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UBERHAUS wall Heater convector 1500W IN STORE ONLY , SOME LOCATIONS QC AND ON

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Since you are billed per KW and not volts or current ... no solution is "cheaper" than the other as far as your energy bill is concerned. All the current goes into producing heat. You can only vary the amount of time you operate them or the power level consumed during operation

convectors have the added advantage of moving the air faster than a baseboard resulting in more even heating and less operating time.
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Konowl wrote: Not really. Baseboards are 240V and will throw off much more heat than this will.
Actually, no. A 1500 Watt heater using 120V heats the same as a 1500 Watt heater using 240V.
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Daijoubu wrote: Different purpose :)

A aux heat plugin unit is nice to have but 1500W on a 15A circuit is already maxing out the breaker, just make sure no one is going to use a hair dryer/microwave/oven/toaster on that same circuit :)

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You are not maxing it out (it's 1800 Watt). However, if you say that 1500 Watt is the safe "80%", heating does not require 80% safe load and can use 100% of the circuit because it's stable.
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RSole wrote: Actually, no. A 1500 Watt heater using 120V heats the same as a 1500 Watt heater using 240V.
So you conveniently pick and choose to make your comparison?

Yes, obviously you are correct in your comparison. It is just as easy for me to retort by saying "yes, but a 2000 watt baseboard puts out much more heat than a 1500 watt baseboard", but now we are arguing semantics. Not to mention the wiring involved etc as it would require it's own circuit.
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I wouldn't buy anything branded UBERHAUS. If Dollorama sold hardware stuff, it would be manufactured by UBERHAUS.

For perspective, Mastercraft (Canadian Tire house brand) seems better quality than UBERHAUS.
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Konowl wrote: So you conveniently pick and choose to make your comparison?

Yes, obviously you are correct in your comparison. It is just as easy for me to retort by saying "yes, but a 2000 watt baseboard puts out much more heat than a 1500 watt baseboard", but now we are arguing semantics. Not to mention the wiring involved etc as it would require it's own circuit.
I believe the point he made was that P =V * I no matter the way you approach the question

You can still achieve 2000 watts on 120 volts.
Now if you mean most houses don't have 20 amps breaker and the cable gauge required to avoid burning down the house... then yes you must switch to 240 volts above 1800 watts
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Konowl wrote: So you conveniently pick and choose to make your comparison?

Yes, obviously you are correct in your comparison. It is just as easy for me to retort by saying "yes, but a 2000 watt baseboard puts out much more heat than a 1500 watt baseboard", but now we are arguing semantics. Not to mention the wiring involved etc as it would require it's own circuit.
A 1500 Watt 120V heater would require its own circuit, assuming that it's connected with 14/2 wire since it is near the limit of 15A. for that size wiring.
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RSole wrote: A 1500 Watt 120V heater would require its own circuit, assuming that it's connected with 14/2 wire since it is near the limit of 15A. for that size wiring.
Yes you're correct.

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