I need answers only from those who have had to use space heaters please so the answers will be first hand from people who have used them. My house has no heat right now because my furnace went out Hopefully it will be fixed on the first but that is besides the point. Right now I have to use a space heater to heat up my house. I live in a small mobile home so both my living room and kitchen can heat up with only one heater. My living room is about 12 by 16 and kitchen about 12 by 12. I want to know if my electric will be going up sky high because I have my heater running from about 1am until 4pm when I leave for work and unplug it. Im on a budget plan on my electric meaning I pay the same amount each month until settlement month in may. I live in southeast Michigan. I heard alot of people say that my bill will be way up there, some say it may go up but not by much as the newer models are no different than using an airconditioner, some say I wont even notice a difference. Help
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It actually depends on what type of space heater you are using. I had one that I used for a couple hours each morning. The bill came and it was about 45 dollars higher than normal. You can call your electric company and ask for an estimate on what your bill is running at right now.
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Our electric utility provider has a handy calculator on its website that enables you to figure out how much an appliance, fan, space heater, anything electric is costing you per hour to run. Check to see if yours has the same thing. In our area, SDGE says it costs about 7 cents an hour to run a 1500 watt space heater.
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 12:17 PM
You are on a budget plan so your payment won’t be up next month. You will be using extra electricity but it is only for one week so your bill will probably not see a large jump caused by one week of space heater use. My question is why is it taking a full week to fix your furnace?
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 12:18 PM
I’v used them for years to go along with my furnace. I don’t think there is a huge differenc at all. The only problem I have with them, if you run too many on one circut, you’ll blow your breaker. We have two bedrooms upstairs now, and the kids each have one in their rooms, when they run them at the same time, it blows. Or, like if you have one in your kitchen, and it’s running, and you make a pot of coffee, that could cause it to blow. So you have to watch that too. But no, there’s not that big of a difference.
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 1:16 PM
you must be freezing…Good Luck
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 1:35 PM
I live in a trailer home as well in Indiana and had furnace problems a while back too. We heated our trailer with 3 electric space heaters, 1 in the front bedroom, 1 in the back bedroom and one in the living/kitchen area. I saw my electricity bill go up approximately $40.00. Not to bad considering the furance cost me over $300.00 to repair.
If you are on budget billing you probably wont see much of a difference in the settle up month if you conserve electricity the rest of the year.
Posted on November 1st, 2009 at 2:02 PM
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