What if your electric goes out for a day or two? Can you light the heater manually?
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Probably not, although there is some possibility you could find a low-voltage power connection. I believe this heater has a 12-volt version, and the connections could be present in the 120-volt version. But there is no way to get in there with a lighter or something like that.
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If you are having it installed by an electrician you should be able to set it yup to run automatically in the event of a power failure or you can set it so that you would only turn a switch and it would come on.
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The heater will come back on with the settings that you have set when the power goes off and comes back on. I think this is a great heater but I couldn't keep mine because it was damaged/defective.
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I absolutely love this little heater! My electric bill dropped from $150 to $50. Yes mine turns off and on sometimes quickly but it is producing heat. I changed the mode around and back. It got better. I would contact them and ask what can be done if it persists.
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I have a powerful extractor fan and kilowatt lights that have had 0 issues with daily use for over a year. Heaters should be fine.
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Absolutely you need a small heater. I use a tiny electric heater that is thermostat controlled.
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Be sure the batteries are installed correctly. Try unplugging the heater and re-energize.
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Automatically, the on/off switch and thermostat are old school, non electronic. I have the heater on a timer switch.
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Just on and off switch, and its weak, has to be direct under to feel the heat. Mine was broken after a few usage; it automatically turns off while its on then could never turn back on again until unknown time. Returned to seller and bought a propane instead, much much more powerful. Propane is the only way to go, you wouldn't save anything on electric.
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Yes. Also, the pilot light can easily be extinguished if it is windy outside, causing the heater to turn off.
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it would have to be connected to a car size battery and the light or small heater ran off the batt. it would run a LED light but not enouth power for heater
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Read all four previous posts. Every one of them contains good ideas. I too would be careful running a 2000 watt heater through a conventional wall switch without at least asking an electrician if that's something one should do. drtoom
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These 5 answers are only half correct ,you can use thermostate . THey can be wired to turn on and off with heater set to a certain temp.
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you would have to get a four prong plug that matches your outlet then, cut and re-wire the heater's original plug.
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the truth is I did not know that it will come on automatically when the power goes out. sorry
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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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Unfortunately no... I think with new safety regulations that this is going to be much harder to find. You would need an older space heater that has a mechanical switch where you can plug it into a timer and once power is available it just turns on. This is a 2 step process that when power is available that you must then turn it on. Our bed heater is the same way now. We used to have it just automatically turn on but with this newer model we need to turn it on and if we forget it's a cold sleep for a little while :-) http://www.laskoproducts.com/usermanuals/6101InfraredQuartzHeater.pdf