57 lines of quoted text, to tell us you were trying to backspace, and save two typed characters? I think your sense of proportion needs a bit of thought.
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9> > The Dar11> >>> "The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
12> >>>news:k93vpl$kru$ snipped-for-privacy@d14> >>>>> 15>
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19> >>>>>>> Picture an oil filled space heater no thermostat switched to the
15KW
20> >>>>>>> setting.
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22> >>>>>>> Picture it in a closed room with no thermostat in a house that is kept
23> >>>>>>> at 68 F by a thermostat in another room. Assume that the heat from the
24> >>>>>>> space heater does not reach the thermostat.
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26> >>>>>>> Now picture the space heater sitting outside on a 35 F day.
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28> >>>>>>> Does it use the same amount of electricity in both situations?
29> >>>>>> Yes - IF the heater has no thermostat - BUT, a 1500 watt heater, oil
30> >>>>>> filled or not, could soon become dangerously overheated. The oil
31> >>>>>> filled units HAVE an internal non-adjustable thermostat that limits
32> >>>>>> the temperature to a safe level.
33> >>>>> and a 15000 watt unit even MORE dangerous - if it existed as an oil
34> >>>>> filled space heater.
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36> >>>> Perhaps there are some industrial units that big for some sort of heat
37> >>>> curing or drying process? I could see a 15kw oil filled heater in an
38> >>>> environmental test chamber for various items. ^_^
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40> >>> Or you could just get ten 1.5 kW units.... :)
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42> >> 15kw electric heat is not unusual to add to a central AC system if there
43> >> is no NG or propane available for a furnace but it runs on 240 volts ac.
44> >> You won't be able to use that Christmas tree light extension cord. O_o
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46> >> TDD
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48> > You would need a big breaker. I have a 4500 watt garage heater on a 30 amp
49> > breaker. I don't know, but every fan blown heater i use starts out blowing
50> > real slow, then speeds up.
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52> > Greg
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54> We've actually sort of teasing Derby Dad because he wrote about a 15kw
55> oil heater when I really believe he meant to write 1.5kw oil heater. ^_^
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57> TDD-
...and I accept the teasing as deserved.
I orginally typed 1500W, then edited it to make it shorter (15KW) when in reality 1.5KW has the same number of characters as 1500W, so I was just wasting time anyway.
Regardless, I got the answer that I expected, along with some extra added info, also as expected, especially from this group.
Thanks!