How long can this stay heated for? Will I have any trouble using a cycle that lasts 24 hours?
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Good morning Andre, the kiln can be run for 24 hours as long as its attended to. We do not advise running it unattended just for your safety, but the Programmable is able to be programmed to do so. The coil does have a "life span" but these are tough little machines and if your temperature is not that high it will not strain it too terribly much and the kiln will continue to perform for you for quite some time.
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Not more than 3 hours. I actually use it to retain hot water. and it stays warm until 3 hours.
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I used it for half a day with no issues, nor overheating. Long term, I hope that it will last some time thanks to the water cooling of the motor.
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It all depends on what you're running on it. If I'm using a sixty Watt bulb it's good for 11 1/2 hours. That's what I use it for in the summer at festivals.
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Hello, I use my Mr Heater to heat a 16 x 26 area with no problem. But I have it insulated pretty good. I want to say I could run around 6 hours on a 20 lb tank? If your garage is insulated, you would be shutting it off part time. The best way is to run it thru a thermostat. TSC stores use to sell a thermostat the would work on one of these? It's a nice little heater that you would fine is pretty handy to have around.Hope this helps,RGH
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The short answer is "Yes". David Tullos says it will last 8 - 10 hours on full load (1500 watts) but I do not believe it will last any where near that long. The first link I have provided below computes the battery will last .66 hours at a continuous 1500 watt load and that makes sense to me. I have run a 2500 watt inverter on 1 of these 12 volt 100 amp hour batteries. The inverter must be a 12 volt inverter. The question is...how long will the battery last. That depends on the average (a refrigerator for example) or continuous wattage (maybe a 1500 watt heater running continuously) used by the electrical devices being powered. Of course the fridge doesn't run continuously so you have to take that into account. If you run a 1500 watt heater continuously off of this 100 amp hour battery you should be able to compute how long it will last. You also do not want to discharge the battery too much below 50%. There is a certain amount of research you need to do part of which involves using very thick gauge (probably at least 4 awg but maybe as large as 0 awg) cables from the inverter to the battery which your inverter documentation should tell you. The general rule of thumb for DC current is that for every 1 amp of AC current used by an appliance you will draw 10 amps of DC current from the battery. 10 amps of AC current will draw about 100 amps of DC current. Here are some links that might help. I do not know how reliable these are but they seem to be correct with my understanding of electricity and the research I've done. The first link seems to be the simplest to use by plugging in your own data. http://usasolarwind.com/Tools/BET.html http://powerstuff.co.za/battery-size-calculator/ http://www.bdbatteries.com/dcdcsolar.php I hope this helps.
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Probably not a good idea. I bet the 20 minutes is not only for safety, but also because this thing probably only has a 20 minute duty cycle. You'll probably burn it up
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Usually 20 minutes but I have noticed the heat intensifies slighty when used numerous times in a row. That's a good thing :D
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Thats going to depend on where you tun it. Keeping it out of sunlight & indoors well ventated in a camp for example makes a difference plus temp settings. For example I ran it zones set about 20/35 degrees for about 3 weeks in late September to eary Oct. it would cycle maybe 10 - 15 minutes out of an hour depending on how often your opening compartments. On a 1/3 kilowatt solar system & 400 ah battery bank I had no problem and reserve power.
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I use this heater in my garage at night while i'm working on things. I run it for a few minutes and then unplug once warm. I run it a total of about 20-30 minutes a day and a tank lasts me about a month to a month and a half.
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I wouldn't leave it on for 6 days unless you have a real problem with oder. If you have a timer, you may think about letting it run for 10 or 12 hours. This unit is real strong.
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I'm not sure of the exact amount of time, but I'd estimate several hours with constant use. I've had no issues with it becoming too hot...something I noticed frequently when I had an hp.
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Double sided pulsating heat will last up to 7 hours at full charge. Thanks for your interest, Team Idylc Homes
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Not sure to what you are referring to in regard to the "12 hours". From my experience the unit always goes to a very low heat warming cycle after any chosen cooking cycle and only stops when cancelled (this includes when you set the cooking cycle for a preset time to start). I do not believe that any of the units I have provide a cooking cycle of 12 hours. Let me know if you have any further details in regard to your question.
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I've had mine last me a couple of days, running it after work until bed time. Right now I've been running it every night with some Sweet Dream oil and it still has plenty to go.
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The longest I have had it on was 12-14 hrs (several times) when I forget to turn off at night. There was no damage to the warmer or surface I had it resting on.
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It should be heated up by 48 hours. Your heater is probably faulty. Mine always ended up running hotter than set temperature, and I had to switch mine to another heater.