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Got 6 months of use at just keeping a well insulated garage above freezing. Did the job easily, but the fan motor seized 2 months after the 1yr warranty expired. Soleus said "sorry". You cannot by a replacement motor in the U.S.A. Only in CHINA! Just bought a KING heater. 5yr warranty and made in AMERICA. You get what you pay for!
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Was easy to install. Had taken more time to run a 30 amp service to the garage. I know that I was pushing its capabilities to the max, but was pleased. The garage is 640 square foot with 10 foot ceilings well insulated. It takes about 1 1/2 to heat up to 65-68 with temps outside of 35 deg. The fan is small, pushes air about 6 to 8 feet down and out from heater. there are some cooler parts of garage but none to complain about. Did a thermal test and with fan running the heating element reaches near 230 Deg. I wish it had a thermostat instead of having to turn unit off when it gets to warm. But still cheapest way to go without going into an industrial unit.
I have added a 220 in-line thermostat two weeks after install and works as intended. Turns on and off by itself. So now we have set it and forget it. Had gotten the first electric bill even though it was not as cold as last year so far. The good news is that the bill had taken a hit of maybe eleven dollars. Really hard to say.
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Nice compact unit and easy to mount, however, it does require some knowledge about wiring and the installation instructions are of no help. They are more of a legal document for the company's protection instead of providing any actual assistance with installation. The wiring diagram shows that the unit uses a 10 gauge wire, but never indicates if it is a 10-2 or 10-3. The diagram shows the unit connection with a Load, Neutral and Ground for a 220 volt circuit and never mentions using a double pole breaker with two Load wires on a 110. The unit is a single phase. My guess is that this was written for use in the European market. This is sold through DIY centers so you would think they aould have taken a little more care in writing the installation instructions. I can see a lot of weekend warriors returning this unit due to the confusion caused by the wiring instructions and once they realize they have to run a 30 amp circuit with a quick disconnect out to the garage. I had an electrician quote just running the wiring ( 45 feet ) and he quoted $550. Considering the unit costs under $200, may not be what most people are expecting. If you are going to spend this much, might as well go to one of the larger units.
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Once again Amazon shipped promptly and I recieved the heater in good condition. After installing the heater (with a licensed electricial) the heater ran for about 4 months until the fan motor quit. I called SolerusAir service for instructions and they asked to have it shipped back to them for sercvice which would have cost over 50% of the original price of the heater. I asked for them to ship me a fan motor at my expense and I will install it they refused. I also asked if they had a thermostate for this heater and they said no. Two weeks later Menards posed an ad for this same manufacturer and size heater "with" a thermostate. Can't by a fan motor for this unit and also can't use the heater after 4 months.
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Found this on sale at Menards for $149.00. Wasted two hours on wiring and installation to fine that the unit was DOA. Will have to waste another hour driving to the store to exchange it. Wish I would have bought something else.
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