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northener
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Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 09:05:11 »
Going to be starting a few things off after the next cold snap. Was thinking about a calor gas heater for the greenhouse, the type that folk use at home. Seen one in the local charity shop £15. Any thoughts? anyone done the same?
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the-goodlife
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 13:23:31 »
yes, but be carefull of the carbon monoxide get the heater serviced, i have my window open a very tiny bit just to let the fumes out had mine running for a week now and i gave it a good clean i also have a monoxide detecter in there and no sign of it yet :) but its a warm 20deg, no signs of plant life yet but its warm at least i can get warm in this cold spell been down this morning and brrrrrrrrrrrr -1 wind chill.
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Eristic
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 13:35:38 »
I would have thought it far too expensive to run and possibly too hot for basic needs.
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tonybloke
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 13:46:37 »
too expensive to run, as eristic says!!
any Co2 would be a bonus for the plants, though! ;)
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davyw1
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 17:31:51 »
I also agree with it being to expensive also another bad point it takes the moisture out of the air.
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 18:49:35 »
On low i'm sure a bottle would last 3months easy,so long as i turned it on at dusk and off at dawn(ish). I need to do something because the wifes warned me already about the windowsills. I've tried parafin that was too expensive.
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davyw1
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 20:30:03 »
Ever considdered a Bunzen Burner
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northener
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 20:46:02 »
You mean like what they use in schools? No if when why and what? Oh and how much?
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tonybloke
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 21:09:17 »
have a look here for some other gas heating options
http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/HarrodSite/category/Greenhouse%20Equipment_Heaters/
or here
http://www.greenhouse-heater.co.uk/section.php?xSec=6
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Eristic
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 30, 2009, 21:38:10 »
A 15kg bottle burning on low for 6-8 hours a night lasts about a fortnight. Current cost of gas is <>£27. Until my radiators are fitted, I rely on one of these to heat my study room/office.
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northener
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Re: Calor gas heater
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January 31, 2009, 08:46:12 »
Thanks for your suggestions. The frost buster looks the one £50 + £5 delivery
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Plot69
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Re: Calor gas heater
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February 01, 2009, 17:00:59 »
In the corner of my greenhouse I have one of the plastic mini greenhouses with the plastic cover and 5 shelves, about 15-20 quid. I put all my seed trays in there and have a 586 Cold Frame Heater in the bottom of that. It keeps it well warm enough and a gallon lasts literally yonks.
It'd cost me a fortune to heat the whole greenhouse, a 6x12 lean-to that's 8 foot at it's highest point.
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