I don't have a heated garage in my apartment so I put one of these in a ceramic socket over the ceiling in my garage for a car to keep out the cold. If it's below freezing outside the temp inside will be above freezing to melt the slush off the car overnight and I just leave it on 24 hours a day to keep the stove warm so the wet floor not freezing and mostly will not be dry until evening. Of course it's not hot, but better than without heating. YRMV