Heating the hanger

"Montblack" wrote in message
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They were a donation for our theater's fundraiser. They didn't sell at the
garage sale last spring, or this fall. Whole works is mine if I want it: 2
heaters + 20gals of kerosene = $50.

Might be a stocking stuffer ...for me.

You should move to Texas so you can have a 10 gallon hat to go with your 20
gallon stockings!

;-)

Montblack wrote:

("Tri-Pacer" wrote)

My computer made me do it That should have been 15 gallons

Still gonna be a cold winter.


I just bought 5 gallons of kerosene and the bill was over $50.00



I have an option to buy 4 cans (20 gallons total) of kerosene ...and get
two, new in the box, heaters thrown in to boot. These are bigger units -
upright. Many BTU's.

Go to your local FBO's and head back to the maintenence area. Many
FBO's have a policy that once they remove jet fuel from a plane they
cannot reuse it. My FBO has a 1000 gallon tank out back and I can get
pretty much all the jet fuel I want for my heater in the hangar.

Is't jp4 a mixture of jet a and avgas?

jet a is more like kerosene.

Anybody???

Paul kgyy wrote:
There used to be kerosene (JP4?) heaters that just required electricity
and generated huge amounts of heat. Don't know if those exist any
more, but check ebay.

The Visitor writes:

Is't jp4 a mixture of jet a and avgas?

jet a is more like kerosene.


Jet A is pure kerosene.

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"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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What is the groups suggestion for heating a 40x50 insulated hanger. It
doesn't have to be hot I just want to raise the temp about 15-20 degrees
when it is 30-40 outside.

Here's the rub. No natural gas available plenty of electric though
including
an unused 220 connection.

To see the hanger visit www.peoamerica.net/N601WR look in the contact me
area.

Gig

Can you have a couple of hundred gallon propane tank installed? If so you
could install a unit heater. Propane should be quite a bit cheaper than
electric. A couple of ceiling fans will also help to push the heat back
down.

Buy some rectangular duct work and lay it along one side of the hanger. Put
several exhaust vents in it. Then using the 220AC, buy some electric duct
heaters, a thermostat, a relay and a fan. Do it yourself forced air. Maybe
a lot of work, but it's not fixed to the building (I assume you rent) and
it's a contained system that should be fairly fire proof. The thermostat
let's you set it and forget it. When you're in the hanger, you can also aim
a propane or kerosene heater towards the fan and get extra heat out of it.

We've got natural gas heat in our hanger, and it is terribly expensive to
maintain 40 degrees here in WI so we just use it to warm up the hanger when
we have work to do.

Jim

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
...
What is the groups suggestion for heating a 40x50 insulated hanger. It
doesn't have to be hot I just want to raise the temp about 15-20 degrees
when it is 30-40 outside.

Here's the rub. No natural gas available plenty of electric though
including
an unused 220 connection.

To see the hanger visit www.peoamerica.net/N601WR look in the contact me
area.

Gig

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 16:43:05 -0600, "Jim Burns"
wrote:

Buy some rectangular duct work and lay it along one side of the hanger. Put
several exhaust vents in it. Then using the 220AC, buy some electric duct
heaters, a thermostat, a relay and a fan. Do it yourself forced air. Maybe
a lot of work, but it's not fixed to the building (I assume you rent) and
it's a contained system that should be fairly fire proof. The thermostat
let's you set it and forget it. When you're in the hanger, you can also aim
a propane or kerosene heater towards the fan and get extra heat out of it.

We've got natural gas heat in our hanger, and it is terribly expensive to
maintain 40 degrees here in WI so we just use it to warm up the hanger when
we have work to do.


You ned to insulate that thing.:-))
OTOH if it's big enough for a 737 that's different.

I sure wish I had a hangar built like my shop out at the airport.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


Jim

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
...
What is the groups suggestion for heating a 40x50 insulated hanger. It
doesn't have to be hot I just want to raise the temp about 15-20 degrees
when it is 30-40 outside.

Here's the rub. No natural gas available plenty of electric though
including
an unused 220 connection.

To see the hanger visit www.peoamerica.net/N601WR look in the contact me
area.

Gig

How about one of these to use up that idle 220 volt connection.

http://www.heatersunlimited.com/item29471.ctlg

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ


Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
What is the groups suggestion for heating a 40x50 insulated hanger. It
doesn't have to be hot I just want to raise the temp about 15-20 degrees
when it is 30-40 outside.

Here's the rub. No natural gas available plenty of electric though including
an unused 220 connection.

To see the hanger visit www.peoamerica.net/N601WR look in the contact me
area.

Gig

Dang! $750?? How about finding an old oven, take the door off, and cut a
hole in the back for a fan?? I swear, in "self cleaning" mode, we could
heat our house with ours. For that matter, what about an old clothes dryer?

Jim

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
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How about one of these to use up that idle 220 volt connection.

http://www.heatersunlimited.com/item29471.ctlg

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ


Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
What is the groups suggestion for heating a 40x50 insulated hanger. It
doesn't have to be hot I just want to raise the temp about 15-20 degrees
when it is 30-40 outside.

Here's the rub. No natural gas available plenty of electric though
including
an unused 220 connection.

To see the hanger visit www.peoamerica.net/N601WR look in the contact me
area.

Gig

He didn't say that he WASN'T rich... :-)

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
443H @ TYQ

Jim Burns wrote:

Dang! $750?? How about finding an old oven, take the door off, and cut a
hole in the back for a fan?? I swear, in "self cleaning" mode, we could
heat our house with ours. For that matter, what about an old clothes dryer?

Jim

"Jon Kraus" wrote in message
...

How about one of these to use up that idle 220 volt connection.

http://www.heatersunlimited.com/item29471.ctlg

Jon Kraus
'79 Mooney 201
4443H @ TYQ


Gig 601XL Builder wrote:

What is the groups suggestion for heating a 40x50 insulated hanger. It
doesn't have to be hot I just want to raise the temp about 15-20 degrees
when it is 30-40 outside.

Here's the rub. No natural gas available plenty of electric though

including

an unused 220 connection.

To see the hanger visit www.peoamerica.net/N601WR look in the contact me
area.

Gig