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Since your heater is electric, it will not "use up" the air, like a kerosene or propane heater that is unvented will . . .having said that the next issue you ought to worry about is how hot the thing gets, there is usually a standard warning label about which surfaces of the heater get hot and (if it is a good one) the "clearances to combustables" that it can safely operate within . . .the last issue is a watts n amps thing . .most household circuits are 15 or 20 amp, and are designed to SAFELY operate at 80% of that rating, that is a 15 amp circuit will safely run 12 amps continuously, and a 20 amp circuit will safely run 16 amps continuously . .to find out how many amps your heater is, there ought to be a label (the UL label) somewhere on it that states how many watts it uses. Dividing the watts by 120 volts will give you the amps it uses . .cut to the chase a 1920 watt heater will run continuously on a 20 amp circuit and a 1440 watt heater will run continuously on a 15 amp circuit, BUT (!!!) that is assuming there is nothing else on the circuit breaker . . . which is pretty unlikely .
Since your heater is electric, it will not "use up" the air, like a kerosene or propane heater that is unvented will . . .having said that the next issue you ought to worry about is how hot the thing gets, there is usually a standard warning label about which surfaces of the heater get hot and (if it is a good one) the "clearances to combustables" that it can safely operate within . . .the last issue is a watts n amps thing . .most household circuits are 15 or 20 amp, and are designed to SAFELY operate at 80% of that rating, that is a 15 amp circuit will safely run 12 amps continuously, and a 20 amp circuit will safely run 16 amps continuously . .to find out how many amps your heater is, there ought to be a label (the UL label) somewhere on it that states how many watts it uses. Dividing the watts by 120 volts will give you the amps it uses . .cut to the chase a 1920 watt heater will run continuously on a 20 amp circuit and a 1440 watt heater will run continuously on a 15 amp circuit, BUT (!!!) that is assuming there is nothing else on the circuit breaker . . . which is pretty unlikely .
Best way to build a fireplace against a brick wall?
Brielle
One of our walls in out living room is brick and we would like to have a fireplace there. How would you suggest building one? It has a gas pipe hookup but we are also looking at electric ones. My husband can lay bricks, tile, stone, whatever. He can also make a mantel. We would really appreciate any tips or suggestions!
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visit a hearth store, they have many options for vent free gas fireplaces, since you already have the line there its your best option, you can buy them with the mantel or without, if its a zero clearance model it will only produce heat out of the front and so the brick is a moot point. i recently installed one in my living room and constructed my own mantel for it, took me about 20 minutes to install and alother 30 to build the mantel, very easy
visit a hearth store, they have many options for vent free gas fireplaces, since you already have the line there its your best option, you can buy them with the mantel or without, if its a zero clearance model it will only produce heat out of the front and so the brick is a moot point. i recently installed one in my living room and constructed my own mantel for it, took me about 20 minutes to install and alother 30 to build the mantel, very easy
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