Cost of using fireplace heater?

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Daniel

I have just purchased an electric fireplace. It includes an electric heater that appears to be working very well and heating up my 240 sq.ft. living room apartment adequately. The heater is 120V 60 Hz 1500 Watts. Can you tell me how I can calculate the hourly cost of using the heater which has a low/high/off options.
Tks

Answer
Depends what you pay for electricity in the US, but on the high setting it will use 1500 watts in one hour, this is equal to 1.5 Kwh ( in 4 hours it will use 4 x 1.5 kw = 6 Kwh Killowatt Hours) if electricity costs say 10c per Kwh then an hour will cost 1.5 x 10 = 15c. If the low setting is half power (750 watts/0.75kw) the the cost will be halved. If there is a thermostat control it will switch on and off regularly, about 50/50 which will also save running costs.

Electric heaters for large rooms?

F Strauser

My neighbor heats with electric heaters. He is 73 and somewhat eccentric so he wont consider any other type of heat. He has tried several different kinds of heaters including edenpure, electric fireplaces and the like. But nothing seems to keep the apartment warm. I was wondering anyone has any suggestions on what would work. He lives in a one bedroom apartment, that's approximately 900 square feet.

Answer
We use a Lasko floor cyclonic ceramic heater that sits against the wall, it pulls cool air from the floor and blows it out of the top. They operate on 15 amps at 1500 watts and are digital. It's about like adding 2 HVAC vents in a room that before didn't have one.

That should keep the temperature comfortable.

Ceramic is also very safe and warmer to me then any other heater type. They are also safe.

Wal-mart carries them see the link below.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/17038557?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=3

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