I've recently converted my shed into a small office (~100sq ft). The shed is now insulated with OSB walls and will be somewhat offgrid as I have ~2000W of solar going into a 24V 320AH battery bank, with a Growatt all-in-one 24V inverter. Yes, I know the 320AH batteries may be overrated.... I'm actually still waiting for them to arrive.
It's starting to get cold here in Northern Canada and I'm in need of some heating advice. While the shed is supplemented by grid tied power, I'm ultimately looking to heat the shed with as little power as possible, as efficiently as possible. I plan to have a couple GPU crypto miners running to provide some heat, but I know I'll need something more substantial for those -25^C days.
Some considerations:
Wood burning furnace - Not realistic as I need to have it heated at all times while being unmanned throughout the day
Propane wall unit - While I'm considering it, the units are a little expensive and likely overkill.
Electric - My only Option? If so, what are the most efficient/best heaters for this small space?
I just installed THIS HEATER, because of it's lower power consumption (either 450W or 1000W), but I immediately noticed this wasn't going to do the job. It was 0^C today and it struggled to keep shed at 20^C. Within 5 hrs, it burned 2.3KWH. My thinking is I'd rather have a higher powered heater on for shorter periods of time, than having a lower powered unit on for longer..... any logic with that?
With that said, I'm leaning towards an oil filled heater, such as THIS (De'Loghi) as it should require the element (consuming power) to turn on less once at temp. Thoughts?
Otherwise, I was thinking about getting the 1500W Version of the heater I just tried in hopes it might do better.
Anyone out there with similar challenges? Any advice?
It's starting to get cold here in Northern Canada and I'm in need of some heating advice. While the shed is supplemented by grid tied power, I'm ultimately looking to heat the shed with as little power as possible, as efficiently as possible. I plan to have a couple GPU crypto miners running to provide some heat, but I know I'll need something more substantial for those -25^C days.
Some considerations:
Wood burning furnace - Not realistic as I need to have it heated at all times while being unmanned throughout the day
Propane wall unit - While I'm considering it, the units are a little expensive and likely overkill.
Electric - My only Option? If so, what are the most efficient/best heaters for this small space?
I just installed THIS HEATER, because of it's lower power consumption (either 450W or 1000W), but I immediately noticed this wasn't going to do the job. It was 0^C today and it struggled to keep shed at 20^C. Within 5 hrs, it burned 2.3KWH. My thinking is I'd rather have a higher powered heater on for shorter periods of time, than having a lower powered unit on for longer..... any logic with that?
With that said, I'm leaning towards an oil filled heater, such as THIS (De'Loghi) as it should require the element (consuming power) to turn on less once at temp. Thoughts?
Otherwise, I was thinking about getting the 1500W Version of the heater I just tried in hopes it might do better.
Anyone out there with similar challenges? Any advice?