Torpedo/Salamander heater best practices?

[jrsavoie]

Me too (I gotta quit sitting here drinking coffee and get at my toodo list..... )

I think most of those are in-floor systems, for residential use. Pex in-slab works (proper install, right slab design), but I was thinking of a temporary roll out/up design.... that would be a cool/hot product.....

Anything heavy, once you calculate the psi loads for jacks/stands, would kill most of those residential products, IMO. Putting down thick boards to distribute load..... might work ? But I still think that VAL 6 would be more reliable, and throw way better/faster heat.....

Rgds, D.

I am going to try and make a 4x8. It shouldn't be terribly heavy to move around. Would also be good for when we butcher. If we liked it, we could make 2. It'd keep our feet warm without getting the butcher shop to warm

 

[Jstpssng]

I am going to try and make a 4x8. It shouldn't be terribly heavy to move around. Would also be good for when we butcher. If we liked it, we could make 2. It'd keep our feet warm without getting the butcher shop to warm

It seems like that would be the cat's meow; it will fit between the wheel wells and give you something warm to lay on while working under the vehicle. Then give you something to stand on for other things, as you have stated. You can get the electric sidewalk warmers they make Heated driveways and radiant snow melting systems from Warmzone and imbed that in some concrete in your floor; it wouldn't be mobile but as you stated you can always have two.

Here's another Nuheat Mat • 18" x 24" (12V) - F276 which may be more suited to what you want.

 

[jrsavoie]

It seems like that would be the cat's meow; it will fit between the wheel wells and give you something warm to lay on while working under the vehicle. Then give you something to stand on for other things, as you have stated. You can get the electric sidewalk warmers they make Heated driveways and radiant snow melting systems from Warmzone and imbed that in some concrete in your floor; it wouldn't be mobile but as you stated you can always have two.

Here's another Nuheat Mat • 18" x 24" (12V) - F276 which may be more suited to what you want.

Dang ole link didn't work.

An old special forces guy told me yesterday that they had some kind of mat that would be exactly what I am looking for. I need to find more info on what he was talking about

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
You're right, it didn't.
I tried another way but it still won't work. That's what happens when they rely on a third party site for their advertising.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I looked into quartz heaters to put overhead at 12 foot height. There are some very simple ones about two feet long, 220 volts and 1000 watt each. I may try four of them. I think their main use was for paint booths. Under a hundred bucks each CDN.

They say radiant heat, heats people, not objects. But it always uses the same energy consumption. So where does the energy go, when no one is in front of them?

 

[sixdogs]

I've been on the floor mat heaters and they are nice in an enclosed and insulated space that will trap some of the heat. In a pole barn, you're cold. My hands were cold. In a garage, fine.

Before making major commitments without having used the mats, try the VAL6 type of radiant heater. It changed the way I thought about heaters and I should have bought one a long time ago. When you work on something, you stay warm. The rest of the heat partially heats the building. It works for me and that's all I know. Just my two cents.

 

[jrsavoie]

I've been on the floor mat heaters and they are nice in an enclosed and insulated space that will trap some of the heat. In a pole barn, you're cold. My hands were cold. In a garage, fine.

Before making major commitments without having used the mats, try the VAL6 type of radiant heater. It changed the way I thought about heaters and I should have bought one a long time ago. When you work on something, you stay warm. The rest of the heat partially heats the building. It works for me and that's all I know. Just my two cents.

Got any thing you would recommend?

I am more interested in warming what I am working on, than warming me. I'll still benefit. There's not much worse than welding 230' in the air at -20F with 40 below windchill.

Do they make anything in the VAL6 line like a tank mounted Buddy heater?

I believe my little Buddy heater is starting to bite the dust. It's starting to suck the flame back down the tube. It would be nice to have something similar that is safe for indoor use.

https://www.amazon.com/Sunrite-Mr-H...ocphy=9021817&hvtargid=pla-535080592516&psc=1

 

[jrsavoie]

I've been on the floor mat heaters and they are nice in an enclosed and insulated space that will trap some of the heat. In a pole barn, you're cold. My hands were cold. In a garage, fine.

Before making major commitments without having used the mats, try the VAL6 type of radiant heater. It changed the way I thought about heaters and I should have bought one a long time ago. When you work on something, you stay warm. The rest of the heat partially heats the building. It works for me and that's all I know. Just my two cents.

What types of floor mat heaters have you worked on? What's available? I heard about the ones they use in the military, but haven't found any links or any info yet.

 

[sixdogs]

What types of floor mat heaters have you worked on? What's available? I heard about the ones they use in the military, but haven't found any links or any info yet.

It was builder made and in a shop. I understand they are easy to build but hard to move. It does keep your feet warm and if it's 50 degrees out it's just fine. Much colder and it's not enough heat. It doesn't take the chill off, so to speak.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Mats might be great if you plan on spend all your time lying on the ground.

I want localized heat in a 72 foot long drive shed that is packed with stuff. My VAL 6 is quite unsuitable. My Kerosene salamander might actually be better, except I don't like the noise, smell and COST! I have various Propane heaters (Small Salamander and Radiant) , but BBQ tank fuel is as expensive at it gets.