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Need to replace Baseboard Heaters with ?? Scott Townsend 03-04-2008
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Posted by RBM on March 4, 2008, 6:07 pm

> So we have a guest house that had 20 year old 220v electric Baseboard
> heaters. Flip a few on and watch the Meter Fly!
>
> So I'm looking to replace them with either another baseboard unit, or a
> Wall unit.
>
> We have one of the portable radiator type fin units filled with oil and I
> like the way it can still heat after the oil's been warmed up.
>
> Do they make a Baseboard heater that I can Mount to the Wall that does
> something Similar? I do not want a Portable unit, I want something Fixed.
>
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Scott<-

Qmark makes them. Not only will the price of using them, knock your socks
off, but the price of buying them will as well. Here's a link:
http://www.iap-home.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1799&source=nextag&kw=1799
>



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Posted by Mike Dobony on March 4, 2008, 7:24 pm
On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:57:58 GMT, Scott Townsend wrote:

> So we have a guest house that had 20 year old 220v electric Baseboard
> heaters. Flip a few on and watch the Meter Fly!
>
> So I'm looking to replace them with either another baseboard unit, or a Wall
> unit.
>
> We have one of the portable radiator type fin units filled with oil and I
> like the way it can still heat after the oil's been warmed up.
>
> Do they make a Baseboard heater that I can Mount to the Wall that does
> something Similar? I do not want a Portable unit, I want something Fixed.
>
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Scott<-

My daughter has electric baseboard heat and the cost is not very high. In
fact it costs less to heat the 1900sf house than it does to heat their
1100sf trailer. However, the baseboard is only in the house addition. The
old part of the house is gas heat.

Posted by Eric on March 4, 2008, 7:39 pm
Scott Townsend wrote:

> So we have a guest house that had 20 year old 220v electric Baseboard
> heaters. Flip a few on and watch the Meter Fly!
>
> So I'm looking to replace them with either another baseboard unit, or a Wall
> unit.
>
> We have one of the portable radiator type fin units filled with oil and I
> like the way it can still heat after the oil's been warmed up.

The thing is, while its heating the oil its not heating the room.
Heating oil to heat a room is going to use more energy than to just heat the
room.

>
> Do they make a Baseboard heater that I can Mount to the Wall that does
> something Similar? I do not want a Portable unit, I want something Fixed.
>
> Any Suggestions?
>
> Scott<-


Posted by bud-- on March 5, 2008, 12:38 pm
Eric wrote:
> Scott Townsend wrote:
>
>> So we have a guest house that had 20 year old 220v electric Baseboard
>> heaters. Flip a few on and watch the Meter Fly!
>>
>> So I'm looking to replace them with either another baseboard unit, or a Wall
>> unit.
>>
>> We have one of the portable radiator type fin units filled with oil and I
>> like the way it can still heat after the oil's been warmed up.
>
> The thing is, while its heating the oil its not heating the room.
> Heating oil to heat a room is going to use more energy than to just heat the
> room.
.
Nope. As several people have said electric heat is 100% efficient.

As Edwin said the oil just maintains heat output over a longer time.

--
bud--

Posted by Charlesmurphy via HomeKB.com on March 5, 2008, 2:28 pm
bud-- wrote:
>>> So we have a guest house that had 20 year old 220v electric Baseboard
>>> heaters. Flip a few on and watch the Meter Fly!
>[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
>> Heating oil to heat a room is going to use more energy than to just heat the
>> room.
>.
>Nope. As several people have said electric heat is 100% efficient.
>
>As Edwin said the oil just maintains heat output over a longer time.
>
So, is it a good idea to replace my standard base board heaters with this
Hydronic type?

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