Recent content by LCARS

What I'm most worried about is not having the heaters turned up high enough when I'm away and the temperature drops. I think it would be easy for me to get the house nice and toasty with the wood stove, dial down the heaters accordingly, and then forget to dial them back up before I leave. I do...

Here's pics of the unit opened up: http://imgur.com/a/NzXF4 Opening it up reveals some stuff for us: It 240v / 4000W (um, wow?) It's made by Marley Electric Heating model K404A (link to PDF manual) Date code 1299 sounds like it's 12 years old, not 20. The dial looks like a pot to me (but what...

Work2Play, you had better intuition than I did. There's no way I'll be able to put my kill-a-watt on there, first it does appear to be 240v, second it's hardwired. It could probably be measured with a current clamp instead, but I don't have one of those.

Yep, heading there this afternoon and will take a look at things. Thanks for all the many suggestions you guys have made, this forum is awesome :)

Lou, that's a good idea to still only have the original thermostat set to the maximum level I'd want it at. wuench, I already have monitored smoke detectors in the house and the point is well taken that I need to thoroughly think this through before I implement anything. This is a new house...

Perhaps it wouldn't be a good idea to just shut off the power, now that I'm thinking about it, the heaters probably have a cool down period where just the fan is going but no heating element. That would complicate this..

Thanks for the reply Work2Play, Here's a pic of the heater, there's 5 of this type in the house, the rest are a bit different but similar: Unfortunately, no marking on it to indicate a manufacturer/model. Perhaps that will be more clear once I open it up. I haven't decided on a...

Might be over the top, but how about a clip from Kraftwerk's Autobahn?

jrnkempa's link above is pretty convincing that the savings would not be that much, but I think I'd like to prove this for myself using my own real world variables. I have a (huge) 80 gallon tank that I don't use at all for 4.5 straight days every week. I have a kill-a-watt that I can stick on...

Hello, I've been lurking for a while but first time posting. I've got a home that I spend about half the week away from and I really need to be able to control the temperature of the house when I'm away. I'd like to be able to dial down the temperature so I'm not spending money to heat an...