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What's the best way to use Space Heaters so they are more energy efficient and less costly?


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Space heaters are generally consuming more energy than central heaters. Typically, they increase a household use of energy as large as 70% because they can consume energy as large as 40,000 BTUs per hour. BTU stands for British Thermal Units which is the standard unit measure for heaters. The least electric power a small space heater can use is still 3,000 watts or equivalent to 10,000 BTUs per hour.

Even with the large consumption of energy, space heaters can still be used in an economical way. Unlike central heaters that heats up the entire household, space heaters can be used for a single room. This means that other room which doesn’t need to be heated up won’t be heated. Especially when used with the proper guidance from the user’s manual, space heaters can be very economical for people who only heat one or two rooms.

Space heaters should be carefully used. Space heaters should never go near another heater such as a combustion type as it may cause the heaters to explode and damage properties. Proper ventilation for the heaters is a must, which means that they must be installed in a place wherein it is not too hot for heaters to work on. The size of the room should be considered in using the space heater. Larger rooms would need heaters at an appropriate size, because if you use smaller space heaters for large rooms, you would still end needing to consume more energy. Last and definitely not the least, space heaters should be installed in a safe place where children cannot reach it as it can be very dangerous for children to be near heaters.

It would take a lot of consideration to use what type of heaters that would be very perfect for the type of home or room to be heated. That is why it is very important to ask and read the user’s manual to make sure that you are using the heaters right.
Feb 24th, 2013 at 3:15 AM
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