water heater today with the
> help of my next-door neighbor (a plumber/HVAC guy), I asked him if he knew
> anything about these particular models. He didn't, and I explained how the
> Reznor model I was looking at uses outside air for combustion. I'm not so
> worried about exploding dust as I am about the precat lacquer I intend to
> spray. He said that any 90% efficient furnace uses outside air for
> combustion and that the combustion chamber is completely sealed. He could
> get me a great deal on a small Carrier unit (by small he means only 80K
> BTU...I've got him looking for something in the 45K range). Does anyone
> know of a reason I couldn't use a setup like this? I suspect the size will
> be somewhat larger than a Reznor, but I can live with that.
>
> todd
"Larry Jaques" <jake@di\/ersify.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 26 Sep 2003 06:19:10 -0700, [email protected] (Howard)
> pixelated:
>
> >FWIW I have a 90%+ efficient Trane furance and it does NOT use outside
> >air for combustion. It is designed to be used in a ventilated furnace
> >room or closet. It does have the low temperature condensing exhaust
> >flue. I can look right at the flames so its not sealed.
>
> My 96% efficient Carrier Infinity (6 freakin' grand installed with
> a/c...oh, my heart) is set up the same way. It's in the attic which
> is already considered to be vented. It really blew me away when I
> saw them cut the PVC pipe to use as the chimney vent. The furnace
> is so efficient, I can put my hand on the chimney pipe when it's
> running and not get burned. It's not even uncomfortably warm!
> Amazing. It's also $80/mo cheaper to run than the old oil-filled
> baseboard electric heaters.
>
> I would think that, for most shops with insulated walls/ceilings,
> the normal wall-mounted gas heater would provide enough heat.
> Just blow the sawdust out of it every once in awhile.
My garage isn't insulated, but I don't expect to be spending loads of time
out there. It's just that when I do, I don't want icicles forming on the
end of my nose like last year. If you're like me, you were thinking "6
grand...why I could buy a Unisaw and a nice bandsaw and ...". From talking
to my neighbor, there's a LOT of markup on that stuff. He told me that in a
typical installation they run PVC to the outside for the combustion air as
well. With your attic install, that might have been unnecessary. I tried a
radiant unit from BORG (not that one, the other one) last year and I was
underwhelmed.
todd
On 26 Sep 2003 06:19:10 -0700, [email protected] (Howard)
pixelated:
>FWIW I have a 90%+ efficient Trane furance and it does NOT use outside
>air for combustion. It is designed to be used in a ventilated furnace
>room or closet. It does have the low temperature condensing exhaust
>flue. I can look right at the flames so its not sealed.
My 96% efficient Carrier Infinity (6 freakin' grand installed with
a/c...oh, my heart) is set up the same way. It's in the attic which
is already considered to be vented. It really blew me away when I
saw them cut the PVC pipe to use as the chimney vent. The furnace
is so efficient, I can put my hand on the chimney pipe when it's
running and not get burned. It's not even uncomfortably warm!
Amazing. It's also $80/mo cheaper to run than the old oil-filled
baseboard electric heaters.
I would think that, for most shops with insulated walls/ceilings,
the normal wall-mounted gas heater would provide enough heat.
Just blow the sawdust out of it every once in awhile.
--
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
---- --Unknown
Perhaps I read a bit too much into his comment. It's possible that he was
talking about the particular Carrier units he works with.
todd
"Howard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> FWIW I have a 90%+ efficient Trane furance and it does NOT use outside
> air for combustion. It is designed to be used in a ventilated furnace
> room or closet. It does have the low temperature condensing exhaust
> flue. I can look right at the flames so its not sealed.
>
> "todd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > You know the fall air is getting crisp when the questions about heating
the
> > shop come out.
> >
> > IDAGS on some garage heating options, with the nod seeming to go to the
Hot
> > Dawg and Reznor units. While installing my new water heater today with
the
> > help of my next-door neighbor (a plumber/HVAC guy), I asked him if he
knew
> > anything about these particular models. He didn't, and I explained how
the
> > Reznor model I was looking at uses outside air for combustion. I'm not
so
> > worried about exploding dust as I am about the precat lacquer I intend
to
> > spray. He said that any 90% efficient furnace uses outside air for
> > combustion and that the combustion chamber is completely sealed. He
could
> > get me a great deal on a small Carrier unit (by small he means only 80K
> > BTU...I've got him looking for something in the 45K range). Does anyone
> > know of a reason I couldn't use a setup like this? I suspect the size
will
> > be somewhat larger than a Reznor, but I can live with that.
> >
> > todd
if a 45K Btu unit was appropriate for your space the 80K unit will be way
overkill and be less efficient over all. I did exactly what you did and
found that it ran more frequently for a shorter burn each time. The short
burn time caused the burner assembly to rust prematurely
YMMV
--
David
1964 Karmann Ghia coupe
1998 Chev K1500
2000 Subaru Legacy GT
"todd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> You know the fall air is getting crisp when the questions about heating
the
> shop come out.
>
> IDAGS on some garage heating options, with the nod seeming to go to the
Hot
> Dawg and Reznor units. While installing my new water heater today with
the
> help of my next-door neighbor (a plumber/HVAC guy), I asked him if he knew
> anything about these particular models. He didn't, and I explained how
the
> Reznor model I was looking at uses outside air for combustion. I'm not so
> worried about exploding dust as I am about the precat lacquer I intend to
> spray. He said that any 90% efficient furnace uses outside air for
> combustion and that the combustion chamber is completely sealed. He could
> get me a great deal on a small Carrier unit (by small he means only 80K
> BTU...I've got him looking for something in the 45K range). Does anyone
> know of a reason I couldn't use a setup like this? I suspect the size
will
> be somewhat larger than a Reznor, but I can live with that.
>
> todd
>
>
"todd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> He said that any 90% efficient furnace uses outside air for
> combustion and that the combustion chamber is completely sealed. He could
> get me a great deal on a small Carrier unit (by small he means only 80K
> BTU...I've got him looking for something in the 45K range). Does anyone
> know of a reason I couldn't use a setup like this? I suspect the size
will
> be somewhat larger than a Reznor, but I can live with that.
>
> todd
>
>
One thing to consider is condensation. All 90+ furnaces produce condensation
from combustion that needs to be drained somewhere. Also consider that you
will need to run the heat 24/7 in your shop with a 90+ furnace. if you shut
it off the condensate lines freeze and may break, or at least the condensate
in the furnace will freeze, and render the furnace inoperable until you get
it thawed out. Try do that without heat!
I considered a 90+ furnace for my shop, but the condensate drainage and not
knowing for sure if I wanted to heat it 24/7 convinced me that a 80% unit
was fine. I went with a conventional home style furnace because I also added
central AC in the shop.
Greg