Any suggestions for good space heater

December 03, 2020, 10:27 PM

What Brand Ryan?
I can't find any that have across the board good feedback.

Anyone with thoughts or preferences about the electric fireplaces? Plug ins that have a mantle build around them?

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December 03, 2020, 10:44 PM

ryan81986

Mine is a Pelonis.

December 03, 2020, 10:45 PM

TMats

Our family room downstairs is just flat cold in the winter. I’m looking at something bigger and better, but we’ve been using a Dyson for at least three winters now and it helps a lot. Make sure that if you need to use an extension cord, that it can safely carry the load a heater like this will pull.

December 03, 2020, 11:15 PM

Excam_Man

quote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
Apologies to Edmond for drifting his thread, but while Skins is here I'd like to ask about these Eheat devices.

Have you dealt with them? Are they all they're cracked up to be? I've thought about replacing a baseboard heater in the basement room with one of those, but I feel like I don't know enough.

Electric heat is electric heat,
both are 100% efficient.

Meaning watts is watts,
1 watt = 3.413 btu.

Companies who claim higher efficiency for their 'special' electric heaters are full of shit.

Only way to get better than 100% efficiency is to have a heat pump.

December 04, 2020, 08:01 AM

sigcrazy7

quote:
Originally posted by steve495:
We just picked up one of the radiator heaters that are filled with oil. It seems to work OK for the wife in her makeshift office area in the kitchen.

Although there is a risk with anything that is plugged in to AC, I don't think these radiator units are something to be overly concerned about when it comes to starting a fire. Am I missing something there?

That is the exact type of heater that some of my tenants used to burn down one of my houses. They get plenty hot to ignite combustibles in direct contact.

December 04, 2020, 07:09 PM

Skins2881

quote:
Originally posted by sigcrazy7:
quote:
Originally posted by steve495:
We just picked up one of the radiator heaters that are filled with oil. It seems to work OK for the wife in her makeshift office area in the kitchen.

Although there is a risk with anything that is plugged in to AC, I don't think these radiator units are something to be overly concerned about when it comes to starting a fire. Am I missing something there?

That is the exact type of heater that some of my tenants used to burn down one of my houses. They get plenty hot to ignite combustibles in direct contact.

It should have a thermal overload that cuts it off and/or a tstat that turns it off if the electricity if the oil gets too hot.

God I hate these damn things.

Please guys, fix your HVAC/insulation, don't use these things.

These things and replacing old smoke detectors has became my call to fame here, but it's my a passion of mine.