I'm trying to find a good AVR for room heaters (portable ceramic &amp; quartz). Would this work or just shutdown (like the OptiUPS)?
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I suggest you call Tripp Lite directly and get their recommendation for your application. They were very helpful to me. They will ask you for the current loading and so on so that the line conditioner will be adequate and reliable. Tripp Lite is a very reputable company.
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It worked--but I hated that unit!! It was sporadic and unreliable after only a month. I retired it and bought a Sony HDMI unit for ca. $45, haven't had any problems.
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I would not count on SmartThings for anything mission-critical like this. They've been having trouble keeping their online services up and running lately, and they *will* let you down. My devices have been completely unreliable over the last two weeks. As far as I am concerned, this is purely a hobby thing and a placeholder until a company that has it's act together comes along and makes a Z-wave control that actually works (Nest buying Revolv suggests that this may finally be coming, but no eta).
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Good question! Let me know if you find one. This would be an excellent heater if the manufacturer did not use thermocouples that they know are defective. Why do I say that? Because nearly EVERY review that I have read States the same problem. Now I have a heater sitting out in my garage that will not light! I recommend that any person thinking of purchasing this heater buy a Mr Heater instead. They work! If World Marketing would send me a new thermocouple (that works), I would install it.
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Specifically for the iR emitters, my experience has been the same as Mega-Watt reports. They function best stuck on the equipment and covering the iR sensor on each device. I do have a cabinet where I was able to stick an emitter on a rail facing multiple devices, however performance was very unpredictable. Since the device comes with multiple emitters I utilized one per device, routing the multiple cables from the repeater. When finding the iR receiver on each device, I utilized a small flashlight to identify the pass through windows on the glossy glass and plastic finished fronts of my equipment when the user manual was unavailable or did not specify the location. With respect to the iR receiver, my experience has been excellent across distances up to 40 feet in one arrangement where we can actually change the channel and control the TV through a doorway to our entertainment room.
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I would contact the Lasko company. Mine has given me zero problems, but there are a lot of safety features on the heater. It will shut itself off if any of these problems arise. Sorry, that's all I can suggest.
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I have a couple of questions. First - have you talked with your electrician about this? Next, I don't understand your description of the problem. If the breaker trips when the thermostat kicks on, how does it get power to go up to 76? One issue with these thermostats is that they are designed to work on electric baseboard heat (resistive load). If the load is inductive (say a heater with a blower motor) they don't work. Finally, you may simply have a defective unit. Do the other 4 work properly?
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I bought two units because I was told by a friend that the energy consumption is the same as a light bulb. Unfortunately the remote for my flat screen TV controls the ArcticPro along with the TV. Nobody has ever heard of this issue. I'm trying to figure out a way to block the remote signal from entering the units. I'll probably be abducted by aliens next week for changing the volume on their TV.
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As long as the circuit you are drawing from isn't being used by another appliance that is drawing alot of power it should be fine. This unit will not cool much more than one room though, the portable units are not as efficient as a window unit at cooling.
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I have the same issue that you are having with your unit. I have tried their web address listed below, and have had no luck at getting through. Site keeps kicking me off. I have tried every way I know how to make mine work such as moving it away from every piece of furniture out to the center of the room,setting ,checking timers, and still no luck. I guess they are like cars. You get a lemon every now and then in the best of things. I bought a smaller unit from SG, that is a different brand unit, that works great. Good luck in your quest. I hope that you can get it fixed or at least returned.
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my 4 in 1 heater stopped working every time I did not see the light in front of heater on that mean power switch on the back disconnect.but after i change the new led switch .Now I turn it on light on turn it off light off and about the pco cell i don not know.
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Well that would be ideal if it worked that way. But the issue we found with the unit is that because the thermostat is on the unit it actually reads temp off the heater so it fails to read room temp. This causes the heater to heat up quick and shut off My suggestion would be to buy the unit without the thermostat and buy the thermostat that goes on the plug. This way it will at least be far enough away to raise the room temp somewhatThat is my suggestion. Good luckAndy
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Yes, but you cannot plug both of these into the same circuit. Mostly meaning you cannot use them in the same room. To be quite honest, I wouldn't bother with these. They use a whole lot of power and are no better than ceramic space heaters. We sent ours back.
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If you got a bad one, so did I. I bought two at the same time, and neither of them can warm up even a small closed room. I have 10 other Vornados (6 fans, 4 of the old-style non-VH2 heaters) and all those work great. The VH2 heaters, however, are possibly the worst heaters I've ever had.
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So I used this ballast and then replaced all cooling fans...tv would still shutdown due to heat on occasion...really frustrating...never had a problem turning it on...moved the TV to another room...and the problems have ceased...weird...
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I had it working with cfl (3x15w + 2x20w). I can't say if that was the cause of the malfunction it had, but mine worked properly for about 2 weeks (on/off daily), and then the chip seemed to go bezerk, as it started to randomly turn on and off (within seconds). From what I have read, cfl's tend to store some energy and release it through their own little transformer (hence hours after you turn a cfl light off, it might give out a small flash). Instead of this one, I recommend the intermatic automatic switch (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005H3AXKM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1), have had it now for a few months, and works well. Has the same functions (except the astronomical clock adjustment), plus the timer system is not connected to the electric grid, thus any outages will not fry the timer circuit. It must have a small switch within, as when it turns off/on you can hear a slight mechanical 'click'. Hope it helps.
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I have some experience with this. I have a 1000W (low) to 1500W (high) ceramic heater plugged into this unit and have had no issues with it running through two prongs compared to three.