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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Thermostats & Oil Filled heaters
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 13:10:54 EST
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> You can avoid temperature "overshoot" to an extent by running the
> heater at the lowest-wattage setting that will still keep the room
> warm.  This limits the amount of energy the oil has to dissipate
> after the thermostat turns everything off

This is almost universally true.  You want to run the least amount
of energy over a continuous amount of time.  Heater outputs should
be set so that the unit runs nearly all the time.

-Ron