Ontel Handy Heater

Is it this unit ?

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If you have ruled-out a radient heater, as several people suggested in the previous thread - and are set-on an electric heater - why not one like this :

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The bigger danger is an unattended plug-in space heater.

Might be that the lost 100 watts are for a fan and for the electronic temperature control. Hey, heat is heat! Also, in the old days, maybe only 35 years ago, many new houses didn't have a dedicated circuit for the fridge. In my old house, built in 1971, there were 2 20A circuits in the kitchen. The fridge was on one, but there were other outlets on that circuit as well.

My wiring is strange in parts. House is 45 years old. I don't know how many circuits in the kitchen not including electric range on its own circuit. When I got a generator years ago and a transfer box, they were supposed to include the refrigerator but missed it and I need to run a cord from an active circuit.

Wife's portable heaters are 1,500 watts. Plugged into other parts of the house have tripped breaker.

I got her an air fryer for Christmas. She loves it and will not turn on the portable heater in the kitchen when in use. She was worried about small TV there but I pointed out that it only uses 40 watts.

People should understand power requirements of appliances and also recognize that power spikes are needed to start electric motors and too much load can trip breakers.

That reminds me of some safety instructions I heard once that said prevent overloads by never plugging more than 2 things into a receptacle, as if it didn't matter whether they were 2 little LED nightlights or 2 1500W heaters.