Artic blast Don't forget about your race car engine

[AllZWay]

I got scared.. added two electric heaters and a propane heater on low. Using my laser thermometer I was seeing some engine temps in the low 30's. It is 5degrees outside this morning.

[RichardP]

All these preparations that are relying on heaters or lightbulbs are having a tough time around here. Most people I've talked to haven't had power since 2 am. I get power for a little bit then it goes away for a longer time...

Richard P.

[64GunPilot]

My shop has zero insulation and isn’t really sealed all that well. I put water bottles with tap water all around the shop to see if they’d freeze. Non of them froze and it got down to 4F here. I thought it kinda strange. I don’t understand how that’s possible.

[39PitCrew]

My shop has zero insulation and isn’t really sealed all that well. I put water bottles with tap water all around the shop to see if they’d freeze. Non of them froze and it got down to 4F here. I thought it kinda strange. I don’t understand how that’s possible.

I know this is not exactly the same, but ...
I live in Ohio and my shop building is insulated and sheetrocked but no heating system.
It's a 30X60 building, partially built into a hill so the back wall has about 7' of dirt behind it.
Coldest I've seen in the shop is 36 degrees so far. The floor and back wall put a surprising
amount of "heat" in the building. At least, enough to offset the heat loss. I will admit that
our winter has been both mild and stupid. We've only had a few days below 20 degrees and
we've had lots of days in the upper 20's and a even a few in the mid 30's. It may help that
the two overhead doors face South so on sunny days I actually get a little heat through
the doors; even though they are insulated I think they are only like R6 or something.

[Pranav]

My storage unit never lost power! However the temp never go lower than high 20s which was well above the freezing point based on the antifreeze ratio I put in.

Learned a lot this time and got lucky!

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