Since this is considered commercial has anyone used a kili-a-watt on it &amp; what is the watts draw at idle - or does the heater run continuous all day?
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I haven't used a kill-a-watt but regarding power use and heater, it does have an auto-off feature you can use if you want. This turns it off if not used for 2 hours. It takes 2-3 minutes to heat up after being off all night. Keurig quotes about 60 watts to keep the heated water hot.
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Please clarify for me what you meant by the water tank reheat cycle. My concern is how much electricity is drawn on a continuing basis assuming that the Keurig (mine is a B66) is left on 24/7. I have noticed a higher than normal electricity bill and want to know how much the Keurig contributes to it. Incidentally, it is used for about 2-3 12 oz cups per day. How many KwH am I using a month?
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I have two of them in an 850 sf house in the pacific northwest, and they heat it just fine. Course, the amount of insulation in the house is a big factor. Mine is well insulated in the ceiling. I also have a single unit in a 200 sf "granny pod" and it does fine. Keep in mind a small plug-in space heater is 1500 watts, while this unit is 2250 watts. If you go to the King Electric web site they have some data on sizing electric heaters.
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It runs at 1500w. From my prospective it eats up too much electricity bc there are some heater just costs as low as 600w with similar output
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Not sure if just the fan is on. It's probably very low, I would guess 50-75 watts. This heater is great, I put it on the low heat setting, and keep it next to me when it's cold outside. This way, I can turn down my house heat and save tons of money. I would estimate that on the low heat setting, using this heater every-night, my electric bill only goes up another $15
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http://www.daftlogic.com/information-appliance-power-consumption.htmI sent a link. The heater uses about the same wattage as a clothes dryer.
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I no longer have the info that came with the heater, but as I recall the wattage was something like 750 and 1500. The lower setting works just fine for me.
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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.
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I have 5 of them and none run warm however all are controlling less than 75% of their capability. If you are running at max wattage rating it may run warm. I would check your current draw to ensure you are not exceeding the wattage ratting. Wattage=current x voltage, if you have a 220 volt line and the heater is drawing 10 amps your wattage is 2,200. Your baseboard should have a wattage rating on it so you should not have to actually measure the amperage with a meter, just make sure it is less than the rating of the thermostat.
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I usually don't leave any space heater on overnight or when I am not there. With it being electric I am sure it wouldn't be a problem, but I'd rathe be safe than sorry. I have had it on all day while there, and it seems to do just fine. No issues.
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There is typically a lot of current draw in a heater. I would check the spec sheet on the mfg Web site to see what this is rated at. Not sure I would feel comfortable, this is more for lighting and lower wattage items in my opinion.
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The unit stays powered all the time. I not checked excessive heating (only a slight heating, that's normal).
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It's 1500 Watt. I use the heater everyday and sometimes several hours at a time. I've had no problems with it and still love it. This is my second winter using it.
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Yes, I've used it with a radiant space heater daily for over seven years. My heater has a high, medium, and low setting; 1200/900/600/ Watts - I only use the low setting 600 W.
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I have not had this issue. When it's flickering, is there a chance that another appliance is using a huge draw, such as a tank-less hot water heater?
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It uses 1500 watts per hour. In my area electricity is about 14 cents/kilowatt. So, if you use if for three hours per day that would be 135 kilowatts per month and cost $18.90/month. I use it to help heat our finished basement (14ftx42ft) and it does a great job. It's not cost effective to have it on all day long, but if I know I'm going to be in the basement I'll set if for 3-4 hours. It'll take the temp from 65 degrees up to 69 in well under an hour (more like 30-40 minutes).
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Your circuits may be overloaded. As the other person noted you have to make sure there are no other high draw items on the same circuit running at the same time. If this unit draws 12.5 amps you could use several more amps in addition safely but not a toaster or other high draw item running on the same line. Simple way to find out what is on the same line is cut off the one that tripped and go around and see what has the power cut off to it. While you are at the breaker box, look at the amperage of the breaker you cut off. It should be a 20 amp breaker, if it is 15 then there might be your problem. Whatever you do, do not put a bigger breaker in there, just note the size and subtract 12.5 for the coffee maker and then you have the allowance for the rest of the items you want to run at the same time. If you have a 15 amp breaker you can only run 300 watts if you have a 20 amp breaker the limit is only about 900 watts. When the pump primes the heater element is running at the same time and quickly heats a cup of water to 192 degrees, According to Keurig this MAX draw is 1500 watts. (1500w/120v=12.5amps) Water tank reheat cycle is only 200-400 watts and idle is ~60 watts, again all information directly from www.keurig.com. If you attempted to run even a small microwave then you had about a 20 amp draw from those two items alone. Dishwasher takes a lot of power 700 watts to 1400 on heat cycle. Toaster is about 1000 watts. Add the watts if you can not find the amp draw on each device and divide by your volts (typically 120v). One last thing to note is the high electricity draw is VERY short lived. Leaving the unit on (I do for about 12 hours a day) is convenient for me and on average uses about the same electricity as a small light bulb. It does draw a lot of juice on startup every day (It is suppose to) you just have to make sure you don't have other high draw items running at the same time on the same line. You post is a very valid one, I hope I helped clear up your questions and have offered some assistance.