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From: gdykes@lasspvax.UUCP (Gene Dykes)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Space heater info wanted
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Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 21:36:45 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan  5 21:36:45 1986
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Summary: 

I have no quibble with the oil-filled radiators ability to heat up a
room - it seems to do as well as the forced air type, BUT...

Neither kind can keep a room at a constant temperature!  Yes, they
claim to have thermostats, and sometimes the thermostats work, but in
general they will frequently screw up by up to 5 or 6 degrees.

I like the space heater to keep the baby's room warm during the night,
while the rest of the house is cooled, and it is really annoying to
find the temperature much different than it was the day before.

To be specific, after it is turned off, the thermostat seems to have no
idea what temperature it was maintaining the day before.  It also seems
to work lousy if it goes from working lightly to maintain temperature
to working heavily.

If anybody knows of a space heater without brain-damaged thermostats,
please let me know.  I've tried several.
-- 
Gene Dykes, 120 Rand Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853 (607)256-4880
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