Advice needed on electrical heaters - Democratic Underground

brentspeak

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Tue Aug-12-08 10:27 AM
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Advice needed on electrical heaters

Edited on Tue Aug-12-08 10:31 AM by brentspeak

This year, for the first time, my apartment landlord is having me pay for my own heating. This is an oil-based system, and I want to do as much as possible not to rely on my thermostat. What good electrical heaters are available?

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brentspeak

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Tue Aug-12-08 10:49 AM
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1. kick

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Dora

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Tue Aug-12-08 10:50 AM
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2. Try the Home Improvement forum with this question.

I remember a thread from last winter (a carryover from the winter before) about these heaters.
http://eheat.com/

Those people who tried them had nothing but wonderful things to say. I'm thinking about buying one or two myself.

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hvn_nbr_2

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Tue Aug-12-08 07:37 PM
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4. They were discussed a couple times...

I think in the "Frugal and Energy Efficient Living" (or something like that) group, maybe also in the economic activism group, whose name I don't have a clue about without going to the lobby. Some people really liked them and said they were quite efficient.

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lizziegrace

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Tue Aug-12-08 11:15 AM
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3. I lived in a 3 bedroom house and used 295 gallons of oil for the season

I shut off all unused rooms, put up clear plastic shower curtains (command adhesive hooks are great...) between rooms with no doors.

I invested in sealed oil-filled radiator-style heaters - one for my room and one for the living room. I kept them on low (500watts) all the time. (And the cats couldn't knock them over.) I used a heated mattress pad I got onsale at Kohls and wore lots of layers...

Good luck. I decided not to invest in anything permanent as I was renting.

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