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jenelle
Where can I buy one? and how much are there.
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If you are getting it for looks is fine but if you are getting it for "saving" money dont even waste your time. I read it on other places too but here are few reviews that people wrote on this site http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2007/12/09/heat-surge-fireplace-whats-up-with-that/
My husband and I purchased two of these Heat Surge fireplaces and we have seen NO savings on ur electric bill. We turned our thermostat down to 68 degrees for the month, and our electric bill went up. Go figure. Where is the savings at?? They are misleading the public into a ton of savings, and all you have is fireplaces that look good in your home. We purchased these for the saving, but their is NONE! Very dissapointed and would not recommend these unless you want to pay higher electric bills.
Eden Pure finished dead last in Consumer Reports Oct. 2007 report.
If you have access to nat. gas, it takes a lot of discipline to come out ahead by heating just one room at a time with electricity.
Electric heat costs about twice as much per delivered BTU as natural gas in most parts of the USA. One kilowatt hour of electricity supplies 3413 BTU. One hundred cubic feet of gas (almost exactly one âthermâ on your gas bill) is 100,000 BTU. Look up your local prices and do the math. One therm costs about $1.05 right now in the upper Midwest. Divide that by 80% efficiency on a typical furnace = $1.31 per 100,000 BTU delivered. You need 29.3 kilowatt hours to deliver 100,000 BTU (at 100% efficiency). At 10 cents per kilowatt hour, thatâs about $2.90.
If you are getting it for looks is fine but if you are getting it for "saving" money dont even waste your time. I read it on other places too but here are few reviews that people wrote on this site http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2007/12/09/heat-surge-fireplace-whats-up-with-that/
My husband and I purchased two of these Heat Surge fireplaces and we have seen NO savings on ur electric bill. We turned our thermostat down to 68 degrees for the month, and our electric bill went up. Go figure. Where is the savings at?? They are misleading the public into a ton of savings, and all you have is fireplaces that look good in your home. We purchased these for the saving, but their is NONE! Very dissapointed and would not recommend these unless you want to pay higher electric bills.
Eden Pure finished dead last in Consumer Reports Oct. 2007 report.
If you have access to nat. gas, it takes a lot of discipline to come out ahead by heating just one room at a time with electricity.
Electric heat costs about twice as much per delivered BTU as natural gas in most parts of the USA. One kilowatt hour of electricity supplies 3413 BTU. One hundred cubic feet of gas (almost exactly one âthermâ on your gas bill) is 100,000 BTU. Look up your local prices and do the math. One therm costs about $1.05 right now in the upper Midwest. Divide that by 80% efficiency on a typical furnace = $1.31 per 100,000 BTU delivered. You need 29.3 kilowatt hours to deliver 100,000 BTU (at 100% efficiency). At 10 cents per kilowatt hour, thatâs about $2.90.
Amish fireplace heat surge Not worth it?
Michelle H
Warring these fireplace only last a year. We got one last year for Christmas did not use it a lot. This winter we use it only at night to warm my daughter bedroom. Well last night went to turn it on and it would not turn on.Call the company all they would do is offer us another one for $139.00 The stove works but nothing like what they say. And they are made in China.
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I do not own one of these but at one time I was considering buying one for my rental apartment downstairs, so I did some research. These fireplaces are cleverly advertised to make the consumer think the HEATER is Amish-made, but in fact it is only the outer wood mantle that is Amish-made. (By the way, I would not let the quality of this product reflect negatively on the work of the Amish ....they have good morals and standards and are worthy of respect.) However, the HEATER component of these fireplaces is manufactured in China, and well, we all know the issues associated with Chinese products lately !!! lol
Please check my link from Consumer Reports and Better Business Bureau:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/02/heat-surge-roll-n-glow-electric-fireplaces-amish-heaters-better-business-bureau.html
I do not own one of these but at one time I was considering buying one for my rental apartment downstairs, so I did some research. These fireplaces are cleverly advertised to make the consumer think the HEATER is Amish-made, but in fact it is only the outer wood mantle that is Amish-made. (By the way, I would not let the quality of this product reflect negatively on the work of the Amish ....they have good morals and standards and are worthy of respect.) However, the HEATER component of these fireplaces is manufactured in China, and well, we all know the issues associated with Chinese products lately !!! lol
Please check my link from Consumer Reports and Better Business Bureau:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2009/02/heat-surge-roll-n-glow-electric-fireplaces-amish-heaters-better-business-bureau.html
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