RV Heater Electric Quartz Infrared Heating System
RV Heater Electric Quartz Infrared Heating System
- Decorative woodgrain finish
- Uses similar amount of electricity as a coffee pot
- iHeater will heat your RV throughout safely and quietly
- 9 Heat Settings with Built-In Thermostat
- Ships immediately for Christmas
The Environmentally Safe, Energy Efficient iHeater IH-1500 is fully adjustable for rooms up to 1500 sq. ft! The iHeater IH1500 is perfect for your RV, garage, or for your home. This heater pulls about the same electricity as you home coffee pot. FREE 1 YEAR FACTORY REPLACEMENT WARRANTY. Lifetime Washable air filter, Commercial Grade Thermostat with 3 different heat settings, Advanced Tip-Over protection, Child Safe and Pet Safe, will not start fires, NO FLAMES, FUMES, or other deadly carbon mono
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||Question by wildmick21: Which is safer for heating my basement?
I’m considering 2 options for heating my basement, which is about 1,000 square feet total. Option 1 is an infrared gas space heater (30,000 BTU). Option 2 is an oil filled radiator, which has to be plugged in but does have a timer. (And will need at least 2 of them.) Which is safer to use in my home? I know that electric heaters often cause fires – so trying to avoid anything electric and anything involving kerosene. Is a gas space heater any safer? And how do they work?
Best answer:
Answer by ranger_co_1_75
Stop, if you use any type of heater that involves burning something to create heat, such as propane, natural gas, kerosene, oil, etc. you will need some way of venting the exhaust gases outside. If not you may well die of carbon monoxide poison.
I would recommend an electric space heater if you don’t have a chimney in the basement. Electric heaters don’t give off exhaust gases and are safe if properly installed.
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Comments
Fully agree with other answer. You either have to have some kind of fresh air coming in or an outlet for carbon monoxide if you use any kind of combustion for heat. And that includes catalytic and kerosene heaters. I would opt for the oil filled simply because the “vanes” or tubes get very warm but never as hot as the elements in an resistive electric appliance. I believe the oil is heated by an internal rod of some sort that transfers the heat to the oil, then the oil is circulated.
Personally, I would not sleep well at night knowing there was an electric element heater in the basement. Perhaps you can try to insulate the basement better to get better heat control, and to block about 90% of entry air if it is coming through leaky window or door frames.
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