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Gas Grill may add some needed heat


landarch

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You might try to position your gas grill near some tender palms. Of course, be sure not to ignite the palm or any frost cloth that you may have placed near. This may act as an added source of heat and help the plants that it is near get through the heavy weather. Additionally I strap my landscape lights near the bud on occasion, you may chuckle if you desire.

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Orlando Florida, USA

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Nothing to chuckle about landarch....every bit helps.

I have done some basic "tests", if you can call them that, with standard convection type heaters (which pretty much act like a gas grille would) and they can be quite effective at supplying heat.  The key is to use even a standard box fan in conjunction with them.  If the box fan is above and behind the convection heater, one can get some good range of coverage with it.  Without the fan, the lion's share of the heat goes straight up.

Larry 

Palm Harbor, FL 10a / Ft Myers, FL 10b

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Nothing to chuckle about landarch....every bit helps.

I have done some basic "tests", if you can call them that, with standard convection type heaters (which pretty much act like a gas grille would) and they can be quite effective at supplying heat.  The key is to use even a standard box fan in conjunction with them.  If the box fan is above and behind the convection heater, one can get some good range of coverage with it.  Without the fan, the lion's share of the heat goes straight up.

Larry,

I imagine this system will work very well if there is no wind around. I've used patio heaters on my deck to heat the outside and found that if it's a very still night (less than 5mph wind), they work great, but at soon as the wind kicks up, it doesn't really do much.

Bobby

Long Island, New York  Zone 7a (where most of the southern Floridians are originally from)

AVERAGE TEMPS

Summer Highs  : 85-90f/day,  68-75f / night

Winter Lows     : 38-45f/day,   25-35f / night

Extreme Low    : 10-20f/day,    0-10f / night   but VERY RARE

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