My uncle ran a welding shop until a few years ago until the building he was renting started to collapse. The owner never fixed it, so he cleared out his stuff. He had a couple of big shop heaters, electric and he gave them to me. They are 240 volt and have range plugs on them. Would a generator not kill it? It uses a range plug, so it uses under 50A at 240V, so 12,000W max. The info sticker is long gone so I can't see how many amps they really need. They are from the 80s. Using one would just fuck me up with the electric bill, even set low. Would a cheap generator produce clean enough energy to NOT kill the heater?
Unless it's some really modern heater with some kind of microprocessor controls, then no, that generator won't bother it.As long as the output is in the ballpark of 240V, it should be fine. It's likely just a resistance element with a bimetallic thermostat control firing a simple relay.
>>2974067>would just fuck me up with the electric bill, even set lowgrid electricity is always cheaper than generator energy unless youre stealing fuel from somewhere
My 200K BTU propane heater costs me $15 a month to run, full tilt.
Having repaired the heater fan on a Volvo of that era, I can relate. I was young and I was sore for a couple days from the yoga positions I had to get into for that one. Today, I would recommend taking the seats out first, but I can feel the dread of adding things that could go wrong to the project...
