Can a 1500w electric heater heat up a 2 car garage?
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 at
2:23 pm
I am trying to heat my 2 car garage for my son’s birthday party. It will be approx. 40 degress fahrenheit outside. The garage is insulated and I will have an area rug covering the entire floor. I am planning to use 2 1500w electric heaters with fans. Do you think this will heat up the garage enough?
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It should be plenty of heat. With lots of people in the garage it is also easier to heat just from the body heat of all the people. Place the heaters in opposite corners blowing towards the center for maximum heat distribution.
they should do ok,be sure and turn on the htrs 3-4 hours b-4 the party
Probably will work if the garage is insulated as you say and you will have people in there too this helps. I would give them time to heat up well before the party though. I would be concerned that you can run two 1500 watt heaters in the garage that is 3000 watts of power and wonder if you have that kind of circuitry in the garage. If you just have 15 amp breakers two will always trip a single circuit.
Each one of these should be on a separate circuit if you have this capability.
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Pat is correct. A 1500 watt heater is almost a 15 amp load. If you try to run two 1500 watt heaters on any single household circuit (even 20 amp), you will just blow a fuse. If you run the heaters on separate outlets that aren’t on the same circuit, you’ll be OK. Keep in mind any extension cord you use will have to be heavy duty and rated for 1500 watts or around 15 amps. The longer the cord, the heavier it will have to be.
The good news… One heater may be enough. A single 1500 watt heater is plenty to heat my apartment in an emergency when their heat goes out and should be enough to heat any insulated room. Starting the heater at least a few hours before you want the room warm is a good idea.