Chicago, IL - 40kW Electric Heater Installation in the Rock Island Neighborhood

During the winter of 2023/2024, a customer requested additional heat inside their woodworking shop and gave Porta-Air a call to rent heat. After discussing the details of his shop and the power available, we proposed a 40kW electric heater. Sawdust and gas fired equipment were not a good combination in this application, therefore an electrical heater was the only logical solution, but care was still required. Since the power disconnect was not far from the placement of the heater, it was an easy hookup with a short cord. All large electric heat rentals are prewired with a short cord with male camlocks attached. This cord/camlock setup makes it easy to connect longer wire lengths, from the heater to the power source, by simply adding cord extensions in 50-foot increments. Our larger electric heaters also have a high temperature ductwork option, which aids in directing heat to where it’s needed. We use a special material shield between the hot metal heater discharge and the fabric ductwork to minimize heat transfer between the dissimilar materials. Electric heat is one of the safer heating options available.