Monday, January 24, 2011
Space Heaters On Clearance sale - Save On Heating bills
An average of $40 to $150 per season savings have been recorded for me and my friends who use space heaters.
For example keeping entire house at 72 degrees will consume more energy than keeping house at 69 degrees. So decrease one or two degrees in the thermostat for the whole house and use a space heater in the room where you spend most time. I personally have space heaters for almost all the rooms and turn them on when we are in that room.
If you have Gas for heating, then some gas providers charge more/ per unit if the total units crosses a limit each month. So using space heater always helps in keeping the average bills lower.
Regardless of the brand some of these space heaters do have thermostat problems which will cause for uneven temperature readings on the display and as well as in auto start modes. I was looking for a heater with remote and auto shutoff options, two years back not many choices and I have brought two (Sunpentown Ceramic Heater with Ionizer - Model SH-1508 and Bionaire BFH3520-U) online and they are already dead in lessthan a year. So I brought Lasko this year as they have more options to choose from and less expensive compare to last year, hopping for long lasting life for these.
Right now Walmart.Com having clearance sale starting from $20
so grab them before they are gone. You can return to store if the don’t work.
Good idea is to buy from local stores so that if it fails you can return with in the 90 day period (walmart, target, lowes, homedepot have 90 day return policy)
How to save on heating using space heaters?
For example keeping entire house at 72 degrees will consume more energy than keeping house at 69 degrees. So decrease one or two degrees in the thermostat for the whole house and use a space heater in the room where you spend most time. I personally have space heaters for almost all the rooms and turn them on when we are in that room.
If you have Gas for heating, then some gas providers charge more/ per unit if the total units crosses a limit each month. So using space heater always helps in keeping the average bills lower.
Which brand is reliable?
Regardless of the brand some of these space heaters do have thermostat problems which will cause for uneven temperature readings on the display and as well as in auto start modes. I was looking for a heater with remote and auto shutoff options, two years back not many choices and I have brought two (Sunpentown Ceramic Heater with Ionizer - Model SH-1508 and Bionaire BFH3520-U) online and they are already dead in lessthan a year. So I brought Lasko this year as they have more options to choose from and less expensive compare to last year, hopping for long lasting life for these.
Where to Buy?
Right now Walmart.Com having clearance sale starting from $20
Good idea is to buy from local stores so that if it fails you can return with in the 90 day period (walmart, target, lowes, homedepot have 90 day return policy)
