Room heaters?

I use a heater in my snake room. The room is in the basement which tends to stay cool of course. The heater has been turned on since the end of July and never gets turned off. It works well and does it's job. I'm thankful for it.

I have 2 of the oil filled radiant heaters and they work great. They wont burn your house down either.

I use a window unit that also has a heater built in it. Wish it was like a central air with digital thermostat where it would switch back and forth between heat and cold by itself but other than that I'm very happy with it and no real fear of fire. I've used space heaters in the distant past and they ran the electric bill through the roof plus I was always nervous about them. That was a long time ago though.

This is what I use to heat my herp room, reliable and safe.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=7768653

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Originally Posted by Deborah

This is what I use to heat my herp room, reliable and safe.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=7768653

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It's funny that you posted that Deb because I was just looking at this one from there:http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ndingMethod=rr
I am just super paranoid about house fires since one of my houses already burned down and put me in the hospital for so long.

I use an oil filled radiator heater plugged into a Ranco thermostat set to 83 degrees. It ends up being on at least 12 hours a day during the winter as the house goes down to 63 while I'm at work. The built in thermostats on these have a reputation of being cheaply built and likely to fail. Whether it's actually true or it happened to one person and everyone just jumped on the blame wagon, I don't know. Better safe than sorry is the way I look at it.

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

It's funny that you posted that Deb because I was just looking at this one from there:http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ndingMethod=rr
I am just super paranoid about house fires since one of my houses already burned down and put me in the hospital for so long.

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I have been running the same heater from end of september beginning of october to end of april each year for the past 3 years and I never had any problem or worry.

I am a bit paranoid about house fire as well which lead me to that type of heater as I believe they are the safest on the market.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I have been running the same heater from end of september beginning of october to end of april each year for the past 3 years and I never had any problem or worry.

I am a bit paranoid about house fire as well which lead me to that type of heater as I believe they are the safest on the market.

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Did you do ok with only one? Cause my snakeroom is about an 8x12 I might need 2.

With the oiled filled heaters are you concerned about fumes?

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Originally Posted by m00kfu

I use an oil filled radiator heater plugged into a Ranco thermostat set to 83 degrees. It ends up being on at least 12 hours a day during the winter as the house goes down to 63 while I'm at work. The built in thermostats on these have a reputation of being cheaply built and likely to fail. Whether it's actually true or it happened to one person and everyone just jumped on the blame wagon, I don't know. Better safe than sorry is the way I look at it.

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I was wondering if you could and if anyone hooked theirs up to a thermostat :gj:

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Originally Posted by Deborah

I have been running the same heater from end of september beginning of october to end of april each year for the past 3 years and I never had any problem or worry.

I am a bit paranoid about house fire as well which lead me to that type of heater as I believe they are the safest on the market.

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Thanks Deb that does actually make me feel better :gj:

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Originally Posted by Clear

With the oiled filled heaters are you concerned about fumes?

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They are filled with mineral oil so I wouldn't think they smell but I don't really know...