Cheap heating for LCC members.

[toolsplus]

I borrowed an e-bike battery and it supplied enough power to heat 250 sq.m. of floor space tonight to a constant 66f. Outside is about -3C tonight.
That's the first time I've tried it.
I'm pleased with that.
That's a 700w battery running for 5 hrs powering my 1000w capacitor fan heater. That's with no mains grid connectivity.
First experiment done,let's see if nothing's melted or burning in my shed in the morning.
Cheers

 

[Shayne]

Idle browsing a while back I hit upon a similar idea because a diesel heater would likely cook me in a space as small as my truck interior or indeed roof tent .

I'm guessing this or similar would take the chill off and would run a lot longer Honda Pioneer/Talon 12V Heater with Swivel Base by RoadPro - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club]

 

[BobMurphy]

I installed an 8Kw cheap Chinese diesel heater in my workshop. I run it on central heating oil (28 sec Kerosene).

It does the job but it's a noisy blighter and I had to bore a hole through the brick wall for the exhaust (which runs at 186 degrees C).

It's not a bad solution but the old wood-burning stove I used to have was more civilised.

Bob.

 

[nick_the_fish]

flippin' hek Bob that's an impressive workshop!

 

[BobMurphy]

Unfortunately, it's too small for all the tools & 'stuff' I've accumulated !
I have far too many projects on the go.

Who said retirement was a relaxing time.

My own fault really.

That's 90-Series transfer box being worked on - on the bench.

Bob.

 

[GeekOKent]

Oh man, the heater is ok, but yeah... Workshop !!!

 

[Shayne]

Took a bit of finding this thread but because currently i'm staying in two story 6 bedroom house which is all open plan downstairs . And because I just fitted an unidentified cab heater , I'd guess from a tractor or HGV , to my boat I got to wondering .

His constant hot water comes from an oil burning Aga cooker which is hooked up to umpteen radiators and under floor heating , but he ain't using non of that post divorce , not when he has his whole life dedicated Sundays to chopping wood for the log burner he pretty much sits on top off whenever hes home .

There must be somewhere in the house a hot tank and a hot pipe coming off it ?

So why not tap into that and hook up a cab heater plugged in to a battery charger ?

Quick google suggests a trickle charger costs around 0.1p for 2 hours .

Its not my house so i can't experiment but in principal do you think it will work ?