Electric heater remote stat highly recommended

[beemerphile1]

I have found the thermostats in portable electric heaters to be sorely lacking in quality. I did some research and purchased this stat three months ago. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E7NYY8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I am very pleased with the performance.

It does a fantastic job at keeping the temperature exactly where we want it. Before, it was a matter of constant tweaking to attempt to keep a comfortable temperature.

I have not used the program function so cannot say anything good or bad. I can just say it does a great job of maintaining the set temperature.

[hotbyte]

Cool product!

[Dtank]

F350/RR wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Remote thermostats also normally have a heat anticipator so you can adjust the on/off cycling time and built-in ones don't have that feature .

The on-off switch needs a small hammer to operate however.

".....needs a small hammer to operate"..:@

If "small" doesn't work well does....."get a larger hammer" apply..:h

Recommendation? - Claw, ball-peen, 10 lb sledge, or.....:@

[F350_RR]

myredracer wrote:
Remote thermostats also normally have a heat anticipator so you can adjust the on/off cycling time and built-in ones don't have that feature .

The Atwood hydro flame furnace thermostat has an anticipator. The on-off switch needs a small hammer to operate however. Weather is almost warm and dry enough to take the TC cover off and install the Honeywell stat next to the bed. I plan wiring in parallel so I can use either.

[myredracer]

Remote thermostats always work better, it's not a quality thing. Plus they should be on an interior wall away from the heater. Remote thermostats also normally have a heat anticipator so you can adjust the on/off cycling time and built-in ones don't have that feature - didn't see that mentioned on the Amazon one. I also don't see a current rating or UL on it? Good idea if it works okay tho.

[beemerphile1]

F350/RR wrote:
It needs a remote so I don’t have to get out of bed

Program it to increase the temperature at whatever time you want.

[F350_RR]

It needs a remote so I don’t have to get out of bed

[gbopp]

Thanks for posting. I was considering a remote thermostat.