Space heater

**Yuri_Rage** · 11-06-2006, 05:07 AM

First of all, don't buy this piece of $hit:

Holmes HCH4050 Ceramic Space Heater

I have it connected to a Ranco controller, and it overheats before it's able to warm all 9 square feet of my brew closet even 2 degrees. When it overheats, it activates this stupid auto-shutoff feature that forces me to switch it off, unplug it, wait 10 minutes, then plug it in again. It's getting returned this week in favor of a better unit.

Anybody have any suggestions for a small space heater that works better? I'd like to use a space heater rather than a fermentation wrap/belt because I want to control the temperature of the entire closet (lagering/conditioning/etc).

Brewiz · 11-06-2006, 01:19 PM

Yuri,
I use one of these in my chest freezer and it seems to work very well.

http://www.williamsbrewing.com/BREWER_S_EDGE_SPACE_HEATER_P518C100.cfm

You can see it here on the back wall:

I am running it with a digital controller and I have to run the freezer on my old anolog because during the Winter here in Ga the days can get quite warm and the nights very cold. The freezer is located up in my Brewshed.

**david_42** · 11-06-2006, 01:24 PM

I have a Duracraft heater that works quite well. I can't read the model number though. It has a fan in it and I'm careful about positioning it so there are no restrictions in airflow.

**Yuri_Rage** · 11-06-2006, 03:24 PM

I put mine right in the middle of the closet with plenty of space all around so it would have unrestricted airflow - it still overheated. I tried using the low setting instead of high last night and it seemed to work alright. Still not impressed.

Thanks for the tip on the heater from Williams Brewing. That might be a tad on the small side, as my closet is 60 cubic feet, and it's only rated to 25.