NewAir G73 Electric Garage Heater - Safe and Reliable Heat for 500 Sq Ft

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20726 in Home
  
• Color: White
• Brand: NewAir
• Model: G73
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 14.00" h x
  9.50" w x
  9.00" l,
  15.00 pounds
  

Features

• Automatic safety shut off
• Durable steel construction
• Built-in thermostat
• Warms 500 sq. ft.
• Wall or ceiling mountable

• Automatic safety shut off
• Durable steel construction
• Built-in thermostat
• Warms 500 sq. ft.
• Wall or ceiling mountable

Product Description

Enjoy a warmer more comfortable space as you work in your workshop or garage with the NewAir G73 electric garage heater! Featuring 5,000 BTUs of heating capacity, this garage heater can warm up to 500 sq. ft. Because the NewAir G73 runs on electricity instead of propane, it's safer and more efficient.

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

74 of 74 people found the following review helpful.
Great heater!
By Kevin Redden
I haven't seen the electric bill yet so I'm giving this heater 5 stars. I had previously bought one of the propane Reddy Heaters (RLP50VA see my review on that) to heat my garage but that heater was completely unsuitable for that task. This one is perfect, it heats up the garage quickly and is quiet and clean. It is a 240v heater and requires a hardwired installation so is a little bit of a pain but I wired everything up and had an electrician friend come check out my work before I turned it on and all was OK. Needed a 30A dual pole circuit breaker and 10/2 wire along with a junction box and flexible connecting cable but it was worth the effort! My garage is a garage under (standard Colonial) 26x22 so the ceiling is insulated but nothing else is. Living in NH, a heated garage for working on the cars is pretty much a necessity and I would recommend this heater highly.

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful.
I was skeptical, but now very impressed
By D. J.
I built my woodshop which is well insulated (R19 in walls, R40 in ceiling) and about 460 square feet with 8 foot ceilings. Living in Iowa, I was skeptical whether this heater could do the job where it sometimes gets 10 to 20 below for several days in Dec and Jan. Those fears were alleviated.If you are at all concerned that the heater can handle a level of cold that commonly reaches 33 below (wind chill) and -20 ambient temp, worry no more. I kept the heater on the third mark out of 10 and it maintained between 49 and 53 depending on the coldness of the night. When I went out to work, I turned it up to a tad beyond LOW and it leveled at 60 degrees. It's also very quiet in that I'm able to have a normal voice conversation with anyone present and we aren't really aware when it turns on. Very nice not have the smell of fuel oil in the air. I'm very happy with the purchase.Edit as of 01-03-09. The local news just advised that here in my area, it is the 9th coldest December since 1897 when they started keeping track. They also said it is the second snowiest December on record. There were several days below 0 and a couple to -20 ambient temp which is common in those months any Winter. This small heater keeps up better than I thought it would.Edit as of Dec of 2012 - Unit still works like it was new. I'm now on my 5th Iowa Winter with this in the shop and haven't had any issue at all. I'd make the same decision tomorrow and highly recommend it.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
Dayton G73 heater
By G. Wirt
I purchased this heater for my 700 sq. ft. shop with 12' ceiling (well insulated). In the first hour it raised the temperature from 43 to 55 degrees (F). After two hours temp. was up to about 60F. I was impressed.It is small, quiet, and produces great heat for its size.Thermostatically controlled fan will cycle on and off until the ambient temperature is above 55 or so, then will run continuously until reaching desired temp.Good heat with poor documentation. Documentation does not give a clue as to how to connect to today's 240v 4 wire connections.The heater requires a 240v 30amp 3 wire connection. I have a 30 amp 4 wire outlet. Therefore, I purchased a 4 wire 240v dryer pigtail from Home Depot. Then I connected black to black, red to white, and green to green (ground). Black and red are the two incoming hot wires in newer 240 volt 4-wire arrangements...I presume. I am NOT an electrican.The 4th wire (white) in this case is not needed. I capped the white wire and tied it off inside the heater.Expect some smoke in the first couple of minutes...from oils on the heating elements, etc. It is a nice heater considering price and size.I subtracted one star in my rating due to the poor documentation.