The average space heater uses 1500 watts/hour, it also only runs intermittently.
You would likely be safe replacing the space heater with only 20% of the wattage, if running continuously (like the Bitaxes).
The Bitaxe uses 17 watts/hour. To meet 20% of the wattage of the space heater (300 watts), you would require roughly 18 Bitaxes.
Disclaimer: I'm not solid on that 20% figure, anyone with any ideas on this topic, please let me know.
Thanks. What if I wanted roughly the same amount of heat? (I know I will have to compromise). I got a room that gets too cold during the winter.
You would want to determine how much energy is required to keep the space around your desired temperature on a cold day.
The easiest method of tracking the energy usage of an existing heater either by using a tool to monitor its energy use throughout the day.
Once you have a good idea of it's energy use (in KWh), you would divide that by "(
Example:
If a 1500 watt heater were to need to run for 24 hours straight to maintain the temperature a space (unlikely):
1.5 KWh (1500 watts) x 24 (hours) =
36 KWh
If your Bitaxe uses 16 watts per hour, we'd convert to KWh (divide by 1000) =
0.016 KWh
Next, multiply by 24 to determine daily energy usage:
0.016 LWh x 24 = 0.384
Now divide the energy required to heat the space by the daily usage of the bitaxe:
36 KWh / 0.384 KWh = 93.75
In this example, where a 1500 watt heater needed to run for 24 hours straight to maintain temp, you would require 93.75 Bitaxes to maintain the same temperature in the space.
Hope this was helpful!
