Infrared heater - 45,000btu

Thanks. That was mostly directed at LT1Pat since he seems to have some knowledge on this, and it's only a bit under 1,100sqft. If I find out your heater will work properly, I'm pretty sure I'll buy it because the damn heaters I have now are constantly running to keep it at 50°.
 
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That energy has to go somewhere, it doesn't just disappear. I know that I heat my 750sqft garage with under 24kbtu with forced air and it doesn't even have to try. My garage is 60F right now...

Birdie2000 said:
I'm worried because I couldn't find any info online that said that and I'm no heating/cooling expert. Their websites either say "3 car garage" or "contact a dealer for info." I was mainly wondering what a 3 car garage translated into as to square or cubic feet, however they rate these things.

Doesn't it need line of sight though, vs. forced air? If one end of the garage is a little cooler, no big deal. What I don't want is this thing running all the time because it's undersized, which is what happens now with my two little non-vented forced air heaters.

Here's a rough draft of the shop with rough dimensions. Ceilings are ~14' and flat, no rafters. The red square is pretty much the only place I can put the heater so that it's far enough away from the cars. Those shelves on the right side are ceiling height industrial shelving, moderately full but you can see through them. The other squares are either benches or plastic shelves, and that's a parts washer right next to the bench that's under where the heater would be. Obviously when there's a car on the lift, which is usually, it can go to ceiling height.

Do you think this shouldn't be a problem for this heater in that location, given the dimensions and obstacles?

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