Electric Baseboard Heater vs Electric Oil Filled Heater

[SquamishSerpents]

What type of heater would you choose to heat a snake room? Aiming for 76 or 77 ambient, as I keep corns and balls in the same room. Then each rack stack is controlled independently by Herpstats.

I have baseboard heating in the snake room, and it's the exact same wattage as my oil-filled heater. Just wondering what you would choose? Would one of them cost more than the other to run? I have read that oil-filled can be more efficient at heating a room as the oil stays warm longer. Is there any truth in that?

I also thought maybe the oil filled might be better since I can place it in the center of the room. The baseboard heater runs along one side of the room so one side would probably get warmer than the other. Also there's an inch or two of the baseboard heater that is right up against one of the big racks, so I think I am leaning towards keeping it off.

I am also toying with the idea of getting a little fan and mounting it nearish to the ceiling to circulate some air. Worried if that would cost a lot in hydro charges. Do any of you keep fans running all the time? The room is small, probably about 8' x 10'

Anyways, I'm rambling now. Just looking for ideas on heating.

[kitedemon]

Basically the same. Baseboard heaters often promote air flow better as heat rises along the wall across the ceiling cooling and drops the air will move along the floor to recirculate around again heat loss is determined by insulation. (very simply). Many find to keep the air even with oil filled heaters they need to add a fan to help keep air circulating. If the baseboard heater is well placed it should be more effective if it is poorly placed about the same.

Cost is an efficiency issue both of the room layout and placement and the unit itself. Many baseboard heaters are ten or twenty years old and are not very efficient any more (dirt and junk in them reduces efficiency as well as just being old designs) a oil filled heaters are easily replaced and often new and modern designs using the most efficient materials available.

It is hard to weigh out there are a million factors. Try one and see then try the other this is likely the only way to know which is more efficient power and even heat wise.

[Ryan Chin]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o02_s00_i00

This is what I chose to use after reading tons of reviews on oil filled heaters leaking after only a few months. I was leaning towards a baseboard heater as well as they would seem ideal for space, but the general consensus was that they did not put out enough heat for a room. I have not personally used an oil filled or baseboard before but the one I settled on works stupendously and can keep my couple hundred square foot bedroom anywhere from 70-80F depending on the setting with the door closed of course. Then if I open the door it does work semi well to heat the hallway and adjacent bedroom.

[SquamishSerpents]

Hmmm I've never even seen one of those before!


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[Ryan Chin]

At first arrival I thought it was to small for the room but it heats it nicely in under an hour at full blast, I have quite a large room also. after the room gets heated I turn it down to whatever is comfortable.

[WmHrbst]

In terms of humidity, does this heater seem to dry out the room? I've used many different heaters in the past and stuck with the oil filled heaters because of humidity problems from similar styles. Please let me know about the humidity after you have used this heater for a longer period of time.

[kitedemon]

Any heater that heat air (changes ambient temps) will alter the RH you can't have one with out the other.

[WmHrbst]

Any heater that heat air (changes ambient temps) will alter the RH you can't have one with out the other.

Correct, but in the past some electric heaters i've used would dry out the room much more so than a oil type heater.