I just talked to a friend of mine who purchased a very unique electric heater. It is quartz and hot air. Since quartz radiant heat typically only heats the objects in front this heater was designed to do both. In front of the three quartz tubes are copper tubes. Since the quartz will heat the copper a small fan forces air through the copper heating the room. He purchased this unit last year for about $400. He just purchased a device from harbor freight that shows the kw of an appliance. You plug this thing in and then he plugged the heater into it. It shows actual usage. Using this he was able to calculate that it is costing him about $55 a month to heat his living, dining and kitchen. At night he turns the unit off and uses his oil heating system.At the current price of heating oil at nearly $3 he should recover his investment in a few weeks. Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/
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