Foreclosure Inspections and Portable Heaters

[Peter W. Bennett]

At some of the inspections, the utilities are turned off. I am thinking about renting a portable propane heater for use with the IR services.

• What do you think
• What size would you suggest?

[Linas I. Dapkus]

This was mentioned a couple months ago and something similar to this was mentioned as being used to warm wall surfaces.

[John A. Sopher]

Linas, that looks like a neat little heater but if the utilities are off....

I don't know if I would rent a propane heater, they are cheap enough to buy. Here are some patio heaters you might be able to use indoors.

http://www.walmart.com/browse/Outdoo...00000006955330

[Linas I. Dapkus]

Originally Posted by jsopher

Linas, that looks like a neat little heater but if the utilities are off....

I don't know if I would rent a propane heater, they are cheap enough to buy. Here are some patio heaters you might be able to use indoors.

http://www.walmart.com/browse/Outdoo...00000006955330

I have a power inverter in my truck so power is not a problem. I do a lot of mold inspections on foreclosures that don't have power and I have to do air sampling.

[John A. Sopher]

Ahhh, power inverter, smart idea! I wouldn't have thought about something like that.

[Steven S. Ramos]

I use portable heaters all the time with my IR. Even when the heating system is functional. Unless you have an ultra sensitive camera and/or a huge delta T you are probably missing something if you are not using this important device.

I use the little 12 amp units you can purchase at target or home depot, lowes, ect. I can multiple units so I can set them up in different rooms. Just be careful not to overload a circuit as they do pull 12 amps which is 80ish % of the standard (15 amp).

I use these in my IR for electrical scans too to get a load on the general use receptacles and to get the overall panel load up around 60-70%

[Donald T. Belmont]

I've been using a 20 lb propane bottle (what you use on a grill) with a radiant head. It will do a large wall very easily. Reasonably portable (maybe best to say luggable). Very useful in a "no heat" situation.

I also use some small electric units if I'm doing electrical and need something convenient to create a known load on a circuit.

[Peter W. Bennett]

Steve, can you post a linked to the one you use?
Thanks,
Peter