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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
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Subject: Re: Space heater info wanted
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 22:26:50 EST
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> ...  and sometimes the thermostats work, but in
> general they will frequently screw up by up to 5 or 6 degrees.
> 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 working heavily.
> If anybody knows of a space heater without brain-damaged thermostats,
> please let me know.  I've tried several.

I had a similar problem and solved it for $10.  You buy an electric heat
thermostat, a duplex outlet, a double box, and a length of 15 amp heater
cord.  You wire the cord to the power leads of the thermostat and the
duplex outlet to the load leads of the thermostat.  Mount this in the
box with the correct cord strain reliefs; hang it on the wall at the
height you want held at the right temperature and viola (or whatever one
is supposed to say?) and you can make any electric heater work like
a champ.  WARNING, if you are not qualified to do home wiring, then have
a friend who is help you do a safe job.
PS  One advantage is that you can shut off the heater and never touch 
the thermostat.  Of course, you have to turn the heater thermostat up
to some higher temperature and it acts as a failsafe.