5000W Ceiling Mounted Garage Heater – 240V Electric Shop Heater with 3 Heat Settings, Overheat Protection, Indoor Use, ETL Listed, Grey

Got mine installed and did not have the hinge rear to drop access to the wire hookup area. Simple install to the garage ceiling with a pilot hole for a 2" long, 1/4 in width wood hex head with nice big flat washers to support the single center attachment point to the garage ceiling. Ezy pzy and plenty secure. I wanted to be able to turn the fan direction if wanted. Ran 10 ga 2 wire with ground to it from the QUALITY dryer plug bought here at the Zon, and wired the unit. I set on heat level #2 and turned it on. Excellent HOT heat coming out, and 12 feet away the fan is clearly doing it's job. The fan power is fine, the heat is HOT just set on 2, and the only potential drawback for some is the thermostat is not as accurate in function as your whole house furnace is. Who cares? Most are using this for a garage or shop, and some don't want those to drop under freezing when unattended and unused. I set up a remote temp sensor and in a 12 x 25 ft garage, in Omaha NE and if you want to keep your garage above freezing, this unit can do that. Really, it can do that not working very hard. I was thinking this was a big toy, might help a little or might not. I was wrong. This is a serious tool, well made, works, hot heat and fan plenty strong - and all at $109? Are you kidding me?? Can see other uses for this heater, too. This is NOT a toy, works, HOT heat, good fan, makes a bit of mild fan noise but WHO CARES? You sleeping in your garage? I got the ex warranty so if this goes South I'm covered, but by any account this is a nice unit, works, built solidly and if you do your own wiring be SAFE and be SURE to use a GOOD dryer plug with a lot of surface contact to your 10 ga wire. Critical. Tight and solid good connections is important. Get your gas cans out of your garage and into the shed. Read directions and adhere to them. They're there for a reason. My garage ceiling is only 7" but I attached this as high as I could right to the ceiling joists, center factory attachment point with big flat washers to help support. VERY impressive heater at this price point!!! Nice. My only nitpick is they should have made the ground attachment point the same as the two positives, with easy secure attachment. I used the extra wide wire crimper tool to secure a yellow 10ga wire loop to the end of the ground wire, then attached that to the ground point on the unit where they supplied the hex head bolt attachment. Works fine. Just UN-necessary and their trying to maximize profit by saving a buck a copy. No bid deal. GOOD UNIT. PS: The Zon 10 ga 2 wire and one ground wire pricing was way better than the big store big name hardware stores here!!

In reading the reviews I saw several issues with the fan blade nut coming loose. Before installing I removed this and cleaned the factory gunk off the threads. I'd describe what the factory used on the threads as more of a hot glue or RTV. I put a dab of blue loctite and reinstalled the nut, glad I did as the factory schmoo felt soft and rubbery as it might soften and allow the nut to loosen when heated. The nut is a reverse thread, so best not to lose it. Lefty tighty and such, you won't find one at your local hardware store. Aside from the fan nut, it's a resistive electric heater. Amps is is BTU. This heater pulls 22.1 amps a couple inches from the terminal on the heater. This is about 5300 watts, which is in line with it being advertised as a 5000 watt heater, when considering the additional power to turn the fan. 17k BTU of heat for $122. Current draw leads me to believe it's in that ballpark. The fins on the resistive elements appear to be a better design than some units. Brushless fan motor. Thermostat dial has a positive off position and keeps temperature within a few degrees of set point once it stabilizes. Operation is quiet. Measured at a 45* angle to the front of the unit it is 52 dB 1' away and 47dB 6' away. For comparison the 45k BTU gas unit heater in my garage is about 60 dB at 6' from it (10' height vs 8' for this electric unit), and I consider it fairly quiet. I use this to heat a 16'x16' shed with 8' ceiling. Ceiling is partially insulated, walls uninsulated, and the shed is drafty. It gets temp up around 70* with outside around freezing, then I turn it down to the 3000 watt setting and adjust thermostat to hold temp. Once the ceiling is fully insulated and closed in it should only do better. It is wired with 10ga romex to a 30 amp breaker, once my ceiling is closed in and finished I will transition in a ceiling mounted box from romex to MC cable for a short whip to the heater. I think this heater it a good value for a shed or small garage. There's no point in spending a fortune on a fancy resistive electric heater as they all deliver the same heat and efficiency to the space. This one seems to be decent quality so far as fan, enclosure, heating elements, and other components. Just be sure to clean the threads on the motor shaft and nut and put a dab of loctite as I suspect the nut could eventually come off. The factory could secure this nut better with loctite or staking the threads.

I bought 3 of these heaters from 2 vendors. One was a $150 5kw and I ran it for 2 winters to set the garage temperature to 45 degrees which was perfect for melting snow off of a Trip to Audis at the Mackinnaw bridge. 45F is perfect when it is -10f. It held with garage insulation all winter. Season 3 it failed. Purchase #2 developed a slight noise and is beginning its 2nd hard winter. (If you don't like the idea, buy a gas for $3500 installed and include the natural gas bill. I will replace it again if it fails for the energy differences with no exhaust pipes for fuel to replace the 30a./240V unit that selects 1800w, 3000w and 5000w. I have an insulated 28ft by 36ft /3-car garage with insulated doors. I have had gas and installation of Nat. gas runs quite a bit more than PIE&G electric. One more thing in winter storms a 20kw natural gas generator works very well if a tree breaks your power poles It will run two of these heaters. The heater is top left running them in 5kw on each heater is pushing it split them a 3k and 5 like I do on a hundred amp service I am very pleased with the low cost and ease of installation The one on the right is plugged into the welder plug

Installed the heater in my 500sqft garage with R12 insulation and it works great. I think it could be better if I bent the fan blades a bit more to increase air movement but honestly, it is just fine. I use an additional fan mounted up by the ceiling to circulate more air and it helps get the heat off of the ceiling. I connected my heater to a 2 pole 30A switch so I do not need to access the controls and it works like a charm. Highly recommended.

Going into the 3rd winter with this heater in my double car garage. I live in Northren Alberta Canada and work in my garage almost daily and even when -45 degrees Celsius it keeps my garage warm enouph that I only need to wear a sweat shirt and I only ever run it on the 3000W setting. Very impressed. I did pull it apart before useing as I’d heard of loose parts and there was so I sudjest giveing it a once over before useing for a trouble free going on 3 years now.

This nice-looking heater provides comfortable environment to my 2-cars garage. I put it on ceiling, inclined at 45 deg. toward the overhead doors. It requires 30 Amp, 2-pole breaker and #10 wires (plus grounding one). No neutral required. If the breaker locates out of garage, additional 2 pole switch (like for AC) is required within the reach (thermostat generally is not considered as a designated disconnect). Unfortunately, the assembling quality is disappointing. I had to drop a Loctite to fan's setscrew then tighten it. Also I found 3 wires were too short and run with tension over sharp edges; I replaced wires and installed chase nipples to protect wires. I suggest to buy heater with recommended thermostat because it controls both wires.

Easy to install and wire - quiet and 5000 w is a lot of heat

Still toying with it but so far the thermostat switch does not seem sensitive enough to hold a steady temp. I have used this heater for a while now and I am very satisfied with the performance. I switch it on the middle setting for about an hour before going into the shop/garage and can expect 12-15 degrees on a cool west coast (6-7 degree) day. I necessary I'm sure I would be able to satisfactorily heat the 400' space in much colder weather.