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What’s In an Electric Heater? Test & Teardown of 4
What’s In an Electric Heater? Test & Teardown of 4 Heater Types
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What makes an electric heater run? What is inside, and how do they heat? In today’s video, I tear down an oil-filled heater, …
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The oil heater
Don't you dare besmirch ye ol Kill-a-Watt.
It's perfectly scientific!
I was always under the impression that the oil filled was the most efficient until I saw your date on the radiant heater.
Don't like that the wire heater heats up the cord so much…
Price wise the simple wire heater must be the cheapest by far.
Can you add that line to the last chart. Please.
Oil filled, it does not burn the air causing dryness and static electric shocks. It does dry your sinuses. You can sit beside it without it burning you. You can place a metal plate on top of it for additional radiating surfaces. It can be placed next to furniture or beds without catching fire. Its virtually silent, no fan coming on and off all night.
So which is less expensive to run
nice new appliance category to get into you channel. only the radiant heater is interesting due to better efficiency. are there small heat pump based heaters or is it just split-types?
So which one was best?
I couldn't track with everything you said. I'm tired from working two 15 hour days this week.
Which one was best?
12:20 the power consumption figures are off screen
You left out what setting the ceramic was on, looks like you set it full/1500W I always look for a ceramic that has at least 3 settings, to use less Wattage. I never use 1500 or even 900 on my Mainstays, made by Midea. I use 700W and get plenty of heat. Also so I won't trip a breaker. Midea makes things for top brands, and the quality feels great. $20.58 for a 3-level ceramic W/ powerful fan. Cannot beat it for price, and a wide base to make it stable. I researched small microwaves recently, and the top 2 were Toshiba, made by Midea. They own the name for making certain things. Midea also makes things for LG, etc. Can't go wrong. Fan only, and 3 Power-use settings.
What are you waiting for? Watch the movie!
Anything with a fan is going to get clogged up and require disassembly to clean properly, especially if you have pets. I get the cheap oil heaters and move the air if needed with small and cheap fans on the low setting. Avoid digital control heaters of any type because they won't come back on after a power fail.
Love it if in the next video you would tell us which ones operate well on a generator/power station. Fuel or solar powered.
Thanks for doing mini teardowns… those are always interesting! Having bought and used all four types of heater, I personally found the wire with fan heater is the best option for me when in a small/med sized room with a door. The oil filled took a long time to heat up, and never seemed to get my room warm. The radiant heater works great if it's pointed at you, but same as the oil filled… didn't seem to warm up the room much. I may have to get my ceramic heater another try since that seemed pretty good. Having a fan forced wire heater running at 750W/1,000W seems to be the best balance for me (I don't run at 1,500W due to fire concerns)… having the fan blow the air on me and circulating warm air in a room with a closed door get's the temp up to where I like it within 20-30mins.
All electric heaters give roughly the same heat output per watt input, as is pretty well known by now. But one, the oil heater, has the distinct advantage of not frying the air and lowering the humidity. The more you lower the humidity, the higher you have to raise the temp to maintain comfort levels. This gives the oil heater an edge….
Really good one. Thank you.
One thing good about the oil filled heaters that they are safe I have used one in my little workshop for over 20 years !
Oil heaters for me. They're silent and effective. Fan noise from other heaters is annoying to me. Radiant heaters are very bright and not suitable for bedrooms.
All fan/oscillating energy converts into heat via friction. With heaters there is no efficiency loss.
I like the oil filled radiator style. They DO get a little hot to touch but I don't think hot enough to catch anything on fire that might drop onto it. The little ceramic cube heaters are sold as being the safest.
The beauty of the radiant heater is that although it does not do well at hitting a room, it does absolutely great at spot heating, aka, a person. You can be at a much colder room and still feel comfortable. The downside is you need to be in front of the heater all the time LOL. So it works great for some things and not so great for others.
This was a fun and interesting video. I have used all 4 heaters and personally found the oil filled heater made my bedroom and basement feel the most comfortable. Seeing the consumption profile, I think the oil heater is still a win for me.
I appreciate your test and hope you have a good weekend !
There's an important aspect of safety to be considered. The oil heater imo is very safe compared to the others. Project Farm also showed this.
Ben follow up on that ge profile frig got the 4 door 28.7 cu ft model that you recommend works great fit perfect.big unit 4 guy's to get it in my hi ranch doesn't stick out either cause i had the 2×4 taken out when reconstructed the kitchen anyway thanks for your help will go to you from now on with my appliances 👍
Could I make a suggestion? The order of listing in the legend of the charts comparing the items tested should be the same as the order in which they were presented in the video. Otherwise, the material was very well presented. Thank you for another very informative, well documented video. ❤️🌻
I've noticed with a lot of space heaters by plugging them into my killawatt meter that they don't actually draw up to their rated power. It does increase if i plug it in directly next to my breaker box but still not to the max level. I thought maybe it was a voltage issue but the voltage in my house ranges from 119 to 125 volts. So that doesn't seem like it would make that much of a difference.
Thanksfor the education &information