RICARDO1969
12-21-2009, 09:53:27 AM
I am using this heater http://www.heater-home.com/product/T...is onshopping the problem i am having is once everything is warm, i find allot of my tools have condensation? there are no fresh air vents in my garage i do plan on installing some vents. could the no vent situation be causing condensation?
JONESYFXR
12-21-2009, 11:19:33 AM
I had the same problem for years. I just soak my tools in WD-40 and wipe them off once a year. No rust and the ratchets are always working great.
rustover
12-25-2009, 11:59:31 PM
I use a small propane vent free wall heater. I used to have this problem. I would bring the room up to temp quickly. I was also using a propane blower at times. If I bring the temps up slowly, the condensation is not an issue.
Gary S
12-27-2009, 02:09:58 PM
Any heater that has combustion creates water as a byproduct of combustion. If that heater isn't vented to the outside, the water stays in the building and will collect wherever it chooses.
The solution is to install a vent pipe to the outside so the combustion fumes and water go outside.
The other solution is to use electric heat which has no combustion to create that water.
MadMike
01-08-2010, 11:59:54 AM
Uh-Oh.... so if I fire up a propane torpedo heater, I'm going to have beaucoup condensation problems? Not just on tools, but anything metal?
Gary S
01-08-2010, 12:04:34 PM
Uh-Oh.... so if I fire up a propane torpedo heater, I'm going to have beaucoup condensation problems? Not just on tools, but anything metal?
You will increase the humidity in the air with any unvented heater. How much will depend on temp, air humidity, and the amount you need to run it. For short usage, you can probably be OK. For the long haul you want something vented outside.