The amperage is the same but this is a 220 volt heater generating 3000 Watts. the other one generated 1500 Watts. This one should cost darn close to twice as much to operate than your old one but it will, and apparently does generate twice as much heat.
----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Klarich To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com ; William Stephan Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] quartz infrared heaters On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:16:19 -0600you write: > >Terry: > > > >Do they rate those heaters in terms of BTUs? And, what's yours rated at if >they do. Here's the low-down. Electric Infrared Heater, Indoor/Outdoor, 3000 Watts, 10236 BtuH, Voltage 240, 12.5 Amps @ 1 Phase, Height 3 3/8 In, Width 5 1/2 In, Length 57 In, Beam Pattern 60, Number of Lamps 1, Housing Material Painted Steel, Anodized Reflector Finish, Mounting Ceiling Hung, Agency Compliance ETL I know we've all heard this before. Anyway, according to my calculations, this heater shouldn't cost me any more to run than my old electric space heater. It was 1500 watts at 120V. It 12.5A. At least it was until it died. This wone draws the same amps; but, is so much warmer. Terry [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
