NewAir Electric Space Heater for Garage | Portable Heaters for Indoor Use | Ideal 240V Industrial Heater for Shop, Shed and Warehouse during Winter | Black

I purchased this unit earlier in the year and placed it away for this winter. Since we just got hit with the first winter vortex of 2014 I was very excited to hook it up and begin heating my garage. Previously I had seen two videos on Youtube raving about how great the unit is and I was very excited to try mine out. Lets just say that for the first 10 minutes it worked like a charm. It heated up quickly and blew alot of heat. Boy was I excited. I did read the sticker at the top of the unit stating that the unit should not be left unattended and it was for commercial use only and to be aware of potential fire hazards. I took all appropriate cautions. Around 12 minutes into using the unit, a loud screaching noise came from the fan motor which immediately stopped working and the unit became scary hot. Good thing I did not leave it unattended or I am sure there would have been a fire! I am pretty upset right now but fortunately still have my Edenpure heater as a back up. I am also happy that I purchased the extended warranty. I would look elsewhere for another heater, this unit left me high and dry.........Grade: F - See notes below regarding updated comments. Update: Earlier this week I had the opportunity to speak with Mireya in Customer Support at NewAir. She was very helpful in guiding me in both the return process for this unit as well as sending out a replacement unit. I truly hope the new unit works better than the last one. While disappointed with my last unit, I must admit how happy I am with the excellent customer support I did in fact receive from Mireya. Had it not been for her, I probably would have just asked for my money back and purchased a competitor's unit elsewhere. Thanks Mireya, you do a great job! Second Update: I have now had my new replacement unit for almost one week and I am extremely satisfied with it. It heats up my garage instantly and suffers none of the quality control issues I had with my last one. I can only assume that my last one was defective and not representative of the rest of this product line. I can now say confidently that I would support purchasing this unit again and I am very happy with it. This unit does an excellent job of generating heat in either steady on mode or cycling on and off. It does get rather hot however when cycling as the fan stops and the body heats up. Play close attention to all factory stickers and do not leave unattended for long periods of time, in other words, treat it with respect and caution as you would any item that generates this kind of heat.

We've been using residential heaters to heat our insulated garage in the winter with very little success. At full throttle, day and night, a 1500W 110V heater can raise the temperature from 20F to 40F. But this heater can go from 20F to 80F at just 75% power! A critical improvement for our heat sensitive equipment. Heating cost hasn't increased noticeably either. Also, the heater hasn't given us any issues in about three months of continuous usage. The one negative we might mention is the temperature control. We're not sure if there is a thermal sensor or if it works off a timer. If you're aiming for a specific temp, you won't be able to do that. But within a 5F range, it works superbly.

This heater works great for my 2 car garage workshop. I did add another fan to circulate air and keep the temperature even throughout the space. Without the additional fan, this heater would shutoff sometimes when the local temperature was a bit higher than the rest of the shop. It takes a couple of hours to heat up the garage on a cold day, but it maintains the temperature well after that. It did take a little fiddling around to figure out the temperature setting that I like best, since there are no numbers at all on the control dial. I found that a little over half way on the dial seems to give me a good working temperature, without wasting too much energy overheating the shop. The other thing that I'm not a fan of is that there is no On-Off switch. Even at the lowest temperature setting, the heater will kick on sometimes. The only way to really turn it off is to unplug it... which is exactly what the instructions say also. That is really annoying if you want to use this as a permanent installation in a shop environment. For now, I just leave it on the lowest setting, but I need to figure out a switch solution or maybe a relay that is integrated into my home automation system. 30 amp switches are not cheap either. I hung mine in the corner of my garage. It specifically says "for floor use only" in the directions, but I'm a rebel. I don't see why this would be an issue, other than that I need a ladder to turn it on and off. I used a couple of hanger hooks to hold the handle. I also used a small chain on the back (like what you hang a shop light with) to angle the heater down. Here are links to a couple of things that you might need: 10 gauge romex (10/2 with ground) for 30 amp service... https://amzn.to/2veovDb 30 amp receptacle (NEMA 6-30R)... https://amzn.to/2SUWzgF 30 amp / 220v breaker - varies depending on your electrical box

The unit works. Many of the lower reviews are unfair and inaccurate. Many complaints are about how it wont heat a certain space. If your garage is uninsulated and it's 0 degrees out this unit will not work well for you. Sizing a heater requires some research that can easily be googled. If you have reasonable expectations this unit will meet them. My garage is insulated and this unit maintains 60 degrees comfortably even when its below zero outside. Many people have described needing a special outlet and then marked it a lower rating because of that. The description clearly states that you need a 2 pole 30amp 240v 6-30 receptacle so your inability to read is not the products fault. If you're serious about heating your garage any decent heater you put in it will require a 240v receptacle. Furthermore many reviews are on here talking about making a homemade thermostat for the unit. There is no need to do this. When you wire the receptacle simply place a 240v inline thermostat into the circuit to control the heater. There is nothing magical or difficult about this thermostat either. Contrary to several reviews it is available at all 3 of the big 3 home improvement stores and on Amazon. Don't do some homemade garbage that's going to burn your house down and cost you even more money to make. Many of the complaints about how it doesnt heat their space are based on a lack of research on the part of the consumer. This unit is 19000 BTUs and will therefore not heat a space that would require 100000 BTUs. The product doesnt claim to be able to do this either so know what you are talking about before you trash something that wasnt designed to perform the way you think it should because you didnt bother to do an ounce of research before you bought it. I wouldn't buy a 1/2 ton jack and expect it to lift 2000 pound and then blame the jack when it failed. Alot of complaints were made about the thermostat not working. Sadly this is common in alot of garage heaters and even when they do work they arent always very accurate. This is yet another reason to install an inline stat in the circuit. As far as it doesnt glow red on the coil complaint goes. Who cares? It heats and that's what matters. My radiators dont glow red either but my house stays warm. Your electric baseboard doesn't glow red but your pipes havent frozen. The point is that a red glow means nothing but yet still garners alot of ridiculous complaints. Bottom line is this unit works exactly how it is billed to work. Good luck.

I purchased this heater for my 400 sq/ft garage for use in the cold Iowa winters. The heater itself runs off of a 220 plug, so make sure you have one available if purchasing otherwise you would need to have a qualified electrician install. The heater works great, and has 0 issues keeping my work area warm. The thermostat seems to be sufficient and works as needed. The unit is quiet and doesn’t take up a ton of room. It puts out great airflow and I have no complaints. This is actually the second one I’ve purchased, the first one I accidentally broke the thermostats knob off so replaced with this newer updated version. I would recommend this to anyone who needs some heat!

Here is my situation: I love in northern MN. It gets COLD. I have a 30x60 uninsulated garage/pole barn with 15+ ceilings and a cement floor. I made a "bubble" work area 400 sq.ft (20x20x9) using 4mil plastic within the garage. The heater arrived quickly and in good shape. I already had a 50amp circuit but downsized that to a 30amp and attached the correct female receptacle to fit the unit. Very simply. I have been impressed with this little heater. I do not find it to be too loud, considering it is made for a garage setting. Some days the temps were in the negatives with windchills in the -20's and in my "bubble" the temp was at least 30 deg. I have recently put studs and insulation between joists at 9ft for the ceiling. This has really helped. The outside temps are in the 20's but "bubble" is in the 50-60 range. I have not used any other garage heater so I have nothing to compare too. I do not run this thing all day/night. For the most part, I run it a few hours before I plan to "work" in the "bubble" and the temps has risen to a workable level for me (35 deg +). Remember, my "bubble" is simply within my garage, no insulation (except ceiling) and is definitely not air tight. I have only had this for about 2 weeks but I have been satisfied for my application. I will update this post in the future as I use it more, insulate the room, and receive an electric bill. I would recommend this product, but I would probably recommend the similar RED heater for $30 less. I read the product info wrong on the RED one and purchased this unit instead. Either way, it is doing what I need. UPDATE: (3/25/13) I have had this unit a little over a month. I have taken down the "bubble" mentioned in the last email and finished off half of the garage. The area is now approx. 30x30 (900 SQFT). The area is insulated with rigid foam board (R6 in walls - R4 board and R11 fiberglass insulation in ceiling - ceilings are 9ft). My point is that the insulation is NOT GREAT. The heater is able to heat the entire area about 40 deg warmer than the outside temp. Unfortunately I haven't been able to test this heater when the temps were below zero with the area being insulated. This heater is stated to heat an area 500 sq feet but my area is almost 900 sq ft and it does the job to take the chill out of the area (even with a cement floor). Two of these heaters would EASILY heat my area to any temp (70 deg) no matter what the temp is outside. Remember, I live in a COLD area. I would still recommend this unit. I don't know exactly how much my electric bill went up but it did go up (not an outrageous amount). The only thing I would like to change on this unit would be when you turn it off - the fan stops running but the area around the unit is still hot as it cools off - could be dangerous if you are not in the room - I suspect all heaters are similar to this though. Update (10/10/15) I will have to dock this unit several stars. After using it very sparingly, one day when I walked into my workout room (9x9) the room was filled with smoke. The unit had failed and no longer works. Very disappointed as I didn't have this for very long nor did I use it much. Not worth the price at all. I'm going to purchase the same type of heater (red one) for $60 less and see how it works. No go on this one!

It took what seemed like forever to find "just the right heater" for my garage, and it was hard to read through so many wildly different reviews. As such, I wanted to post a clear and unbiased review after I've been using it for a few weeks. So here's the deal... I started off not with this NewAir G56 5600w heater, but rather with one of those infrared home space heaters at 1500w. That device increased the temperature of my garage by a mere 2 degrees. Granted, it's a large 2 car garage (26'x26') and generally un-insulated, so I wasn't expecting miracles, but come ON... 2 degrees? Really? ...and the cost for that 2 degrees was a whopping 20kWh+ per day which was unacceptable. But that wasn't this heater, it was the other heater, which I have yet to return. After a lot more searching, I found this heater, and thought I'd give it a try. I had to have a 240v line installed in my garage... so please be aware that the plug type is a standard NEMA 6-30, which is a 30A 240v plug, a perfectly normal type for it's specifications... but will require an electrician (or you if you know what you're doing) to install the appropriate line and receptacle. So how did it work? Pretty good actually! With it 20 degrees outside (Western PA), it raised my garage temperature to about 38 degrees... not awesome, but definitely not bad either, since the goal was to make sure the garage stayed above freezing. Then I learned about weather stripping. (aha!) The garage on this house we just bought had NO garage door weather stripping, and had some gapping; so I bought some from Home Depot and installed it for about $75. Now the garage gets to 48 degrees with it 18 degrees outside, with the heater on full blast. (After all, the garage still isn't properly insulated, and a pretty large room, so I still wasn't expecting a 70 degree vacation spot.) The downside of full blast however is that it's expensive to operate, with the daily kWh usage of about 25 kWh... so I tested over a number of days in various conditions, and found that at the lowest setting it kept the garage just above freezing (about 38 degrees or so) and barely ever needed to turn itself on to accomplish that - the end result was about 2 to 5kWh per day (about 75 cents per day) just to keep things from freezing. And it gets the garage plenty warm enough to work out there with a sweatshirt or jacket on if I want it to by cranking it up for a few hours, and at all times keeps our fridge from freezing over, so all in all... good enough for me!! As for the quality, it's worked since day one, is reasonably quiet for a garage heater, has no smell, doesn't take up a lot of space, and puts out a nice stream of very warm air. (Warm enough to warm up your hands, not hot enough to burn your house down.) I've had it about a month now, and I am glad that I bought it. I'm not sure if it will suit your needs or not, but if your goal is to inexpensively keep things just above freezing in un-insulated space, then this will work nicely, at least if your garage is 26'x26' or smaller (I didn't test in a larger space.) If your goal is to have a nice toasty 65 to 70 degree garage for a man cave... then if your garage is fully insulated, I'm guessing it'll work nicely, if not insulated, then you'd better have a smaller garage or be prepared for an awesomely high electric bill to have it comfortable enough to use. Bottom line, I definitely recommend it, but just make sure it fits your goals and expectations. I hope this helps someone decide whether or not to purchase the unit. EDIT: After a bit more time with the unit, while the heater works well at producing heat, the thermostat's not very consistent at all. As such I've docked it an additional star. I very carefully adjusted it just a little bit at a time until I hit my 38 degree target consistently... then one day, voila, it's 20 degrees in there, and it wasn't turning on at all. I adjusted the thermostat upwards, and it eventually clicked on, but then it ran for a bit too long. I tried multiple times to find a "stable" thermostat setting, but it's just too inconsistent to rely on every day. To compensate, I'm building what's essentially a new thermostat with other parts here on Amazon that will serve to switch the unit on and off by giving/cutting power to it with much more reliability. For those of you that need to do this, find an SSR compatible temperature controller, an appropriate thermocouple for air temperature (essentially an electronic thermometer), an SSR (solid state relay) to enable/disable the 220v power, a heat sink for the SSR (if it doesn't come with one), a fan for the heat sink to make it more effective (I'm using an 80mm 12v computer case fan), some heavy duty wiring, and an enclosure that will fit that stuff in it. EDIT2: The homemade thermostat is complete, working extremely well. (Perfectly in fact!) Here's the parts list: Arlington EB1212-1 Electronic Equipment Enclosure Box, 12" x 12" x 4", Non-Metallic, 1-Pack AGPtek PID Temperature Controller TA4-SNRWith 1 alarm DC 3-32V Input AC 24-380V Output 60A SSR Solid State Relay w Aluminum Heat Sink KingWin 80 x 80 mm Long Life Bearing Case Fan CF-08LB Black 12V 2A DC Universal Regulated Switching Power Supply (for 80mm fan, above) -100-1250C 13mm Thread 5mm Probe K Type Thermocouple Temperature Sensor You'll also need some 14 or 16 gauge AC wiring with plug for 110v for electronics, a length of 10 gauge Romex cabling for 240v, a NEMA 6-30 plug AND receptacle. This will allow you to plug the heater into the new enclosure, and plug the enclosure into the wall socket. You'll also need a couple of good screwdrivers, wire stripper, drill with hole saw and/or jigsaw for cutting plastic, etc.

I'm using this heater in my 4 bay uninsulated garage (about 28x42'), roughly 1100 sq ft. I don't expect it to generate comfortable shirtsleeve temperatures in mid-winter, I just want it to dull the chill so I don't split my cold knuckles. I placed the heater in the center of the garage, and tested it with a data logging thermometer located about 12 feet away. Ran the heater for approximately 3 hours, while the outdoor ambient temperature went from approx 27F to 48F. The garage temperature went from 42F to 53F. During the last hour I ran my oscillating garage fan to circulate the heat even more; the garage temp took a quick dip and resumed its upward climb. Some of the heat was from outdoor sun load, but most of it was generated by this heater. I was initially disappointed because the air output from the heater is colder than a bedroom space heater or your hair dryer. After testing, I attribute this to its far more industrial heating coils, with plenty of fins for heat transfer. It's got a lot more thermal mass and is just a lot more heavy duty. I checked current load while the heater and fan were on, the circuit drew 22.3 Amps @ 240VAC, or approximately 5350 Watts. This is clearly no bedroom space heater. I'll continue to use a much smaller 1500W space heater for tight areas, but the G56 will work out much better as my primary garage heater. I just hope it lasts; some of the other reviews give me concerns about longevity.

With this heater plugged in and running full blast our cottage heated up to about 70 degrees F in less than a half hour from minus temperatures.

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I had another 220 electric heater before this one, but it never quite seemed to get hot. I broke down and bought this model, and the difference is day and night. I Have about a 22x22 insulated garage. When its -10 Celsius or so, I can run this for about an hour and it will bring it up to about 15-20 degrees Celsius or so, which is more than warm enough for me in the garage. Its not super loud, and the coil gets nice and hot. Once the garage is warm I turn this off and run a dead silent oil filled radiator, that's able to maintain the temp and makes no noise doing it. Great system!

Heats the garage up very fast! A touch louder than what I thought it would be but still fine.

These units do not work. Set it up and it ran for a couple of hours and just shut down . Reset it and the same result. Returned the unit and bought a higher priced unit looked more robust same result.