Very nice. I've thought about it. Seriously, I really have. I do have more than one heater. I thought about taking power from the light socket by using an adapter.

You don't need to run a heater to every light bulb, just pull the CFL and LED bulbs out and put some 60 to 100W incandescent bulbs in each as allowed to get more heat in the room. Every little bit helps.

 

I've been heating a poorly insulated 40' trailer all winter with one of these: http://www.mrheater.com/big-buddy-portable-heater.html I use a 100# tank and a 12' adapter hose run through a window to supply gas. It runs 2-3 weeks before I need to refill, depending on how cold it gets. Night time temperatures have been -10 - -15 for the last couple weeks, but I've managed to stay reasonably warm, +60 - +65 degrees. There are hazards to using one of these, most notably they consume oxygen in the room, and you have to leave a window cracked for fresh air, or you could have a real problem. There is a low O2 sensor, so theoretically it wouldn't harm you, but it's good to have another monitor in the room. Sucks that you would have to spend extra money on a supplemental heater since your rental is supposed to include it. Maybe you landlord will offset the cost. These heaters are produced and marketed in 9K and 18K btu models. I am not affiliated in any way with Mr. Heater company or Heater Buddy products.

 

I am almost directly above you by ~ 370miles.
Max.

Hey! Dryden? I haven't been up that way in (at least) 5 years -- Though I do own some considerable 'acreage' north of Central Patricia (in the vicinity of Mu$$elwhite mine)--- Once again, it truly is a small world!

Wired such as Kitchen receptacle?

Max.

Perfect! You've got the entire secondary, hot-to-hot

Very best regards
HP

 

Blatantly!

More regulatory piffle! -- Each leg is fused so what's their problem? -- Lemme tell ya - the advantages of being situated well outside of city limits (and, hence, the tyranny of building/fire inspectors, home owner's associations, zoning commissions, APS, and every other busybody bureaucracy I've neglected) cannot be over emphasized!!! --- They can have their nurf ball world! -- I choose to live life!

Very best regards
HP

 

I've been heating a poorly insulated 40' trailer all winter with one of these: http://www.mrheater.com/big-buddy-portable-heater.html I use a 100# tank and a 12' adapter hose run through a window to supply gas. It runs 2-3 weeks before I need to refill, depending on how cold it gets. Night time temperatures have been -10 - -15 for the last couple weeks, but I've managed to stay reasonably warm, +60 - +65 degrees. There are hazards to using one of these, most notably they consume oxygen in the room, and you have to leave a window cracked for fresh air, or you could have a real problem. There is a low O2 sensor, so theoretically it wouldn't harm you, but it's good to have another monitor in the room. Sucks that you would have to spend extra money on a supplemental heater since your rental is supposed to include it. Maybe you landlord will offset the cost. These heaters are produced and marketed in 9K and 18K btu models. I am not affiliated in any way with Mr. Heater company or Heater Buddy products.

Yes indeed! I've used those in 'office areas' of out buildings -- They're a nice clean alternative to kerosene stoves or 'torpedo' heaters where relatively modest output is acceptable

Best regards
HP

 

'torpedo' heaters

I heard that called a, "salamander" in 1968. Maybe that was a Brand name.?

 

Each leg is fused so what's their problem?

Their problem is that they are legislating for the ignorant masses. Unfortunately, "ignorant masses" includes licensed electricians who have to go look up why there are 4 wires to the kitchen stove. (From a recent Thread posted from Australia)

 

I heard that called a, "salamander" in 1968. Maybe that was a Brand name.?

To be clear - I refer to the kerosene/electric devices reminiscent of high bypass turbofans (in both noise and odour)

 

To be clear - I refer to the kerosene/electric devices reminiscent of high bypass turbofans (in both noise and odour)

I know.

 

I heard that called a, "salamander" in 1968. Maybe that was a Brand name.?

Salamander! I just googled and, in fact, Google does understand local dialects. I think most of the country that needs a Torpedo heater, calls them a torpedo heater. Now, I must search to see what small part of the map calls them Salamanders. An interesting bit of trivia to be tracked down. Not quite at the level of "bubbler" in Milwaukee but still interesting!

 

Ok, so I grew up (live?) under a rock. It turns out that "salamander" was the original slang name, or a forced air kerosene of electric heater in the 1920s. Then came the name torpedo (once the world learned what torpedoes actually looked like from news reels of the 1940s).

 

I heard that called a, "salamander" in 1968. Maybe that was a Brand name.?

Funny they should name an electric heater after a cold-blooded animal...

 

I'm here, just listing to what everyone is saying. I don't have much to say except the fact that there's not much I can do. I'm renting, so again, very little I can do. I can use heaters, etc, and even wire up a a 2nd heater. But the breaker for the outlets in the room are wired for 15 amps, so maybe if I did wire up a 120vac outlet to become 220, then I'd have 15 amps 220, so that's basically 2,500 watts @ 11.36 Amps.

 

maybe if I did wire up a 120vac outlet to become 220,

Yebut...everything else on that breaker would suddenly receive 220 volts. My nephew did that to a mobile home once and every light bulb in the place burned out in a flash.

 

Yebut...everything else on that breaker would suddenly receive 220 volts. My nephew did that to a mobile home once and every light bulb in the place burned out in a flash.

He used it.. for his saw mill.. here check it out. he shows it in the first 30 seconds of the video.
How could I maybe learn a little more about this? What would I search for if I just wanted to learn a little more about this?

 

and this...

 

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There are hazards to using one of these, most notably they consume oxygen in the room, and you have to leave a window cracked for fresh air, or you could have a real problem. There is a low O2 sensor, so theoretically it wouldn't harm you, but it's good to have another monitor in the room................

I think it's also necessary to have a CO sensor in the room anytime you are using an unvented heater that burns any type of hydrocarbon fuel.
Those heaters can generate lethal amounts of carbon monoxide if they malfunction and don't burn with the proper air mixture.

 

I think it's also necessary to have a CO sensor in the room anytime you are using an unvented heater that burns any type of hydrocarbon fuel.
Those heaters can generate lethal amounts of carbon monoxide if they malfunction and don't burn with the proper air mixture.

Yeah, I've also thought about using a torpedo heater, and looked at the Mr. heater like a month or so ago.. I got yelled at my my significant other. So 220 might be my best bet, and buying a 220 heater if things look good.

 

Funny they should name an electric heater after a cold-blooded animal...

The only electric part is the fan that forces the heat out, well, there's also an electric fuel pump. But all the heat is produced by burning keorsine.

 

He used it.. for his saw mill.. here check it out.

This is getting scary! You don't have that kind of outlets! Don't do it! Ahhhh!
(Runs screaming into the night.)