Safe electric heaters you can run all night

Hi Mobilcastle,

Try this cost comparator: propane vs electric

It may well be cheaper to use electricity.

mobilcastle wrote:
I see many of you are using electric heaters. If you are metered and you are paying for electric can you tell me what your per kilowatt hour cost is? Mine here in FL is .13kh. Electric heaters can use a lot of electric. If we were not metered I would definately use electric.

I see many of you are using electric heaters. If you are metered and you are paying for electric can you tell me what your per kilowatt hour cost is? Mine here in FL is .13kh. Electric heaters can use a lot of electric. If we were not metered I would definately use electric.

MFL wrote:
I would check my smoke detector occasionally, but I think most newer electric heaters are safe.

Jerry

We test ours daily around 5-6pm...then again for some reason it makes me hungry when I hear it go off.

Oil filled are fine but the trade off is they are heavy and bulkier. As long as your wiring is in good shape and you place it carefully so it's not going to start something on fire, not a lot of risk with the ceramic heaters. I would look for one with tip over protection (regardless of style)

Use our fireplace.

rv2go wrote:
I use up to 3 of These , depending on the outside temp. $19.74 at Walmart.

Write up on that one does not list a tip over switch???

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Oil filled are about the safest ones to use.

x2. All have safety switches so if they go over, they'll shut off. I just dug ours out for our bedroom tonight, so we don't have to turn the main heater on. :-) IIRC, max wattage for =any= 110v device is 1500 watts.

Lyle

I think we paid just over $20 at Tractor Supply.
At 39 degree temp it kept or 21'TT warm on low, with out ever firing the furnace.
Quiet too. Yes it has a tipover switch.

Thanks so much for your information.
Curley

Cobra21 wrote:

Bingo! Always check where it's plugged into the wall. Often times it's not the heater, but the wiring and oulet in the wall.
Brian

That is why I run another extension cord directly to the electric box, snaking it in at a slide seal. That way the heater is on it's own circuit and doesn't effect the trailer wiring.

Hi,

I like the Lux WIN100, but at the least blip in power and they turn off, so I use mechanical thermostats for essential heating areas.