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Title: Home owner
Review: A watt is a watt is a watt. I worked in the electric utility business a long time. I see the full page ads in our local newspaper promoting a $449 plus S&H; electric space heater. How gullible can people be? Most electric space heaters are rated at 1500 watts at 120 volts. 1500 watts at 120 volts = 12.5 amps which is about 80% of the 15 amp rating of a fuse or circuit breaker (NEC 210-23). A 1500 watt heater produces 5118 BTU/hr. So a big buck space heater puts out the same amount of heat as a $19 heater or 15ea 100 watt incandescent light bulbs.And at $.10/KWH a 1500 watt load (5118 BTU/hr) on for a month (30 days) would cost, $108.00I'm buying a $19.00 space heater.
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