I installed a 240V/5000W electric heater in my garage (a 110V unit couldn't get the temp up more than a few degrees after several hours).
At 5000W, even at the lowest setting it brings the temp to about 68 degrees which is too high. I'd like it closer to about 60 degrees. So I adjusted the jumpers on the wattage change terminal board (as per the manual) so the max wattage is now 4165W. On the low setting temp is now 63 degrees which is in the ballpark.
So my question is this: on an electric heater with a thermostat, on the low setting, is it running at 4165W but in shorter cycles or is it running at a lower wattage?
And would it be more efficient (and cheaper to run) to adjust the jumpers so the wattage is 3332W and crank up the thermostat knob or keep the jumpers at 4165W and continue to run it at a low setting? Or is it a case of if it's maintaining the same temp the watts used has to be the same so it doesn't matter if the jumpers are set at 3332W or 4165W?
link for heater's manual
Thanks for any help!
At 5000W, even at the lowest setting it brings the temp to about 68 degrees which is too high. I'd like it closer to about 60 degrees. So I adjusted the jumpers on the wattage change terminal board (as per the manual) so the max wattage is now 4165W. On the low setting temp is now 63 degrees which is in the ballpark.
So my question is this: on an electric heater with a thermostat, on the low setting, is it running at 4165W but in shorter cycles or is it running at a lower wattage?
And would it be more efficient (and cheaper to run) to adjust the jumpers so the wattage is 3332W and crank up the thermostat knob or keep the jumpers at 4165W and continue to run it at a low setting? Or is it a case of if it's maintaining the same temp the watts used has to be the same so it doesn't matter if the jumpers are set at 3332W or 4165W?
link for heater's manual
Thanks for any help!
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