This is a review of the Cadet Hot One electric heater. Up till now it has been a real problem trying to keep my garage woodshop warm in the winter. Not any more.....
*Install was easy **fireplace.homes** good although I personally had some difficulty with the thermostat I had. Issue was mine though, not realizing that electric heaters couldn't use oil thermostats. Tip: If you are using an external thermostat, run the power to the thermostat, not the unit. Once that was squared away it worked great.*
I'm glad this works for you. I have a 3 car garage, fully finished with doors like yours. I'm not sure which of the two units I have since it was given to me but when it's in the 20's outside, I can't seem to get the temp above 55 with this heater. I'm disappointed with it so far.
Dave... Thanks for the review. I'm a little further north in Western Mass, and I also have a 2-car garage with 10' ceilings. I was curious about actual temps in your shop with the system on. If its say 20 degrees outside, can this heater get it up to 65° and if so, how long does it take? Does the unit vibrate the wall a lot to the point where it'd be annoying to someone inside the house? I have an insulated 16' door, the house wall is insulated, and the ceiling is insulated.
I am in NJ. I have used the heater on 20 degree days and was able to get the room to a comfortable temp in under 10 minutes. I never checked what that temp was but I was able to work without a sweatshirt on. My 2 car garage has 2 walls that are shared with the interior of the house and the 3rd wall is well insulated. I replaced the 2 garage doors with high end insulated Pella doors. My ceilings are 9'3'' tall. The heater is mounted to a wall shared with my living room. There is no noise or vibration transmitted through that wall at all. Since your ceiling is a foot higher, you are further north, and depending on how many of your garage walls are shared with the heated interior of your house I would recommend the 5000w size Cadet heater. It will require a 30 amp breaker rather than a 20 amp that is required to use the 4000w unit I have. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
Good video. I too have a workshop about the same size as yours and insulated. Do you believe your heater will keep your shop at 70 degrees F with an outside temp of 15 degrees?
My workshop is a 2 car garage with 2 interior walls and 2 exterior walls. I have no problem at all maintaining a comfortable temp. I only run it as needed and once I get the shop up to temp I run it only as needed. Your mileage may vary. I had one week last winter where the outside temp was between 15-20 degrees and I had no problems.
Question: I'm thinking about using two of the 30-amp models to warm up a large clubhouse/lodge that's over twice the area of your workshop. I was hoping you'd turn the unit on at some point so I could see how loud or quiet it is. We hold meetings and such and wonder if they would be too noisy when running. Thank you.
The unit is by no means what I would call quiet. It is not really that noisy either. It is about as loud as my drill press running without drilling anything. The low button does not control fan speed but rather the number of heating elements engaged. The trick would be to run the heaters for a few minutes before the meeting. Depending on how well your structure is insulated will determine how often, if at all they come back on. On the coldest of days I turn the heater on, go read the newspaper for 5 - 10 minutes and I'm good to go for quite awhile. I wish I could be more specific. If I can get my hands on a db meter I will try to take a reading for you.
Ok here is an update. I just downloaded a decibel meter app. I placed the meter at a distance of about 8 feet from the heater. With nothing in the shop running at all the reading was 35db (ambient noise from the house). When I turned the heater on I got a reading of 63db. Hope this helps. Dave
That really does help, Dave! Thank you for the video and the review. I am going to recommend to our Club that we go with the Cadet, and will supply feedback when we do. By the way, our 45-year-old Clubhouse in GA has three 30-amp circuits running to ancient baseboard heaters -- at least two of which are behind furniture. It's time to replace the wall thermostats with 220V outlets and plug something more practical and efficient in.
I'm excited to get one I'm wiring my garage and I'm going to put in a 30 amp line and go with the bigger one. Why?.. Why not! I keep imaging Tim the Tool man taylor grunting.
I live near the east coast and it can get pretty humid and it helps to keep the humidity off of the machines and prevent rust. It also has the added benefit of keeping the machines clean from dust.
I installed a new breaker and ran the 220 line from my basement to the garage shop myself. Not difficult at all. Not too expensive to have in done by a pro either. Trust me I tried many of the 110v options and nothing really worked nearly as well. Well worth the effort.
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*Install was easy **fireplace.homes** good although I personally had some difficulty with the thermostat I had. Issue was mine though, not realizing that electric heaters couldn't use oil thermostats. Tip: If you are using an external thermostat, run the power to the thermostat, not the unit. Once that was squared away it worked great.*
I'm glad this works for you. I have a 3 car garage, fully finished with doors like yours. I'm not sure which of the two units I have since it was given to me but when it's in the 20's outside, I can't seem to get the temp above 55 with this heater. I'm disappointed with it so far.
Thanks for taking the time to do this review!
Can a replacement thermostat be purchased for the cadet hot one heater?
Thanks for the review, I'm looking at the 4000 W version myself. And I think you just made up my mind.
Sad to see it's been discontinued. Mine has been running strong for several years and I was about to pick up another one.
Good job buddy.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to get one of these "the 5000 W".
Dave... Thanks for the review. I'm a little further north in Western Mass, and I also have a 2-car garage with 10' ceilings. I was curious about actual temps in your shop with the system on. If its say 20 degrees outside, can this heater get it up to 65° and if so, how long does it take? Does the unit vibrate the wall a lot to the point where it'd be annoying to someone inside the house? I have an insulated 16' door, the house wall is insulated, and the ceiling is insulated.
I am in NJ. I have used the heater on 20 degree days and was able to get the room to a comfortable temp in under 10 minutes. I never checked what that temp was but I was able to work without a sweatshirt on. My 2 car garage has 2 walls that are shared with the interior of the house and the 3rd wall is well insulated. I replaced the 2 garage doors with high end insulated Pella doors. My ceilings are 9'3'' tall. The heater is mounted to a wall shared with my living room. There is no noise or vibration transmitted through that wall at all. Since your ceiling is a foot higher, you are further north, and depending on how many of your garage walls are shared with the heated interior of your house I would recommend the 5000w size Cadet heater. It will require a 30 amp breaker rather than a 20 amp that is required to use the 4000w unit I have. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
Nice video, thanks, good job!
Good video. I too have a workshop about the same size as yours and insulated. Do you believe your heater will keep your shop at 70 degrees F with an outside temp of 15 degrees?
My workshop is a 2 car garage with 2 interior walls and 2 exterior walls. I have no problem at all maintaining a comfortable temp. I only run it as needed and once I get the shop up to temp I run it only as needed. Your mileage may vary. I had one week last winter where the outside temp was between 15-20 degrees and I had no problems.
Have some size garage. 5k model is overkill?
thank you!
Anyway you could do a video of you taking off the back I need to see how the power supply is attached so I can fix mine
Question: I'm thinking about using two of the 30-amp models to warm up a large clubhouse/lodge that's over twice the area of your workshop. I was hoping you'd turn the unit on at some point so I could see how loud or quiet it is. We hold meetings and such and wonder if they would be too noisy when running. Thank you.
The unit is by no means what I would call quiet. It is not really that noisy either. It is about as loud as my drill press running without drilling anything. The low button does not control fan speed but rather the number of heating elements engaged. The trick would be to run the heaters for a few minutes before the meeting. Depending on how well your structure is insulated will determine how often, if at all they come back on. On the coldest of days I turn the heater on, go read the newspaper for 5 - 10 minutes and I'm good to go for quite awhile. I wish I could be more specific. If I can get my hands on a db meter I will try to take a reading for you.
Ok here is an update. I just downloaded a decibel meter app. I placed the meter at a distance of about 8 feet from the heater. With nothing in the shop running at all the reading was 35db (ambient noise from the house). When I turned the heater on I got a reading of 63db. Hope this helps.
Dave
That really does help, Dave! Thank you for the video and the review. I am going to recommend to our Club that we go with the Cadet, and will supply feedback when we do. By the way, our 45-year-old Clubhouse in GA has three 30-amp circuits running to ancient baseboard heaters -- at least two of which are behind furniture. It's time to replace the wall thermostats with 220V outlets and plug something more practical and efficient in.
Gotta love drywall joints that never get finished.
How Is it handling so far? Big change to electric bill?
Still working great. no dramatic effect on energy bill at all. I just run it for a few minutes, turn it off, and I'm good to go for hours.
I'm excited to get one I'm wiring my garage and I'm going to put in a 30 amp line and go with the bigger one. Why?.. Why not! I keep imaging Tim the Tool man taylor grunting.
You will not regret it. Good Luck!
What’s up with all the plastic coverings? Just curious
I live near the east coast and it can get pretty humid and it helps to keep the humidity off of the machines and prevent rust. It also has the added benefit of keeping the machines clean from dust.
This heater heats up pretty much anything. Only downside is it's incredibly loud. That, and it's twice as expensive as a gas unit.
Mine runs and won’t shut off! Just blowing cold air!
Push the reset button on the front for the heat element to start working again
@@gdxb thanks I’ll try one more time. I did that but didn’t feel any reset or click. Still blows cold and won’t shut off.
Thanks for the review. Too bad in America all of our Outlets are 120V.
I installed a new breaker and ran the 220 line from my basement to the garage shop myself. Not difficult at all. Not too expensive to have in done by a pro either. Trust me I tried many of the 110v options and nothing really worked nearly as well. Well worth the effort.
AnonymousYT Most of them yes. Not all.
Im using an outlet previously wired for a clothes dryer. It’s already 240v 30amp. Just need to swap out the outlet for one that fits this heater.
Cadet does a bunch of shady stuff with not honoring their recalls and warranty. Just google Cadet recalled heaters.