can i use this heater for a 400 sq ft room?i have a new born and need to keep him warm all day long and don' plan to turn on the central heating sys
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I am currently using it to warm a 300 sq ft office....and it is more than adequate! I expect it would do a great job in your baby's room.
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Spark,We have been very happy with this unit. We have 3 now. It should heat room that size quite easily. Set the heater to the temperature you want, don't just set it on high because it will continue to heat the room, and it will make your room too hot...
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I have two of these heaters. I cannot answer about a 400 sq.ft. room, but my almost 100 year old mother kept very comfortable using this heater - in addition to forced air heating - her room was at the end of the heating/cooling system and consequently the coldest room in the house. Heater is very efficient and quiet. I really like the oscillating feature which disperses warm air so that it does not blow directly on you. I use this same model in my basement office which gets cold in winter, and is 250+ sq.ft with an open stairwell to the first floor. Hope this helps
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This heater has thermostat temperature controls or can be manually turned on to run continuously on high or low setting. Can't tell you by temperature how warm it would get in such a small area, but it would be uncomfortable for sure. Also don't know if there may be a high temperature safety shut off built in.
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If you leave it on the high setting it can maintain a warm temp in a fairly large room. I would say as much as 30x30 room. Keep in mind it will be running a lot and cost a bit in electricity. Maybe 50-60 a month.
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It only heats a very small space like a 150 sq ft room. I would not use it for sole source heat. We use ours to supplement a natural gas furnace and move it around to areas we are in during the day. It has a built in thermostat which turns the unit off and on. I would not recommend having it running if you are not present.
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As a rule of thumb use 10 watts of electric heating per square foot of room space. Using that factor, the 500 watt setting can heat a room that is 50 square feet. How well the room is insulated is also a factor. 10 watts per square foot assumes the room is well insulated. Use a higher setting if that is not the case. You can get additional information at this site http://homerepair.about.com/od/heatingcoolingrepair/ss/size_elec_htr.htm
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Greetings James, the room I have this unit in is about 2400 cubic ft and it does NOT keep the whole room at 65-70 deg only an area of approximately 8' x 8'. It really is good for a small bedroom. I use it to warm the sofa/seating area around the TV but beyond that I'd have to use the house heater. I got this to avoid having to use the house heater due to cost. It does the job for the small area only. Ciao, TLM
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I used to, when the outside temp drops below 30 F. this heater struggles. Although I do have an open room apt, so it's heating two floors. Keeping it on 24/7 will keep my place at 61-62 F., my apt is 750 Sq. Ft. open ceiling. This unit will have no problem staying on 24/7, you could also set your desired temp. and it will cycle on and off throughout the day. Space heaters get a bad rep., as long as you don't stick flammable objects in front of this unit or bury it in laundry it will not be any more dangerous then a baseboard heater.
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The heater works great. The room we have it in is about 300 square feet. It heats that room nicely and then some.
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This heater works best in a closed off room versus trying to heat an entire house. I use mine in master (20x20) bedroom over top garage. It has no problem keeping the room around 72 degrees. The thermostat on unit is off by 5 degrees for some reason.
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Same square footage as yours. This heater puts out only a mild heat that will dissipate quickly in bigger rooms, with possibly large or multiple windows. The smaller the space the better it works. It struggled to keep up a satisfactory temp in a space the size of ours. High ceilings probably didn't help my situation either. I placed mine in a bit smaller room and it works wonderfully.
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I have a large living room, dining room, kitchen combo and another 10 x14 room off of the dining room. All connected. The heater does work well down into the 30s but it runs all the time. It doesn't put out a large amount of heat but it keeps the main living room cozy. It would have to be a smaller area to make it get too hot. It will not replace your furnace but it does help to keep the furnace from coming on as much. I had a 4 element heater but returned it right away and bought this product instead.
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I have this unit LS-1003HH and it's great for a living room/family room size. But it does not heat up a 1800 sqf unless it's the size of an entire one room size. My living room is about 500 sqf and it's OK but the heat does not transfer to the ajesent room.
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I have two of them in an 850 sf house in the pacific northwest, and they heat it just fine. Course, the amount of insulation in the house is a big factor. Mine is well insulated in the ceiling. I also have a single unit in a 200 sf "granny pod" and it does fine. Keep in mind a small plug-in space heater is 1500 watts, while this unit is 2250 watts. If you go to the King Electric web site they have some data on sizing electric heaters.
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Hello, I use my Mr Heater to heat a 16 x 26 area with no problem. But I have it insulated pretty good. I want to say I could run around 6 hours on a 20 lb tank? If your garage is insulated, you would be shutting it off part time. The best way is to run it thru a thermostat. TSC stores use to sell a thermostat the would work on one of these? It's a nice little heater that you would fine is pretty handy to have around.Hope this helps,RGH
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I would recommend you use 2 600W heaters for such a big room that is not insulated at all. These heaters are the safest available ones and this supplier is the only to offer 600W. If I were you I would purchase 3 600W heaters and install them around the room
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The controller could technically do an even larger room than that, it is all dependent on the hardware you use. You could use a larger heater, and a larger humidifier keeping in mind the devices maximum wattage. In case you are setting up a STINKY closet with a VERY bright light in it, I would suggest using a 4x4. Your results will be far beyond that of a 5x5....
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This unit doesn't have an accurate thermostat when used in an area with high ceilings, or inadequate insulation. Also depends on the area being heated. An inline electric thermostat would be a little better at controlling the temperature if placed in the right area opposite the heater. My recommendation would be to go at least 100 sq ft larger in Heater size. It seems that you are at max sq ft per BTU rating.