For car enthusiasts and owners of classic cars, modern classics or convertibles, there are basically only two seasons – but always plenty to do. The best time is of course spring and summer, when driving fun is at its best. When the sun is shining and temperatures are pleasantly warm, this is the time to go out for a drive and attend meetings. In the wet and cold autumn/winter season when bad weather and low temperatures prevail, this is the time for your much-loved pride and joy in the garage to receive special care and attention. This is the ideal time to carry out any necessary repairs or maintenance work on the vehicle.
To ensure that your vehicle gets off to a flying start in spring, there’s nothing better than having it well-prepared and equipped with the right accessories. This will make sure your vehicle starts reliably after the winter break and its paintwork shines in the sun.
With Trotec, your car will always be the star of the show!
- Powerful battery chargers with trickle charge function so that the car starts reliably after the winter break.
- Cordless high-pressure cleaners, eccentric polishing machines and vacuum cleaners to remove dirt from vehicles and restore the shine to dull paintwork.
- Portable battery compressors for checking tyre pressure and preventing damage to the vehicle during winter storage.
- Practical tools such as cordless impact drivers and LED work lights for carrying out repairs even when there is no power supply.
- Measuring devices such as thermal imaging cameras, infrared thermometers and videoscopes for diagnostics and troubleshooting.
Our blog series Car accessories for a perfect start to the season showcases Trotec’s robust, durable and versatile power tools – the affordable solution to all your automotive questions and challenges in maintenance, care and repair.
Part 6: Energy-efficient heaters for garages and workshops
It isn’t just plants that awaken from their winter sleep in spring – cars are also happy to receive a little more attention. We recommend using a mobile heater in your garage to ensure that cooler temperatures don’t hamper maintenance and care work on the vehicle. A heater helps to warm up your garage or workshop to a pleasant temperature quickly and efficiently so you can get the car into top shape for the start of the season.
Enhanced working comfort in the garage
A mobile garage heater creates a pleasant working climate, but the vehicle also benefits from a heated garage. When it is cold and frosty outside, a heated garage ensures that the car gets up to operating temperature more quickly. The engine is less stressed during cold starts, so will have a longer service life. A heated garage also helps to protect the vehicle from damaging moisture and corrosion. Particularly on cold, wet days, the humidity and risk of condensation in the garage is very high. If moisture settles on the paint or on the underbody of the vehicle, is poses a risk of rust. By contrast, if the garage is heated, the formation of condensation is significantly reduced and the risk of rust decreases.
Anyone who loves their vehicle and wants to help to preserve it in the long term should provide garage heating in the cold depths of winter, but also in spring and beyond. It’s worth it for many reasons!
The Trotec online shop offers a variety of mobile garage heaters that cater to the different needs and demands of mechanics and car enthusiasts.
Mobile electric heaters
Electric heaters serve as versatile and efficient heating options for garages. By converting electrical energy into heat, they do not require extended startup periods unlike underfloor heating or fixed radiators. These portable devices can be quickly set up and relocated as needed, and their convenient thermostat control enables fast and fully automated heating with excellent energy efficiency.
Find the right electric heater for every taste – black, white, red or silver, wall, floor or ceiling heating. The Trotec online shop stocks a wider range of convections heaters, radiators, fan heaters and electric heater fans than almost any other online store.
Affordable garage heating with plenty of benefits:
- Excellent value for money
- Easy installation: set it up, switch it on and enjoy the warmth
- Smooth-running castors and/or integrated carrying handle provide maximum flexibility and mobility
- High energy efficiency through fully automatic thermostat control
- Vast array of designs and shapes to choose from
Infrared radiators and heating panels
Modern infrared radiators and infrared heating panels from Trotec generate heat by emitting infrared radiation. The radiators, which are available as wall, floor and ceiling heaters, are particularly effective when positioned near work areas or vehicles. They emit directed heat, which eliminates the need to first circulate heat through the room air.
Infrared rays immediately trigger a pleasant feeling of warmth on the skin. This operating principle, which is similar to that of solar radiation, makes infrared radiators particularly economical in terms of power consumption.
Trotec online shop offers the ideal infrared radiator for all garage sizes and requirements. Whether you need a mobile floor-mounted device in a sleek stainless steel design, a flexible ceiling radiant heater, or an ultra-flat infrared heating panel for wall mounting, Trotec online shop has got it covered.
Extremely effective garage heating with many benefits:
- Pleasant warmth without unpleasant odours or noises
- Efficient heating based on the natural principle of the sun
- Maximum efficiency as 100% of the electrical energy used is converted into heating capacity
Mobile oil heater fans
Oil fan heaters work in a very similar way to gas heaters, but use oil as fuel instead of gas. Mobile oil heaters from Trotec are significantly more powerful than electric heaters and are recommended for the effective heating of large workshops, garages and vehicle halls with good ventilation, which can only be heated uneconomically with conventional heating solutions due to their higher heating power requirements. A clean solution: The indirectly fired IDE oil heater fans can also be used to heat enclosed spaces when using the optionally available flue gas exhaust.
Trotec online shop provides a vast range of oil heater fans suitable for professional workshops and generously sized garages. These heaters deliver strong heating power and provide an instant solution for creating a comfortable garage climate.
Powerful and effective garage heating with many benefits:
- High heating capacity coupled with low operating costs
- Extremely economical and more efficient than electric heaters
- Fast heat-up time provides noticeable heat after a few minutes
- Robust and durable – ideal for harsh working environments
- Ideal for professional workshops and garages
