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Phil P01/12/2012 23:30:56
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I use a 1.5kW oil filled heater in my workshop, but have it wired to a frost stat set at 7°C. It does not come on very often even with the minus temps we have had over the last few days.

I also leave a de-humidifier on all the time, I empty the one gallon container usually around once a week.

My workshop is basically a 16' x 12' wood shed, but all the walls and roof are lined with 2" of polystyrene sheet and a ½" layer of plywood inside, the key thing here is to minimise any "sudden" changes in temperature, that is when your condensation problems happen. As already stated, the danger time is when you have let all your big lumps of metal go very cold, then the weather changes and warms up, the warmer air condenses out on the cold metal, and next time you look it is rust city.

When I am actually in the workshop in these cold times, I supplement the heat with a 1200W radiant heater, and that makes it bearable to work in without changing the temperature too radically. Wrap up with more layers if its body heat you need, I only worry about my hand temperature as gloves and watch making lathes are not a good combination.

Phil

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