Looking to use this for our powder room during winter. do you keep the thermostat on 24/7 or only when in the room?
2084167
Only when in the room. I turn it on a few minutes ahead of time to get it warmed a little.
2084168
In winter I've left mine on a pretty low setting during the day, but then crank it up 5 minutes or so before I shower.
2084169
Its in our bathroom wall 5 inch from the floor. We use it only when we r in.
1626954
I have no problems at all with mine heating up the room... Let it rest for a while if you have it on constantly (high), 24/7.
2078719
I don't Whst you mean by thermostat... We keep the flame on 5, or 4 area all the time. It is in our sun room, and this is our 2nd winter using this. We use w/ a ceiling fun pushing heat down. Works wonderfully. We love it.
1497767
We had 2 heat mat and had them plugged into a extension cord with a three plug end. we didn't use a thermostat on ours and it kept it plenty warm. we use a light on a timer coming on at 6 and going off at 6. We use light bulbs called daylight in a T8 size . Hope this helps you
1538023
Norm, did you find a thermostat that can offer what you were looking for? I'm looking for the same thing, 77 in the summer and 68 in the winter. I haven't seen one yet that can allow 4 daily temperature changes while maintaining seperate profiles for summer and winter
769632
I am heating a basement room 16x24 with a 10 ft ceiling and it does a great job. I use the economy setting which allows us to drop the heat by several degrees. Also you can set the on- off times so it doesn't have to waste heat during the night. My unit is the EX 17 (BTU) Natural Gas model.
548283
I leave the setting right on 73 and it goes off when room is warm enough.....
1092394
Buy the thermostat. It works well and isn't that expensive. Otherwise it just functions as on/off
486535
There's a small lithium cell on the printed circuit board that keeps alive the settings you have made. Its major power draw is from the control wires, however. The one I have is a GREAT thermostat! Smart as hell, and I have it running my AC, my furnace, my humidifier, and my powered whole-house ventilator. I hooked in its outside thermocouple, and it keeps track of when to run a defrost cycle on the ventilator. I recommend it unreservedly, as my on-line review makes clear.
428323
I leave mine on all the time, at night I turn down the thermostat to a low level, just above the keep from freezing indicator. Make sure your heater is in a clear and safe location. Heater is used in a 5th wheel RV near Reno NV.
1979771
There is an economy setting, and a regular setting. The economy setting is a little less intense but works well. I have found I use the regular setting more though, because it heats the area faster and so the machine stops running often once the temp is reached that you set the thermostat to. So I find that is more comfortable and still saves money since it won't run as long. There are also settings to set it at continuous run which will just run with no regard to a temperature you set. You can make it oscillate or stay still. I have one of these in my office, as I have no control over the temperature at my work place and it's normally too cold. I also have one of these at home in my small apartment. It works very nicely for small area heating.
1058722
the thermostat is only the temperature of the heat coming from the heat. not room temperature.good luck
653950
It really depends on the size of the room. I never leave it on if I'm not home or in the same vicinity as the heater.I will say I do like this unit better than any other I've tried it warms my living room quickly, and I have a very high ceiling. Another big plus is the size, it doesn't use a lot of real estate and can be almost flush with the wall.
2156249
That depends on what you are doing in the room. I leave mine on all the time, in ECO mode. It's off most of the time (the fan is off), and it will turn on when it needs to, and turn on high if it detects extra dirty air, until the air is clean again, then it goes to low mode or off.
722584
I can only go by where I'm using it. I have a square bedroom that has two doors. I put it by the one door and lock that door so I keep the stove in that corner. I'm not cold until I leave the room to the hallway. My room has a vaulted ceiling which are hard to heat and cool and it does a great job. The heating fan is below so the air stays where you want it. I got an infrared too - big mistake compared to this one.
1919652
I was using a Mr heater and just wasn't enough on real cold days. I don't leave it up for the winter but last spring had some heavy snows. I changed to a kerosene heater to keep heat up and had a fan for circulation of air. Snow would slide off as long as heat was on .. cost way to much to try and heat for winter for me..
1260057
I live in the montain in México ..so i use it always in high ell the winter time...never turn off, because here is very cold .