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   JohnG | Jan 23, 2008 07:26pm | #1

   I installed mine about 5 years ago.  You can download the install manual from Modine and look at it.  It was pretty easy really.  I used Propane tanks located in the storage room next to the shop.  It would have been too difficult to run natural gas to the shop, 100' from the house.  Just make sure you test for leaks on your connections and you will be fine.

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   daverichards | Jan 23, 2008 07:35pm | #2

   I installed mine by myself. Can't remember how I got it up to the ceiling and attached to the brackets single handedly but I did. I added a circuit breaker in a box mounted behind the heater and put a gas valve near the inlet on the heater. My reasoning is that if I needed to work on it, I could shut off both the gas and the power right at the unit. No one else could turn them on without climbing up the ladder with me.

    

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   wiskers | Jan 23, 2008 08:46pm | #3

   Thanks for your help!  Sounds like it won't be to bad to install, good thing with all the snow and cold in Utah.  Thanks again for your help,  Tim

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   daverichards | Jan 23, 2008 08:59pm | #4

   Tim, one thing to consider before you install it. Where are you running the exhaust to? I went out through the roof because otherwise it would have come out under the soffit and the soffit is lower than the ceiling. I wanted the heater as close to the ceiling as I could get it and fairly close to the exterior wall. This would have resulted in a steep downhill run for the exhaust to get it out through the wall below the soffit.

   Good luck.

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   lostcreek | Dec 15, 2008 05:48am | #8

   wiskers,
   I just installed one in Huntsville...where in Utah do you live?
   lostcreek

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   wiskers | Dec 15, 2008 05:41pm | #9

   lostcreek,  I live in olympus cove in SLC.  Did you install it your self, and if so where did you get it and was it difficult to install?

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   lostcreek | Dec 15, 2008 08:21pm | #10

   Bought it from QC Supply online. Nice people to deal with...
   I "helped" my neighbor install it. He's a professional and made it look easy. I think I could have done it, especially after watching him, but I feel much safer abut the gas knowing a pro did the important stuff ( gas and electrical). Also, I got the high altitude kit . You might not need it, but we're at 4300feet. I think you can get an AC guy to do it "on the side" for much, much less than 2000. Probably around 3-500. Well worth the safety factor.
   lostcreek

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   billybobjoe | Dec 18, 2008 06:48am | #11

   I'm also thinking of putting a Hot Diggidy Dawg in ye ole garage.

   I realize it's all relative to the area you live, etc, etc. but how much do you guys tend to spend a month on your heating bill? I'm in a 3 car garage and would probably heat to about 45-50 degrees at all times. I would of course heat a little more when I'm in there once a week.

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   lostcreek | Dec 18, 2008 07:04pm | #12

   bbj,
   Since this is my first winter with heat, it's really too early to say. As it's now December, it appears that the bill is really not much different than last year. I don't turn it on at all unless I'm going to be working, but then it's at 70. I'm in a two (no) car garage with insulated sides and door and 12' ceiling.
   lostcreek

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   billybobjoe | Dec 18, 2008 07:09pm | #13

   What model did you get? How's the humidity in your shop now?

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   lostcreek | Dec 18, 2008 08:06pm | #14

   Got the model recommended for 2-2 1/2 car garage, whatever that is. It's extremely efficient. Don't go for one larger than recommended. Humidity outside is 70, inside is 45. Pretty dry out here, even in winter.

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   wilderness1989 | Feb 28, 2008 10:08am | #5

   I have a hotdawg in my shop and it is the model that does not use inside air for combustion.  It draws air from outside to burn, no sawdust problem, and sends it back outside to exhaust.  The air intake and the flue are done thru the wall.  I love the unit and would recommend it to anyone.

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   uaxccoach | Dec 15, 2008 04:03am | #7

   by some chance do you know the model no/ of the one you purchased?? thanks. bill

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   Y1RET | Mar 03, 2008 08:07pm | #6

   I installed mine and I have two tips for you:  One I made a plywood bracket to hold it up.  The boltholes in the hot dog did not match the studs in the ceiling so I cut a piece of plywood the size of the hot dog and drilled holes in the plywood to match the bole holes in the Hot dog. I left stove bolts hanging down through the holes and lag bolted the bracket to the ceiling. Used the stove bolts to hold the Hot Dawg up, worked out pretty well. You could use angle iron to do the same thing.  

    

   The better tip was that I had a muffler shop weld up the exhaust pipe for me. They used a lot heaver gauge stainless steel  and cost a lot less than the ones they sell at the HVAC suppliers. I used engine paint to paint the end sticking through the wall to match the house. I ran it through the side wall instead of the ceiling because there is a finished room above my garage and my wife was objecting to me running a flu pipe up through her sitting room. The Hot Dawg has a power exhaust so you can run the exhaust sideways. Just remember to have the pipe running a little up hill from the wall to the unit so rain does not flow into the heater.