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Space heater vs Ceramic Heater

JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
regular space heater $15:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pelonis-Fa...ostat/17808724
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Ceramic heater $15 (on sale):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16896268014


Which is better? WHY?
 
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Ceramic brake pads are space aged and last forever, yet ceramic flower pots break easily.
Tough, tough decision...
 
A watt is a watt. A 1500 watt heater provides the same amount of heat as any other 1500 watt heater. However, an infrared heater can more easily be directed toward the occupants, heating them a little more without heating the room as much & can make it seem as if it's warmer (well, if there's only one occupant.) Then again, you can get a 1500 watt heat gun, or a blow dryer, and just aim it at yourself - same effect. But, over time, either will provide the same amount of heat to the room. Then again, the infrared heater, if aimed toward the wall, will heat the wall a little warmer than it otherwise would have been. Heat transfer is related to the difference in temperature, so a warmer wall is going to radiate more heat to the outside than a cooler wall.

That said, I'd then base my decision on which unit is safest to operate. Does it have a tip-over switch? Does it have exposed elements that are hot enough to set a piece of paper on fire (or accumulated dust)?
 
I would also include the noise factor in your decision making. Most of these smaller cheaper heaters use a loud fan to circulate the heat. The larger, more expensive radiators put out the same amount of heat, but are completely silent.
 
In my opinion the oil heaters are the best. They take awhile to warm up, so aren't good for 'just out of the shower' situations but are perfect for continually chilly areas.
 
Vic Vega said:
I don't know what BTC farming is. I probably don't want to.
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It's money laundering at it's best. I'll be laughing my ass off at all these fuckers that paid money for ATI shit cards and high electric bills when their shit coins are worth less than 100 year old outhouse toilet paper. At least the shithouse paper can wipe their ass when they shit kittens...

Now if you crunch/fold for benefit like to cure cancer, then yes you have a decent heater there.

As far as tip over protection if anything has a UL label it's gonna have that. Basically anything made in the last 50 years...
 
Minerva said:
It's money laundering at it's best. I'll be laughing my ass off at all these fuckers that paid money for ATI shit cards and high electric bills when their shit coins are worth less than 100 year old outhouse toilet paper. At least the shithouse paper can wipe their ass when they shit kittens...

Now if you crunch/fold for benefit like to cure cancer, then yes you have a decent heater there.

As far as tip over protection if anything has a UL label it's gonna have that. Basically anything made in the last 50 years...
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Bitcoins may or may not have value, but the principle is solid. I use my computers to heat in the winter. I overclock them higher, and fold to generate heat. Winter is a good time to install the incandescent lamps you replaced with CFLs. On the CFL box, they didn't tell you incandescents were free to run in the winter, did they? ;^)
 
lxskllr said:
Bitcoins may or may not have value, but the principle is solid. I use my computers to heat in the winter. I overclock them higher, and fold to generate heat. Winter is a good time to install the incandescent lamps you replaced with CFLs. On the CFL box, they didn't tell you incandescents were free to run in the winter, did they? ;^)
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I'd rather plug toasters in to heat with then mine for shit coins.
 
Minerva said:
I'd rather plug toasters in to heat with then mine for shit coins.
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That's silly. The FSF takes bitcoins. Mine coins, and donate to them. The important thing is you're making heat, and accomplishing something else in the process.
 
DrPizza said:
A watt is a watt. A 1500 watt heater provides the same amount of heat as any other 1500 watt heater. However, an infrared heater can more easily be directed toward the occupants, heating them a little more without heating the room as much & can make it seem as if it's warmer (well, if there's only one occupant.) Then again, you can get a 1500 watt heat gun, or a blow dryer, and just aim it at yourself - same effect. But, over time, either will provide the same amount of heat to the room. Then again, the infrared heater, if aimed toward the wall, will heat the wall a little warmer than it otherwise would have been. Heat transfer is related to the difference in temperature, so a warmer wall is going to radiate more heat to the outside than a cooler wall.

That said, I'd then base my decision on which unit is safest to operate. Does it have a tip-over switch? Does it have exposed elements that are hot enough to set a piece of paper on fire (or accumulated dust)?
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wait... a hair dryer is as efficient as a space heater? 😱
those things are dirt cheap at walmart
 
lxskllr said:
On the CFL box, they didn't tell you incandescents were free to run in the winter, did they? ;^)
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You forget that the heat generated from incandescent bulbs is not well suited for domestic heating. It's not quite correct to say that "1 W of heat is the same as another 1 W of heat".

Home heating is intended to ensure comfort at occupation level (i.e. near the ground). However, ceilings are high, and hot air tends to stratify at ceiling level due to gravity. As most lighting is elevated, this merely heats the elevated air, which worsens the stratification trapping heat at high level and away from the occupants.

Most central heating (and portable heating) is operated at ground level, by placing the heat source at low level, it has an anti-stratification effect, which heats the whole room, providing comfort at low level, and avoids wastefully overheating at high level (this is especially important in upper floor rooms, under the roof, where the overwhelming majority of heat is lost).
Further, most central heating is not electrical resistance based, but instead uses a much cheaper fuel (such as NG/propane, heat pumping, or discounted-price electricity).

The use of full-cost electricity to power incandescent lamps, is a very expensive way to produce heat. The only way in which it is "free" heat is if your primary source of heat is electrical space heaters (and even then, you have the major disadvantage and inefficiency of thermal stratification).
 
Mark R said:
You forget that the heat generated from incandescent bulbs is not well suited for domestic heating. It's not quite correct to say that "1 W of heat is the same as another 1 W of heat".

Home heating is intended to ensure comfort at occupation level (i.e. near the ground). However, ceilings are high, and hot air tends to stratify at ceiling level due to gravity. As most lighting is elevated, this merely heats the elevated air, which worsens the stratification trapping heat at high level and away from the occupants.
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All heat goes up. You help mitigate that by using ceiling fans.
 
what if u put the lamp on the floor?

would fifteen 100 watt lamps = one 1500w space heater?
(in terms of heat given out and efficiency?)
 
JEDI said:
what if u put the lamp on the floor?

would fifteen 100 watt lamps = one 1500w space heater?
(in terms of heat given out and efficiency?)
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Pretty close to it. You'd lose some heat from light escaping, but it should be minimal.
 
Ceramic heaters are more efficient in terms of energy. They use less electricity as they heat up. They're also less likely to catch fire, though if used properly it shouldn't matter.

For what its worth, my dad originally designed and manufactured the temperature controller for the first Pelonis ceramic disk heaters about 20 years ago. 🙂
 
If I'd want to be pedantic, I'd say: "bad question", because ceramic heaters is a subcategory of space heaters 🙂
Anyway this heater you linked there won't do it really well. It will be weak and loud.
The DeLonghi EW7707CB oil-filled portable radiator isn't much more expensive and you will appreciate the thermostat when receiving heating bills. It will turn the unit off completely when target temperature is reached and turn it on again when it starts to drop to heat it back.
Those few extra bucks you pay by not buying the cheapest one will return as investment on reduced heating costs.
 
Personally I'm a fan of the oil filled space heaters. There are no moving parts and no exposed elements. They take longer to heat up though. I have one under my desk. When I'm at the computer and I'm a bit cold I turn it on, rather than raise the heat in the whole house.
 
costco sells a ceramic radiator heater. Looks like a oil heater but uses parallel ceramic radiators. Has a 750/1500 watt modes.
 
What about just building a killer gaming rig with a 500 watt power supply, fastest NVIDIA SLI graphics card, and liquid cooling, over clocked to 30% above spec...?

You know you want to. It would keep your room quite warm.
 
I'd also recommend one of the oil filled heaters. I wouldn't get the ceramic because it's so directional and the little fan ones are annoying because they are constantly cycling on and off. The oil filed heater will keep the room more even and you won't notice it cycling all the time.
 
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