Energy Consumption of a Space Heater

In this video I do a brief analysis on the energy consumption of a typical space heater. My goal was to calculate the electrical demand, annual energy consumption and the corresponding cost associated with the annual consumption.

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[jdcproducts]

You know what I think is sad? These wimpy space heaters pulling 800-1500 watts of power and can't even heat a closet. I'm currently working on a HHO space heater and with 150-350 watts of input power I'm getting heat in excess of 500 degrees. I can't believe so many people seem to think it will not work, maybe its because they haven't ran the experiments. I'll be doing side by side test pretty soon and I already know which system will win. Makes me so angry that they pull so much current

[TheMrHandyMan]

@jdcproducts - I suppose it depends on what your air flow is like / heating element design, but most electrical resistance heaters are pretty good efficiency - they just aren't practical where electricity is much more expensive than Natural Gas.

[egn83b]

This video is lacking electrical code knowledge. The typical bed room in a common dewelling is only going to allow 12 amps to flow before the breaker eventally flips but if this was in the kitchen will allow 16 amps to flow on a number 12 wire. This is will tell you how much you can pull. The light dimming is just a product of resistance loading. Now I know why my old man said get those space heater out of the house they are enegry suckers.

[Ecoenergy]

Appalling.