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12-15-2008, 06:46 PM
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Just thinking out loud, would you continue to use the garage as a garage or would you dedicate the garage to the tank?. I might be concered with fumes from the car or various other chemicals in garages, saw dust from the mitre saw etc..
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12-15-2008, 07:07 PM
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my truck doesnt fit in my garage,and I have a seperate work shop. Basically thats where I smoke and keep my ride on and dirtbikes none of which get started in there. I cant heat the garage because its open through the soffit for ventalation on the deck above it. If I was to close off the ceiling it would rot out my deck. Trying to heat it would be far too impractical. I think I may build a little room in there that doesnt go all the way to the ceiling if I absolutelly must. I was just curious if anyone had ever attempted a basically outside tank on aquarium heaters alone.
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12-15-2008, 07:36 PM
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In Calgary it was -31 outside last night and I keep all my sumps in the garage! I surrounded it all with styrofoam insulation and poly to keep the cold out. I've got a garage heater but a small space heater would be fine for you.
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12-15-2008, 11:11 PM
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I did that for a while in Victoria, if you are realy worried about the cold you can do thing like wrap 3 sides of the tank with styrofoam to help lower heat loss, but it would be best to try a big container of water with a couple heaters, then wrap the container in styrofoam and see if it gets hotter.
Steve
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12-15-2008, 11:51 PM
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The bigger problem is in the summer HEAT. In the winter you can heat the tank and insulate the sides. In the summer you will definitly require a chiller.
Tom R
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12-16-2008, 12:02 AM
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I can only speak for mine. For the last two summers, mine has not overheated. It is a 3 car garage with only room for one car. We always leave the car outside for a couple of hrs before bringing it inside, as it is the sec. car, it does not drive too often.
Must be the massive amount of concrete that keeps the temp stable, and the garage only gets about 3 hrs of sunlight in the morning. Hey, but things can change esp with global warming
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12-16-2008, 12:59 AM
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you could pick up a used hot water tank, run it on low, use your return pump as the hwt input and the hot line on the hwt directly into your tank ...
Just a thought
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