Submitted by Baphometwolf83 t3_10qmmxv in Maine
I was wondering what a good space heater would be. I live in Brewer and while I like to sleep in a warm room (65 to 69), but my son's mom appears to like it freezing at night (Im convinced is her attempt to unalive me). Any suggestions on a good space heater I can get that is not outrageous in price?
I’ve been using the Delonghi branded ones for years. They are high quality and do not make any noise.
I second this, I have 2-3 of them from when my furnace was acting up one winter. I put one in the bedrooms and one in the living room. They work amazing but take a couple of hours to really heat the room.
Now I have a pellet stove and only drag them out in emergency cases.
Just a heads up: the price of the heater is going to be nothing compared to the cost of electricity to run it. A 1500w space heater is going to cost you more than $7/day to run, or more than $200/mo if it runs continuously.
Yep, use sparingly, not continuously.
Too many variables to have a clue to how much electricity it will use. Room size, supplemental heat, well insulated, etc.
It's a resistive heater. It's the easiest thing in the world to figure out how much electricity it will use. What's the rated wattage on the box? That's the wattage it will use. It does not cycle on or off or adjust its heat output based on the temperature of the room.
1500w heater? 1.5kWh.
CMP charges a delivery rate of $0.12/kWh and the standard offer for power is $0.18/kWh. Power is therefor $0.30 a kWh.
It costs 45 cents an hour to run a 1500w heater. 24 hours in a day: it costs $10.80 to run it all day and night. 30 days in a month: $324 a month to run one 1500w electric heater.
How do you figure? Every modern heater currently being made has some type of thermostatic temp control and overheat switch. Show me one that doesn't.
I've never seen a space heater with a thermostat on it, but sure enough I Googled it and I guess that's how they make em now. That being the case I'll eat crow on this one and admit there's more to figuring out how much power one would use.
I'd still be leery about relying on one too much though given current power prices.
The only reason I will likely run elec space heaters to supplement my heat pump vs firing up the furnace is because I switched to cmp new heat pump pricing package, and I always hit the minimum usage after which the cost is I believe .004 cents a KWH.
I’ll be warm in the summa time tho bub.
It's the electric use that will kill you. Try an electric blanket. Uses maybe 1/4 of the power.
I switched from electric blanket to electric mattress pad. Love it.
THIS! Changed my world, and I sleep better. All toasty, and with dual controls when I over heat I can turn it off and hubby an stay as hot as he wants. Cays love it too
can you recommend a good electric mattress? havent tried any of them
Oil filled radiant if you need a space heater but a heated mattress pad is even better. You can get them with multiple zones so each side of the bed can be at its own comfortable temp.
Im going to have to check that out. Never heard of heated mattress pads
look for a 1500watt oil filled radiant type.
Use the heater spaced like the old radiators. I have ceramics, baseboard style and the oil-radiators. All are easy to operate but the radiators are more efficient. A brand new one will give off a bit of an odor for the first hour or two. If you have a larger room, the industrial looking heater that has a fan works better at distributing the heat.
Do not use household extension cords with space heaters.
Also, avoid placing heaters on carpet.
Definitely be aware that your electric bill will skyrocket if you leave it on. I don't even know what to do besides take the hit as the space heater is pretty much the only heat upstairs.
I use a ceramic heater I think I got at BJs with a thermostat. People talk about the massive electricity bill. I use one just to keep the heat stable between furnace runs and it costs about $100 a month, but saves me much more in oil.
I bought one of these wall mounted convection heaters and it works really well. It is also silent because it doesn't have a fan. https://www.eheat.com/categories/wall-mounted-electric-panel-heaters/?gclid=CjwKCAiAuOieBhAIEiwAgjCvcjisBJmCGtY6ZU5vWFfWZumD-s6lBJeGOOZ5_H7Xamn205uzcA6dbxoCmmYQAvD_BwE
I've been looking at those just to take the chill off the bedroom for an hour or so at night. Thanks!
I got an oil filled one from Mardens for maybe $70 and it works great. That's basically the only heat we have on the top floor.
They're all effectively the same. 1kwh of electricity generates 3412 BTU's. There's no magic space heaters that are more efficient than that. Ignore all the "quartz" and other bullshit. Only differences are how they spread the heat (oil filled, fan, oscillating fan etc)
Yup and an oil filled one that "keeps heating after it's shut off" will drag an equivalent amount when it starts off cold.
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It’s not the heater it’s the electric bill you have to worry about.
Edenpure classic is what we use, I don’t give a shit about electricity cost as long as it keeps me warm.
ecco-domenica t1_j6rf9rf wrote
Oil-filled radiant is the way to go. Quiet, no fan blowing dust around, just gentle steady heat. In Britain they're wall-mounted, but I can't find any over here, just plug-in, standalone space heaters.