powerful resistance electric heater for The Garage
If you were going to do this it would be better to put the breaker in the right hand panel so you’re not pulling that heavy load through a second breaker into the second panel it’s just more points of failure possible.
I would not install a powerful electric heater in the garage like that, keeping that garage warm in the winter could easily cost you an extra hundred dollars a month.
It would be far better to insulate the ceiling of the garage more thoroughly either by adding an inch and a half of foam board over the existing ceiling and then putting fire rated drywall over that for safety.
Don’t know what the floor is like in the room above it but you might consider a thick wall-to-wall carpet with good foam pad underneath that.
It’s also not a good idea to keep your car in a warm garage in a cold climate if it is often driven on salty roads it will make the car rust out much faster it’s better to leave the car cold until the salt can be washed off the undercarriage.
If you want to drive away in a warm car put an electric block heater on the engine with a timer to warm the engine up an hour or two before you Drive away this way you immediately have heat it’s much better for the engine actually saves gasoline to do this without damaging the rest of the vehicle.
John L
If you were going to do this it would be better to put the breaker in the right hand panel so you’re not pulling that heavy load through a second breaker into the second panel it’s just more points of failure possible.
I would not install a powerful electric heater in the garage like that, keeping that garage warm in the winter could easily cost you an extra hundred dollars a month.
It would be far better to insulate the ceiling of the garage more thoroughly either by adding an inch and a half of foam board over the existing ceiling and then putting fire rated drywall over that for safety.
Don’t know what the floor is like in the room above it but you might consider a thick wall-to-wall carpet with good foam pad underneath that.
It’s also not a good idea to keep your car in a warm garage in a cold climate if it is often driven on salty roads it will make the car rust out much faster it’s better to leave the car cold until the salt can be washed off the undercarriage.
If you want to drive away in a warm car put an electric block heater on the engine with a timer to warm the engine up an hour or two before you Drive away this way you immediately have heat it’s much better for the engine actually saves gasoline to do this without damaging the rest of the vehicle.
John L