Electric Garage Heater, 5000-Watt Ceiling Mount Shop Heater with 3 Heat Levels, 240-Volt Hardwired Fan-Forced Industrial Heater, Ideal for Workshop

Great heater with adjustable heat control. Heats my garage through temperature control which saves me hydro. Highly recommended

Item was well packaged having 4 plastic reinforcing corners on the bottom of the box. Despite that, the foam that is packed in the box was cracked all around indicating the typical rough handling of packages we have come to expect from the delivery service in our area. I mounted the bracket 16" off the back wall of my garage, which lined up with a ceiling joist. I had a 50' piece of #10/4 SOOW cabtire with a 230V Hubbel twistlock connector in the middle. I wired it directly to a double 40A GFCI breaker that I had previously used to run the hot tub I no longer own. While I had the bottom off, I noticed some of the wires that went up into the heater section were bearing quite tightly to the edge of the access holes in the main heater floor panel, so I installed rubber grommets in the holes and manipulated the wires so there is now less tension on them. After installing the bottom cover and powering it up, there was a slight smell from the first-run of the heating elements. Just a note that there is no instruction manual with this unit, so if you don't feel comfortable around electricity, don't try to wire it up yourself. For the ground "bolt, I just split the #10 stranded wire in two equal sections and twisted them around the shank of the bolt. I had previously added a larger diameter washer to the bolt to ensure the ground wire was fully captured. I was unaware how the 3 switches worked initially, but if you look at the wiring diagram, it shows switch 0/I as one heater element and the fan, II and III are just additional heating elements. From reading the advertisement of a different heater (same features, just different colour) I understand that the O/I switch is 3000W, then switch II brings it to 4000W and all 3 switches make 5000W. I can tell you that with the thermostat set at 1/4 of the way the switches at the 4000W setting, it heated up my garage overnight (about 6 hours of running) to the point where everything in my garage was at. or above room temperature. When I checked current flow through the cable, it was reading about 18A. I have since been running it on the low temperature switch and left the thermostat at the 1/4 of the full sweep of the dial and it's toasty warm in my garage. This unit replaced a 120V 14" infrared heater that was encased in an aluminum body, (like a big halogen flood light, only emitting a red light) having a tempered glass window. It got really hot if you were too close to it. I ran a 6" 3-speed fan behind it to provide some convection and it would warm the garage ok, but even overnight, my tools hanging 10' away behind my workbench would still feel cold to touch. This is not the case with the new heater. It's pleasant to be in there now, even when the overnights were -12 here, the whole garage is warm because everything gets heat-soaked. I have read in some comments that the fan motor may be loose, etc. I did not check every screw, but I definitely will to be sure. I would rate this as a 4.5 stars only because there was no manual included to explain the operation. Update: 1 month later This unit is still working great. We have had some very cold spells in the Niagara region this winter and it's so nice to open the garage door and feel a wave of heat coming up from under the door. I figured out the operation of the 3 switches. Each switch engages a separate heating element, so if you need to heat up the space very quickly, flip them all on. I will turn the thermostat almost all the way down when I am finished in the garage for the day and leave just the first switch on.

Installed in November. Seems to work as intended. At 0 degrees it warmed up my single car garage to 30 degrees or so, albeit it run for 4-6 hours to get there. Hope it's built to last

Like y'all I needed supplemental heat in my unheated garage. The 400sf garage is insulated and has a quality door and window so has never dipped below freezing, but I have 2 chest freezers and a fridge in there so I want to keep the temp above 10C, preferably 13ish. I wired this unit is using 12AWG and it works great! I am using it on the 3000W setting and the thermostat is at 8 o'clock and the temp bounces between 12 and 14. The thing barely runs! Couldn't be more pleased. I figure it is costing about $0.25 a day when the temp outside drops below 12C. Totally worth it. There is also a ceiling fan in there running on low which helps I am sure. It costs $0.05 a day and runs 24/7. Considering the cost of food, this is no-brainer insurance.

Does the trick, but a remote would be nice. And the switches seem a bit superfluous. I have a two-car garage, uninsulated. It keeps the space warm enough to use, but it switches on a lot. That's to be expected given the lack of insulation.