| When purchasing an electric heater for either your | | | | either a built in thermostat or a programmable |
| home or your garage you are looking for a way | | | | thermostat. This will help you to maintain a |
| to heat the area in the most energy efficient | | | | comfortable temperature by alleviating any |
| way possible. If you need an electric heater you | | | | fluctuation of temperature in the room. A feature |
| are probably looking to heat or warm a specific | | | | like this can also help you to turn off the heater |
| area of your home and by doing so you are | | | | when it is not in use by setting a specific time for |
| already becoming more energy efficient. | | | | the heater to turn off. |
| This is true because using a portable type of | | | | This can be an especially useful feature in electric |
| electric heater gives you the ability to raise the | | | | garage heaters as often times we may forget |
| thermostat on your home's main energy sources | | | | that they are running and may run unnecessarily. |
| such as central heating. Because with a central | | | | Another thing to consider when making your |
| heating system you are heating the entire home | | | | purchase is how the heated air is circulated |
| and not just the rooms you and your family are | | | | throughout the room. Once the air has been |
| occupying. So even by raising the thermostat 3 or | | | | heated it is important that it be effectively |
| 4 degrees can make a huge impact on your | | | | distributed in the room so look for a heater that |
| overall energy use and consumption. | | | | has a built in fan that helps distributes the air |
| By implementing an electric heater you can move | | | | properly. Even distribution alleviates some of the |
| the heater as you leave or enter a specific room. | | | | problems associated with older models that gave |
| So how do you make sure that an electric heater | | | | the rooms hot and cold spots. |
| you use in your home or garage is energy | | | | One thing you should also know about energy |
| efficient? Start by finding the correct size heater | | | | efficient electric heaters is that almost every |
| for the specific room you will be heating. For | | | | manufacturer has now take the time to build in |
| example if you are going to use an electric garage | | | | several types of safety features. Almost all of |
| heater there is no need to purchase a heater that | | | | them incorporate some sort of automatic shut |
| will heat 900 square feet if your garage is only | | | | off system if the heater should actually be |
| 500 square feet. More is not better in this | | | | knocked over and some, if not most, also have |
| particular case it is just a waste. | | | | an overheating shut off which will turn the heater |
| Next take a look at what type of features the | | | | off it is blocked or just overheating from non |
| heater offers. Many of the newer models offer | | | | recommended continuous usage. |