Timeline for Is there a reason I shouldn't use an oil radiator to heat a 1400 sq ft (130 sq m) space? (Why do commercial buildings use electric air heaters?)
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| Jan 24, 2021 at 0:40 | answer | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 5:33 | comment | added | Andrew Cheong | Yup, there's a filter on the intake. And "under my desk"—actually, that's a great application despite high ceilings—I may do that. | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 5:10 | comment | added | Mazura | That's gas fired and high efficiency. No AC coil. Hopefully there's a filter rack somewhere. You're probably reading about oil space heaters (which are awesome; I have one under my desk), not to be confused with unit heaters (which is what it would have been or was), nor furnaces (which is what that is), nor air handlers (forced-air 'furnaces' w/o heat), nor split system AC - both parts of which you lack: the coil inside and the condenser outside. | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 4:37 | vote | accept | Andrew Cheong | ||
| Jan 23, 2021 at 4:12 | comment | added | Andrew Cheong | It looks like about 50,000 BTUs according to an online calculator. I didn't even think about cooling... does that thing do cooling too?! I'm in New York, so 10 or 20 below to human body temp. | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 4:09 | answer | added | Ecnerwal | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 4:02 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Do you know how much HVAC load (in BTUs) you're up against with this space? Also, are you in a situation where air conditioning would be desirable, and what sort of worst-case low temperatures do you have to deal with? | |
| Jan 23, 2021 at 3:39 | history | asked | Andrew Cheong | CC BY-SA 4.0 |