Dayton heater

[S/C BOB]

My Dayton heater in the shop sometimes won t cut off. Very dangerous. I went to the shop this evening after work and it was 85 and heater was running right on. I did have it turned down very low too. It is wall mount 220 volt. Could something be bad or things just dirty? Thanks for the help.

 

[Anonymous-0]

You have a bad thermostat. That is dangerous. Turn it off at the circuit breaker when not there and get it fixed.

 

[Lamar Fudd]

My gas garage heater did this last year. Turned out to be the thermostat. Since thermostats don't have mercury in them any more, they now have a set of points-points that eventually either fuse together or don't make contact. Mine fused and the temperature was past 90 when I discovered it. It was a "LUX", by the way. I got to rummaging in my too good to throw away electrical box and found a Honeywell round t-stat that has a mercury 'pill' in it. I can set it down to 45 and it keeps it there.

 

[rlp in Co.]

Does anybody know where you can buy the thermostat with the mercury? I need one too. This is so stupid. They put mercury in vaccines and say it won"t hurt you despite all the poor little kids that have autism, but they won"t let you buy a good thermostat anymore. But everyone keeps voting for the same old Dumbocrates and the Retarded nnalert.

 

[MSD]

Grainger might have them. They sell those heaters.

 

[Mike (WA)]

Its the thermostat.

I built my wife a tack room in the barn. Put in a Cadet heater, want to keep it about 40, so pipes don't freeze and her tack doesn't mold.

Went to Home Despot, got a spiffy Chinese thermostat. Wasn't until I got home I noticed that the cutoff temp was 50. Tried to bend the contacts, ruined it.

Off to get another, but this time was smart enough to get one with a 40 degree cutoff. Hooked it up, still clicked off at 50. Guess they just put a different number wheel on it to satisfy guys like me. Couldn't take it back, because it broke when I threw it across the room.

Then it occurred to me- my house originally had baseboard heaters, with thermostat in each room. FO had put in a heat pump before I bought, but the original thermostats are still there. Mercury switch, completely adjustable. Been in the warm house since new, so no rust or corrosion issues. Used one in the tack room, worked great.

Still have several, yours for $25 including postage, to anyone who wants one. email me with your address at mmittge at compprime dot com, I'll reply with mine so you can send your check.

Believe Nebraska Cowman would give me a good reference- we did a strange deal on an IH hydraulic pump several years ago- I paid as agreed, even though it turned out I didn't need the pump after it got here.