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Oil heaters are more efficient since they retain heat even when off - therefore the heater is still pumping out heat while the element is off.

Whereas with a baseboard heater, heat is dissipated immediately.

However, this heater is very weak (even though its rated at 550w), therefore you will probably be disappointed with the performance of the heater in comparison to your 1000w baseboard heater.

> The watts tell you how much energy they use but now how efficient they are at heating.

No. Watts tells you how good it is at heating. The only increase in efficiency you can with electric heaters is to improve the delivery, mainly, get the heat more directly onto you. Electric warming blankets for example will deliver the heat directly to you, so you use less power to make yourself warmer.

> I had a baseboard heater it was located under the window. What ends up happening is the area near the wall and the ceiling gets hot but not the rest of the room. They don't distribute heat very well so it will be on all the time.

This is a distribution problem. You need a fan to circulate the air - very well documented fact that a ceiling fan in reverse helps save energy. The baseboard is by the window to help counter the inefficiencies of the window also (old/cheap windows are drafty).

> The oil heater should be more efficient since it is located on the floor and you can move it to where you are.

Yes. Like I said above, the more direct the delivery of the heat, the better.

> It also stores heat in the oil so it will continue to radiate heat after you turn it off. The baseboard heater does not store any heat. It only heats the air and air cools very rapidly unlike oil.

No, the heat it's giving you once turned off is energy already used. This also makes the heater slower - it has to heat the oil first. It's better generally to have more even heat, and the oil does help with that.

I disagree with the above answers completely. The watts tell you how much energy they use but now how efficient they are at heating. I had a baseboard heater it was located under the window. What ends up happening is the area near the wall and the ceiling gets hot but not the rest of the room. They don't distribute heat very well so it will be on all the time. The oil heater should be more efficient since it is located on the floor and you can move it to where you are. It also stores heat in the oil so it will continue to radiate heat after you turn it off. The baseboard heater does not store any heat. It only heats the air and air cools very rapidly unlike oil.

The above answer is correct. The only way this heater might save any energy is it could be closer to YOU, so you might not turn it on as much. If you are trying to warm the room to an even temperature, then they will use the same amount of energy.

depends how much you use it! its 700 watts at full speed so about the same
electricity as 2 gaming computers .

For every hour that this unit runs NONSTOP, it would cost about 7 cents; since it would typically cycle on and off, it would in effect use somewhat less than that..

Understanding Electric Heaters
As an Engineer I would like to clear up some misconceptions on electric space heaters. I have seen several comments here on which heater will be cheaper and/or more efficient to run.
All electric heaters are 100% efficient – there is no flu or vent to the outside of the house for heat to be wasted. All of the energy that comes into the heater from the power lines is converted to heat. With this understanding, you can see that to heat a given room with an electric heater, all heater models and makes will use exactly the same amount of electricity to heat the space. As such, no one electric heater will be cheaper to use than another – THEY ARE ALL THE SAME COST.
What about different wattages you say? Won’t a 1400W heater cost 2x as much to run as a 700W heater? You need to remember that a W is a unit of measure than means 1 Joule of heat per second. This means that a 700W heater puts out 700 J of heat every second and a 1400W heater puts out 1400 J of heat every second. So a 1400W heater will be twice a hot as a 700W heater. However, your electricity meter records how many Joules are used by your house (1KWH = 3,600,000 Joules) so a 1400W heater uses twice as much electricity as a 700 W heater while it is heating BUT it is twice as hot so the room will heat in half the time. THE RESULT IS BOTH HEATERS USE EXACTLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY TO HEAT THE SAME ROOM.
Based on the above, the choice of heater you make should not be based on how much it will cost to run but on the features and the operational mode. Some heaters are slow to heat a room but hold the heat well once they are warm (like oil filled), others are fast to heat a space but are noisy (like ceramic fan heaters). The heater wattage is important to consider in that you need a unit that is capable to producing enough heat to warm the space. A larger space will need a larger wattage heater. You also have to consider how much power remains available on the circuit you plan to plug the heater into. A 1500W heater will almost max out a single circuit in a typical house so do not expect to plug a 1500 W heater into the same circuit as your computer or TV! So choose your heater based on the features, style and safety you need, not based on an expectation that one will be cheaper to use than another.

it's actually a 400W heater not 700W as advertised (went to the store).

price of electricity today in halifax is about 1KWH = 11 cents.
That means if you run a 1000W (1KW)appliance for an hour (hence 1KWH), it will cost you 11 cents.
so running the 400W heater for an hour costs about 5 cents.

does a vehicles engine oil freeze in winter??? so the answer is no the heater oil wont freeze in winter

Yes, the oil will drop to the surrounding temperature, but unlike water freezing, it will not expand and damage the enclosure.
As with any automobile, the oil will thicken, but will not freeze and expand.
Your heater can be safely left in the cottage, and relied on to work when you return. however it will have to heat the oil from minus temperatures to 70 degrees before you feel any heating benefits.

its got oil inside ,and its sealed .theres no need to refill oil in it ever

It is already filled with oil. No need to fill it.

no ,its sealed .no need to refill oil ever

Does not need to be refilled ever no.

Probably not. It's easier to buy a new heater, swap out the switch, and return the new heater as defective.

I've seen these switches before, and it looks like this switch is probably fairly generic, so I'm going to just replace it with one from an electronics parts supplier. It's basically just a simple switch, and fairly simple to replace with any similar switch that will work....

no

It gets quite hot when in operation. I would not use around small children.

12 inch length 15 inch height and 4 inch width

No emissions; it runs on electricity and gives off nothing but heat.