My garage is not heated and gets down to freezing .... will this freeze?
355852
I've used this for years but don't know at what point it will freeze. I think it will freeze, but it will be a little below 32 deg. If you have already purchased Oil Eater, you might put a small amount in a plastic container and place it in a freezer. After it freezes, let it thaw and see if it still performs as advertised.
1316795
My garage is well insulated just shy of 900 sq. ft. This little heater will have my garage heated to 60+ degrees with the thermostat barely on the medium setting. That is with outside temps in the low 20's.Great heater,don't buy anything else,
1428829
I think you would be OK. I keep mine in the garage and the temperature there is often in the low thirties but doe not freeze. I use to power my snow blower and it works great, never get hard or become difficult to wind up after use. You could probably ask the manufacturer and see what they say.
574904
the thermostat is going to respond to the temp in the entire area. You would have to block off an area to heat only that, or use an inexpensive space heater which you switch on and off. I bought mine to keep my well house/storage shed just above freezing. It is working well for that.
1825252
Boy! That's a tough question. We are Southern Cal and the weather is never that brutal. The unit has worked really well for us and have no complaints. If I were you I'd just get and try it out. If it freezes just return it.
1737472
This doesn't have a battery - mine came with bare wires that had to be wired to a plug - so cold temps shouldn't be an issue. Has worked great in my Colorado garage since mid-Feb 2014.
958859
No. But the fan takes little power and a car battery with an inverter should keep you from freezing.
2279994
I use mine in a outside garage and it has been as cold as 27 degrees F but I'm not sure how good it would work in an ice house. This system has two types of sensors one senses when a door is opened the other is an IR motion sensor.
1755149
I got one last year, my garage is unheated too, dont use heavy load when its cold and it work fine
368751
had similar problems,but not with this product.I to have a insulated garage,but if the door is open for some time it gets cold.Then it warms up and the cycle continues all winter. Now, in early fall, I move all my car care products indoors for the winter
943621
Probably so, I have two of them in my motorhome, which is approx. 300sq.ft and they kept it at 72 degrees inside, while outside got down to 28 degrees! It depends on sq.ft. of the garage, and how well it is insulated, you might need two.
1570268
I think that all the answers cover the purpose in brief. Simply, if the external temperature in the garage or storage area drops below the setpoint that would normally turn on the fridge compressor, the fridge will not start and the temperature in the freezer portion can rise to the temperature of the external temperature, i.e., above the freezing point, and well above the recommended storage temperature of the freezer. The device is a little heater coil that imposes an artificially warmer temperature on the refrig temperature controller that "fools" it into thinking that it must turn on to preserve the cooling in both sections of the fridge
83778
it work great in my garage. but a open porch, and real cold may not work. i get it up to 80 in my garage. and i love it.
2140034
why would it freeze there are no moving parts . I just plugged mine into my laptop it's not for inclimate weather or weather proof
419245
I haven't had an issue with my unit chilling. In fact I've had to turn it down. My little refrigerator stays in my garage so it's subject to hot weather in Texas.
1193804
I can't really say for sure. But the reason they say the garage isn't good is because they do not have heaters in them for sub freezing temps. If your garage is always above 50 degrees I would think any unit would be fine.
447275
It's probably not recommended, but I did last winter. I'd light it, close the garage, leave it running for 10 minutes to heat up the garage, then head back into the garage and stay working with the door closed. I never ran into issues, but my garage is not exactly airtight. I was always watching signs of oxygen deprivation or carbon monoxide poisoning, but never encountered any.