Would it be cheaper to use a baseboard heater or a small electric fan heater to heat up a single room?
Posted on | June 4, 2010 | 2 Comments
Question by Bandito: Would it be cheaper to use a baseboard heater or a small electric fan heater to heat up a single room?
My room has a baseboard heater that is about ~5 feet wide but I’ve just been running my small electric fan heater every now and then when it’s cold. Just wondering if in the long run it would save money to use the baseboard heater?
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Answer by Mark C
if the baseboard heater is a 240 volt unit it will provide more wattage at a lower cost. however if it is a 110 volt unit the difference is almost the same
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June 4th, 2010 @ 12:39 am
Baseboard will be cheaper to operate place in the appropriate area.
Below a window or outside wall.
June 4th, 2010 @ 1:15 am
The baseboard heater would be cheaper than your small electric heater. Are you just running it for a few hours a day? If your running your small electric heater all day then you should use your baseboard heater since it will heat the room easier and be more cost effective in the long run.
I lived in Japan for several years and they dont have central air so we would use portable heaters and we found that the small heaters ended up eating more power than the larger ones since they have to over work themselves to heat the spaces.