Okay, done the dangerous heat exploration
Panven Patio Propane Heater, 18,000 BTU Portable Gas Infrared Heaters for Outdoor Use, Suitable for 20lb 30lb Propane
https://a.co/d/3ZRUxkh
Large enclosure so it can handle a 30 lb tank. It is s 100% forward-facing with no grill in the front/above so it's the least upper heat leak. Comes with the correct hose connection and regulator so I don't have to pay for that portion. I have two large tanks sitting there without regulators waiting to use.
It's on wheels so it's not meant for outdoor portability but that's fine, that's not my goal. Give me the easiest to move safest enclosure that I can roll around when I'm working and have it move that propane tank so I don't carry the heat buddy around with a long hose and trip on that hose. I was thinking about all kinds of enclosures to put the heat buddy in to make sure I never tripped on the hose.
I can add an aluminum directional shield right above it. Leaning forward and up. Just imagine a sheet of aluminum that starts across the top of the grill where the heating element is leaning forward at a 90° angle up. Any of the immediate heat rise from there should be reflected back down to me.
I will keep the heat buddy on the table in front of me, usually running on low. It will have a big tank with the hose but at that point it will be out of any possible walking path. I will put an aluminum reflective shield above it to capture that incredible heat rise. Some type of very simple adjustable wire held aluminum on a hinge. A couple of steel brackets holding it up bolted to the front. At that point it would be focusing down to me in front of me.
The big roller will be behind me heating my back and the buddy will be in front of me heating my front.
I will put aluminum reflective insulation across the wall in front of me. So I will be sitting at the desk facing the wall and the wall in front of me will be covered with this reflective insulation. That way anything coming from my back from the big heater will then reflect off that back to me. At that point I'll be able to have it on bamboo poles which I will just break in the middle and curve a bit towards me to focus it.
Okay, I'm done for work shed heat for now. If I get to the point where I want to heat up the wood shed next door that will be adding another heater in the mix or moving the heat buddy back and forth using a small 1 lb fuel canister.
Now the next 2 or 3 months should be actually useful working in the shed and then going outside to do stuff and then running back to the shed to warm up.
I set up the heap Buddy next to me to test it out. Put it on a stool and clamped it in.
It has a single panel and a pilot/low/ high dial.
You turned from off to pilot and press the dial and it clicks and lights the little jet on the bottom. You hold this in for 30 seconds or so which will release the heat lock and the gas will flow and then you can turn it to high for for a couple of minutes to warm up the heat emitter.
When the heat emitter hits the max temperature it is at Max efficiency. As the gas comes in. It is burned and converted in such a fashion and that the infrared beams coming off. This thing are at Max for the level of gas coming in.
You can turn it down to low. It will cut the output in half according to the docs. And it will consume half as much propane. Or so they claim. I don't believe it. The heat emitter is not running at Max efficiency. There is gas wasted. I can see a flickering blue flame when it's on low that does not exist when it is on high. And it's not just my eyes. I can use the camera and the camera Auto down adjusts so it doesn't get blown away by the infrared so it can also see blue flames at certain moments. But they are far far less than when it is at low.
And then I compare it with the one I just ordered. The one I just ordered is connected to a large propane tank via a regulator. This regulator will keep the gas flow constant. The dial on the new one does not have the concept of adjusting on a single panel. A panel is either off or on. So low, medium and high are switching on one or two or three panels. This keeps the design much simpler on the switch/regulator side, and doesn't have the concept of adjustability in a valve. It also means the panels will be running at Max efficiency at all times.
I like this.
https://a.co/d/3ZRUxkh
Large enclosure so it can handle a 30 lb tank. It is s 100% forward-facing with no grill in the front/above so it's the least upper heat leak. Comes with the correct hose connection and regulator so I don't have to pay for that portion. I have two large tanks sitting there without regulators waiting to use.
It's on wheels so it's not meant for outdoor portability but that's fine, that's not my goal. Give me the easiest to move safest enclosure that I can roll around when I'm working and have it move that propane tank so I don't carry the heat buddy around with a long hose and trip on that hose. I was thinking about all kinds of enclosures to put the heat buddy in to make sure I never tripped on the hose.
I can add an aluminum directional shield right above it. Leaning forward and up. Just imagine a sheet of aluminum that starts across the top of the grill where the heating element is leaning forward at a 90° angle up. Any of the immediate heat rise from there should be reflected back down to me.
I will keep the heat buddy on the table in front of me, usually running on low. It will have a big tank with the hose but at that point it will be out of any possible walking path. I will put an aluminum reflective shield above it to capture that incredible heat rise. Some type of very simple adjustable wire held aluminum on a hinge. A couple of steel brackets holding it up bolted to the front. At that point it would be focusing down to me in front of me.
The big roller will be behind me heating my back and the buddy will be in front of me heating my front.
I will put aluminum reflective insulation across the wall in front of me. So I will be sitting at the desk facing the wall and the wall in front of me will be covered with this reflective insulation. That way anything coming from my back from the big heater will then reflect off that back to me. At that point I'll be able to have it on bamboo poles which I will just break in the middle and curve a bit towards me to focus it.
Okay, I'm done for work shed heat for now. If I get to the point where I want to heat up the wood shed next door that will be adding another heater in the mix or moving the heat buddy back and forth using a small 1 lb fuel canister.
Now the next 2 or 3 months should be actually useful working in the shed and then going outside to do stuff and then running back to the shed to warm up.
I set up the heap Buddy next to me to test it out. Put it on a stool and clamped it in.
It has a single panel and a pilot/low/ high dial.
You turned from off to pilot and press the dial and it clicks and lights the little jet on the bottom. You hold this in for 30 seconds or so which will release the heat lock and the gas will flow and then you can turn it to high for for a couple of minutes to warm up the heat emitter.
When the heat emitter hits the max temperature it is at Max efficiency. As the gas comes in. It is burned and converted in such a fashion and that the infrared beams coming off. This thing are at Max for the level of gas coming in.
You can turn it down to low. It will cut the output in half according to the docs. And it will consume half as much propane. Or so they claim. I don't believe it. The heat emitter is not running at Max efficiency. There is gas wasted. I can see a flickering blue flame when it's on low that does not exist when it is on high. And it's not just my eyes. I can use the camera and the camera Auto down adjusts so it doesn't get blown away by the infrared so it can also see blue flames at certain moments. But they are far far less than when it is at low.
And then I compare it with the one I just ordered. The one I just ordered is connected to a large propane tank via a regulator. This regulator will keep the gas flow constant. The dial on the new one does not have the concept of adjusting on a single panel. A panel is either off or on. So low, medium and high are switching on one or two or three panels. This keeps the design much simpler on the switch/regulator side, and doesn't have the concept of adjustability in a valve. It also means the panels will be running at Max efficiency at all times.
I like this.
