Thoughts on portable electric heaters
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Good stuff, @steve-miller !
We only use space heaters occasionally. Our house has some drafty areas but I think both Mr wtg and I are probably used to living with that.
We adjust the registers in various rooms when we do a switch between heating and cooling. Seems to help with the evenness of temps across all the rooms and between the first two floors; basement is pretty much steady state summer and winter, and we don't use it as living space, just a laundry room.
And in the winter, we tilt the blinds on our south-facing living room windows, especially on sunny days. The thermostat is in that room and if the sun warms up the space the furnace doesn't go on and the rest of the house becomes a refrigerator.
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I just bought an electric oil-filled slimline freestanding panel heater.
We already have a 400W Dimplex that is 20 years old, in the 2nd bedroom for guests. The new one is an 800w Amos brand, in the sitting room as we had to halve our central heating radiator to accommodate new double doors. £75. -
IIRC, your house would be wired at 220V with 16 amp receptacle circuits. An 800 watt heater will draw only 3.5 amps at 220V - well within safe operating limits.
In the US that same heater would draw around 7A on a 15A receptacle. Still OK - it’s when you use the 1500 watt setting you start inviting trouble.
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Thanks Steve. Somehow we have accumulated space heaters over the years. We have three. Two are the upright column type, one is oil-filled. We only use the newest one, in our cold kitchen.
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I like those too. They’re silent and the safest as far as setting nearby things on fire.
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No. Very light.
