Posted by Texasmark1 on November 16, 2014 at 05:57:59 from (172.243.93.14):
In Reply to: heaters posted by Leroy on November 16, 2014 at 05:36:58:
Most little room electric heaters are 1500 watts to limit the current such that a 15 amp breaker will hold with it and the lights and all that are usually in bedrooms. A gas heater for the same application runs around 5200 BTU.
The conversion is 3410 BTU/kWHr so 1500w run for an hour is 1.5kWHr x 3410 is right at 5110 BTU. So you get the same heat regardless of the heat source.
Personally, in a closed room like a bedroom, my preference is the oil radiator heater which is 1500W max and sells for about $50 at the big box stores. No fumes, no fire, no noise, just pleasant radiant heat.
For my shop, if I am working at the bench and sitting, I have a little radiant heater with a fan I put on the floor between my legs and it keeps my legs and chest warm plus I breath the clean warm air. If moving about I have a 50# Propane tank on a furniture dolly that has a radiant heater that mounts to the tank in 5, 10, or 15k BTU so it goes with me. If really want to warm the area I have a 30k BTU blower (looks and sounds like a jet engine) that I hook to that tank with a fan.
If I lived up North and had an insulated shop running a big operation I would have whole building heat. But I don't have any of that and just heat where I need it.
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