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Title: Best heater for shed?
Post by: s.hughes on January 12, 2010, 08:33:50 pm: I need to heat the shed just enough to stop the water freezing and cracking my filter housing.
I could put a mains in the shed but I dont want to. Is there a cheap heater i could use without mains and if so what and where would I get one.
If I do have to use mains then the same question.

Cheers
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: rg1 on January 12, 2010, 08:40:31 pm: I would get some electricity into the shed then you can use a oil fired radiator. Go for one that is under 1kw ie 6-800w. It will use about 10p per hour to run and it will keep the frost off.
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: michael papworth on January 12, 2010, 08:59:48 pm: Back in the good old days when I used an RO unit, I used to run it at night. It then couldn't freeze as there was constantly water flowing though it. If I remember correctly, mains water is usually at a temperature of between 13 and 15 deg.

Also. Think about insulation first and foremost. Could you build a cabinet round your unit? If so, you could heat it enough to keep the chill off with a single 100 watt bulb.
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: s.hughes on January 12, 2010, 10:04:44 pm: I have put thick thermal padding around it, the type you put on the old cylinder tanks but even with that it still freezes
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: mark dew on January 12, 2010, 10:49:21 pm: I run an extension lead to the shed to power the booster pump, sub pump, light and a battery charger.
Bought this a couple of weeks ago and it works a treat. I have a wooden shed and it raised the temperature from -4 to +15 pretty quickly. It cost somewhere between £1 and £1.50 to run overnight i think.
It has a thermostat and 3 heat settings. I turned the thermostat down to 1/3 of the way on the middle heat setting to keep it around +5 overnight.
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?isSearch=true&fh_search=electric+heater

The 2nd one that cost £19.99.
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on January 12, 2010, 10:52:22 pm: Set fire to the shed? It might only work for one night though .... ;D
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: s.hughes on January 13, 2010, 07:54:56 am: Looks like I will have to run an extension it the shed.
Can I just get any extension lead or does it have to be a certain thickness?
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: wezzy32 on January 13, 2010, 08:44:54 am: i would stick a double rcd socket in shed much safer.and its not that hard todo.
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: s.hughes on January 13, 2010, 09:48:01 am: I'll do that, but would I need a thick cable to run to the shed i.e does it need to be insulated?
Title: Re: Best heater for shed?
Post by: wezzy32 on January 13, 2010, 09:56:37 am: mines under ground in the plastic conduit but i did it yrs ago the only prob now is that there is new regs for electrical work at home.