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Electric heater

Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:40 pm
Posted by Dolemite
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2006
1021 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:40 pm
Looking for the best 110 electric heater on the market. Anyone know of one out there that can heat a large room?
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4244 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:41 pm to
Why not a wood burning heater?
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14469 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:43 pm to
Bought one for the wife last year. Our bathroom is over 500sqft and that bitch doesn't have a heater built in. This thing solved the prob. Gimme a sec and I'll see if I can google it

ETA: bitch referring to the bathroom, not the wife
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 9:44 pm
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14469 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:46 pm to
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
4244 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:47 pm to
Or maybe an Amish heater?
Posted by Dolemite
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2006
1021 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:48 pm to
Puts out plenty of heat?
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14469 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:52 pm to
What u trying to heat?
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14469 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:54 pm to
My bath has cold arse tile floors & 12 ft ceiling. Takes about 10 minutes to turn it into a sauna
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14469 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:55 pm to
If you're getting it for a bedroom to sleep with, you'll be lowering the heat during the night if you max it out
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
16560 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:57 pm to
Do you want to warm the air or warm objects in the room? Big difference between those two when selecting electric heaters. Best type I recommend are the oil-radiator type. More efficient for large rooms and no risk of burning anything.

Posted by Dolemite
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2006
1021 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:59 pm to
The oil radiator type heat just as well? How big an area can they cover?
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56011 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:01 pm to
My bathroom has no auxillary heater so I bought one of these from the walmarks...

LINK

My bathroom is fairly large and this thing heats it up toasty warm within about 15 minutes...I also used it with a generator once during an ice storm and it did fairly well in the bedroom, but did struggle to keep up with no other heat source in the house...I would say that if you plan to try to heat something like a garage, this will not be large enough, but if you are looking for supplemental heat in a cold room of the house, this will do the trick....

be sure that whatever you get shuts off automatically if tipped over and also be sure that it doesn't draw too much power for the circuit that you plan to plug it in to.....


ETA: this is anchored because the title is too short...
This post was edited on 11/16/14 at 10:05 pm
Posted by Clames
Member since Oct 2010
16560 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:11 pm to
Few hundred sqft depending on the model. GF uses a 1500W one for her living room in her apartment.
Posted by porkrind
Hog Jaw
Member since Apr 2012
950 posts
Posted on 11/16/14 at 10:13 pm to
Its been in the 20's and 30's lately and am heating a 900 square foot room with a oil radiator. Its 1500 watts/12.5 amps and heats better than two shitty coil space heaters.

The trick with the radiators is to have slow air circulation in the room. Like a box fan on low. The objects in the middle of the room are warm to the touch and the ends of the room are heated by the air circulation. Much cheaper than a typical fan driven space heater and much less risk of fire.

Space heaters constantly consume energy to keep the coils hot. The radiators heat up the oil and then shut down until the oil needs to be heated again.
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