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the other day i was asked ,if those little electrical heaters thath bob villa is also advertising ,can cause any type of health issue.are they really low on electrical consumption ? i think is another gimmick!
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are they really low on electrical consumption ?
You can design an electric heater to have any electrical consumption you want. According to the Internet, there are 1 BTU/Hr = 0.29307107 watts, so decide how many BTU/hr you need from the heater and you will see how many watts it would need. I would need a little over 10,000 watts to heat my house on the coldest day, not counting the hot water. Around here, electricity is around $0.20 per KWH, so about $2/hour to heat it unless I misplaced the decimal point.0 -
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Though rates vary a lot depending on the area you are located, generally electric heating isn't very cost efficient. The heater you are talking about is about 1 1/2 KW /hour consumption and you can look on your electric bill and figure out what it would cost to run the heater for one hour. From a health standpoint I don't see any problem with them. They do put a pretty good load on your wiring so you need to keep that it mind or you'll be blowing a lot of fuses/popping circuit breakers. They're okay if you just need just a little "boost" once in a while to a cold room. The model you mention seems rather expensive and I think you could find another electric heater that would accomplish practically the same thing at much less cost.
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thank you to the both of you( JDB and ROD) i'll pass the info on to my friend as far is my house goes i'll stick to my oil#2 thanks.0 -
Low electrical Consumption
JBD listed the formula for converting btu's into watts. Let's take it conversely: 1watt = 3.413 btu's. This is a scientific fact no matter what box you put the heat element into. Those who claim that their electric heater can produce more btu's using less electricity are scamming people.Bob Boan
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The Gimmick
Is they cut down on energy used by the OTHER heat source in your home. They just do not tell you that part of it.
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