How much does this unit cost to run w/ thermo? Cant decide if I let it run longer at 3000 watts or use more energy and run shorter on 5000. Advice?
1174556
in my region the unit costs $1.00 an hour to run on the 5000 watt mode. so its actually quite expensive to run if it were to run for several hours each day, we just run it on weekends when were in the gararge and that's about it but works very well!
1174557
I got my utility bill in a month back and it totaled out to be under approx $25 a month to run this @ 5000W at 73* F constantly. Keep in mind this thing was running here in the midwest with -20 F weather. Once the room is legitimately brought up to temp, this heater works very efficiently for the "juice hog" it would appear to be. At $25 per month to run for 4 months out of the year - that is only $100 per year to go out every morning to a toasty warm, snow/frost free car....even if its -20*F.
1174558
I haven't received first bill yet since installing. I generally run it on 5000 setting as if seems more efficient in keeping shop warm. If it is a fairly warm day I run it on the 3000 setting.
1440021
Mine says 36 watts on the bottom. If you have average electric rates of $0.10 / kWh), it would 9 cents per 24 hour day or $2.60 per month to operate continuously. If your electric rates are on the low side (Midwest and Pacific NW), maybe half that. If your rates are high (New England, California, Alaska, Hawaii), than twice as much.We (in Kenai, Alaska) leave one plugged in all the time in the Winter and rotate whose shoes are on it. If we've just come back from a skiing or fishing trip, than I've two more in the garage that I plug in as needed.
534739
WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot less (only $2.70/month) for that 1 hour/day.
1902111
Hello there! This heater is a 1500W model and therefore, it is about 5000 BTU/hr.
1840205
Just an FYI, there are 3 settings on this heater, Hi, Lo, & Eco. I have four of these types of heater this being one of them and I have a "Kill A Watt" meter that I have run test on all of them. This listing on this heater shows it has three wattages using the 1500w, 750w, and 500w. This is not true, and in the manufactures' specs (being fair to the manufacture) it says nothing about the Eco being 500w. I believe some one that was trying to sell this heater made up the 500w setting and some others read it and decided to add it to their description. It runs in only two wattages, Hi runs approximately 1240w, Lo runs about 870w and eco runs both Hi and Lo. How Eco works is a fixed setting of 68 degrees, when the temp in the room is 65 degrees or lower the heater will run at the Hi setting until it is within 2 degrees of the fixed setting then it kicks into Lo mode and runs at that setting until the 68 degree mark is reached. I personally have discovered there is no real use for the Eco setting since I like to run the heater on Lo mode (being the most economical) most of the time. Hope this help explain the heater, BTW after the entire test my show a cost of roughly $16.00 a month at my cost of $0.09 per KWH at 8 hours a day usage.
2041860
in my city the electric cost is 9.5 cents per kelo watt hour.the unit is 1500 watts on high.so to run it on high it would coust me 14.25 cents per hour.on energy saving mode the unit is 950 watts and it would cost me 10 cents per hour.
1535708
I use it to keep my garage warm and even with the brutal winter that we've had so far, I've had no problem keeping comfortable. My intent was not to have the garage as warm as my house, but to keep it comfortable to work in. If you want this to heat a family room, then you'll have absolutely no problem doing it with this unit. I have the 3000 watt heater running on 240V. If you can, you might consider a smaller (1500W) unit with a supplementary baseboard heater. Likely a bit more economical to run. But to answer your question - yes, this unit will do a nice job for your family room. Hope this helps. I use it to keep my garage warm and even with the brutal winter that we've had so far, I've had no problem keeping comfortable. My intent was not to have the garage as warm as my house, but to keep it comfortable to work in. If you want this to heat a family room, then you'll have absolutely no problem doing it with this unit. I have the 3000 watt heater running on 240V. If you can, you might consider a smaller (1500W) unit with a supplementary baseboard heater. Likely a bit more economical to run. But to answer your question - yes, this unit will do a nice job for your family room. Hope... » Read More I use it to keep my garage warm and even with the brutal winter that we've had so far, I've had no problem keeping comfortable. My intent was not to have the garage as warm as my house, but to keep it comfortable to work in. If you want this to heat a family room, then you'll have absolutely no problem doing it with this unit. I have the 3000 watt heater running on 240V. If you can, you might consider a smaller (1500W) unit with a supplementary baseboard heater. Likely a bit more economical to run. But to answer your question - yes, this unit will do a nice job for your family room. Hope this helps. « Show Less
303965
I really don't have the expertise to answer your question with any authority. However, the thermostat is rated for 3000W max, so I would not be comfortable using this thermostat with your configuration.
1879916
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).
459489
We run two.One that is for a room only and other is for 1000 sq ft.I have a house that is close to1600 sq ft and it warms the while house running the two.Lightbill this month was &117.Last yr it was over $200 running heat pump.We set our heat at 70 so that we Never get cooler than that but the eden pures are keeping house at 72 .It is a warmer feeling heat.
1012970
If you leave the light on then the power is going thru the unit and the heater coils will heat the water up to temp in say 10 mins or so and you could then "take your shower" ........................... if you forget to go shut it off it will continue to keep the water at the set temp and cost a lot to maintain that temp.Really if you take a shower everday at say 6am then just put the timers on to have the heater come on for 30 mins starting at 5:30am and when you hop in it will be all hot for you and you don't have to mess with it again, it will shut off at 6am and you will have hot water most of the day ...................... the main reason for buying one of these is so you don't have to mess with it??? If you leave the light on then the power is going thru the unit and the heater coils will heat the water up to temp in say 10 mins or so and you could then "take your shower" ........................... if you forget to go shut it off it will continue to keep the water at the set temp and cost a lot to maintain that temp.Really if you take a shower everday at say 6am then just put the timers on to have the heater come on for 30 mins starting at 5:30am and when you hop in it will be all hot for you and you don't have to mess with it again, it will shut off at 6am and you will... » Read More If you leave the light on then the power is going thru the unit and the heater coils will heat the water up to temp in say 10 mins or so and you could then "take your shower" ........................... if you forget to go shut it off it will continue to keep the water at the set temp and cost a lot to maintain that temp.Really if you take a shower everday at say 6am then just put the timers on to have the heater come on for 30 mins starting at 5:30am and when you hop in it will be all hot for you and you don't have to mess with it again, it will shut off at 6am and you will have hot water most of the day ...................... the main reason for buying one of these is so you don't have to mess with it??? « Show Less
114091
See http://energy.gov/energysaver/articles/estimating-appliance-and-home-electronic-energy-use The unit is 580 watts. Based on the calculator on the above page, I probably spend about $12/month to run the distiller (I distill about a gallon per day). Assuming I've done the math right ;)
1239349
I don't have a bill to look at yet, but I bet its something like using an A/C alot. The little red part is a simple heater/fan with only two settings: on or off. Sorry can't give more info. I highly doubt the electricity cost comes close to the alternative, which I guess would be hiring a professional service to heat treat your things? And of course, I'd recommend wiping down, washing, or getting rid of anything you can, to keep the heat treating loads to a minimum.
534736
WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot less (only $2.70/month) for that 1 hour/day. WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot... » Read More WE're careful about how much we use it, but we live in SoCal with the highest electric rates in the continental US. You can do the arithmetic yourself. The heater runs at 750 (L) and 1500 (H) watts. Look at a recent electrical bill and see what the cost/kWhr is in your area. Let's say its $0.20/kWhr (typical for SoCal), then 1 hour of using the heater at high will run you $0.30 (1.5kW x $0.20/kWhr), and one month of this will run you 30 days x $0.30/day = $9.00/ month. If you live in the Pacific Northwest, like my in-laws, where electricity is cheap ($0.06/kWhr), then it will cost a lot less (only $2.70/month) for that 1 hour/day. « Show Less
456320
This is an impossible questions to answer as it depends entirely on how many hours a day you have it on. If it is on continuously it uses 150 Watts per hour or 1,314 kWhrs (or units) of electricity per year. I have mine connected by a switch timer for about 3 hours a day from 6:30 am until 9:30 am. This reduce the units used to about 164 units per year. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to warm up the towels to a nice temperature and then one of us generally gets up about 7 am and the other 7:30. It could go off earlier if we were consistent when we get up but some days it is an hour later but as we are both retired it is somewhat random. If your use a timer which also has days of the week programmed you may only need to keep it on for 2 hours day timed for hone you get up. On weekends you could set it for a later start. Please remember that this towel warmer does NOT have a thermostat. It is not needed. I left on deliberately for 6 oto 8 hours to see how hot it would get with and without the towels on it. It does get hot but not in my humble opinion hot enough to burn you if you touched itbut you will know about about it. I was wanted to know what happened to the towels it did not get any where close to stroking them. Sorry for the long answer but your question needed a broader answer than you were probably expecting.
1026390
I have given a link to to energy guide for this unit below. Further information can be obtained from the manufacturer. http://www.goedekers.com/assets/PDF/GE/gtwn5650fwsenergyguide.pdf
1330956
My home is 1600 sq ft. I have a 4 Ton a/c, + 4,000 watt condenser running 24/7, plus a 1 horse-1500 watt pump running my pool filter 7 hrs/day running during the summer months, plus two refrigerators, etc. running continuously, and it's enough. I have hot water heat, not electric. My husband said you need to do a load calculation and give more information, i.e, do you have central a/c, is your heat electric? etc., in order to give you an adequate answer. Best regards, Sprity