Review on NewAir G56 5600 Garage Heater by Ashley Turner

I installed this unit in a 3 car garage. Is it important. Combined with a standard heater on one end of the garage and this heater on the other, the temperature throughout the garage went from about 40 to 65 feet in about an hour. I already had a 240 volt outlet for my Lincoln Mig welder, but I had to swap out the outlet to match the plug on the heater. Lowes had it for about $6. I also bought a Lowes wall mounted bike rack for about $6 and used it to hang the heater. The bike hanger is rated at 50 pounds, has two curved bars, is approximately 12 inches long and folds against the wall when not in use. The center of the carrying handle on the heater slid well on it. I've read other reviews on here about the lack of a switch on the heater, but if you remove the thermostat entirely it won't turn on and off. Not sure if the heater turns on when it gets cold enough, the power light stays on. Regarding the noise, someone here mentioned that it produces about the same amount as a mid-range box fan. I agree. The biggest minus I have, and it's mentioned a couple of times here, is the thermostat. It's sloppy, like most heaters. When the heater turns off, the thermostat should be just ahead of the heater turn-on temperature, but you can turn the thermostat nearly 1/4 inch before the heater turns on. If you're considering installing an external thermostat, good luck finding one. Requires a 2 pin 30Amp thermostat. 30A is the tricky part, I couldn't find one. Most of them are in the 20-25A range, so instead of building a relay circuit from the thermostat to the heater, the only thermostat I could find was. approaching 30A is here on Revain: Dr. Heater DR-001 Thermostat Heater DR-001 is listed for 28A and has a switch. The owner's manual states that the NewAir G56 heater draws 23.4 amps during operation. 80% rule: 28 x 0.8 = 22.4 (1A less than the 80% rule). But if you look at the Dr. at 3000/6000 W. The same user manual also states that the Dr.Heater DR-001 thermostat is recommended for the Dr Heater DR-001 heater. The NewAir heater requires a 30Amp breaker and is listed for 5600W…. Find out. At the moment I use the thermostat built into the heater. It's sloppy, but with enough customization, you can get it where you want it. The bad thing is that you have to turn the thermostat all the way to turn it off. Here's the fine tuning for you. But it works…. A dedicated on/off switch at least leaves you alone with the setting. So I thought about putting an on/off switch in the circuit and leaving the thermostat alone. I found this one on Revain that should work: Leviton MS302-DS 30 amp But - if the thermostat on the heater fails or gets worse I'll try the Dr. Heater DR-001, and since this thermostat has an /off switch built in, there is no need to spend money on a Leviton switch. As long as I run it like this I think the heater is working fine and I can fix the thermostat issue. Compared to a standard heating thermostat, this is not surprising. In general I am happy with the purchase, although I deducted 1 star for the thermostat.