hi
with the price of natural gas skyrocketing, i was thinking of using my two small space heaters more often this winter than i did last winter (the electric company just started a program for low income people to get a discount, so my electric bill is a lot less than it used to be)
i worry about the cats though!
these are small heaters that look and work similar to a toaster with a fan in it, at least thats how it looks to me.
they are supposed to automatically shut off if tipped over, but i dont trust that they will do that, or do it fast enough to avoid a fire. things can get pretty dry in the winter!
to be the most useful to me, i would need to run this heater over nite.
has anyone ever done this?
i have never used an electric heater unless i was awake and able to check on it often.
i just dont know how safe these things are.
i have a snugglesafe disc that i heat in the microwave to help keep my oldest cat warm at night.
but my only other source of heat is a gas oven/heater, those old fashioned ones
this one has no blower or fan or anything, so when it is on (it does not even have a thermostat, its on, or its off!!) the kitchen can get quite warm while rooms further away can be downright frigid (i can and do freeze things in my back room in the winter
)
i finallly learned not to store things like shampoo back there, because after they have been frozen they are never the same again, all full of clumps and stuff- icky.
any alternatives to using electic space heaters welcome, i mean, as long as it does not involve buying some other kind of heater (i have seen these oil filled ones, and i cant afford those)
i mean, like ways to keep the heat in and the cold out
usually i nail heavy bedspreads over the windows in the coldest rooms in the house (the windows are so old here, and so drafty)
i put plastic up over the other windows.
i keep a clothes drier rack in the kitchen and dry wet towels on it, it adds humidity to the air and makes it feel warmer
and i fill the bathtub with cold water, which also adds humidity
before i had cat eating plants, i used them to raise the humidity too- it really works!!
just seems like there are other things i could do.
electricity scares me!!
with the price of natural gas skyrocketing, i was thinking of using my two small space heaters more often this winter than i did last winter (the electric company just started a program for low income people to get a discount, so my electric bill is a lot less than it used to be)
i worry about the cats though!
these are small heaters that look and work similar to a toaster with a fan in it, at least thats how it looks to me.
they are supposed to automatically shut off if tipped over, but i dont trust that they will do that, or do it fast enough to avoid a fire. things can get pretty dry in the winter!
to be the most useful to me, i would need to run this heater over nite.
has anyone ever done this?
i have never used an electric heater unless i was awake and able to check on it often.
i just dont know how safe these things are.
i have a snugglesafe disc that i heat in the microwave to help keep my oldest cat warm at night.
but my only other source of heat is a gas oven/heater, those old fashioned ones
this one has no blower or fan or anything, so when it is on (it does not even have a thermostat, its on, or its off!!) the kitchen can get quite warm while rooms further away can be downright frigid (i can and do freeze things in my back room in the winter
i finallly learned not to store things like shampoo back there, because after they have been frozen they are never the same again, all full of clumps and stuff- icky.
any alternatives to using electic space heaters welcome, i mean, as long as it does not involve buying some other kind of heater (i have seen these oil filled ones, and i cant afford those)
i mean, like ways to keep the heat in and the cold out
usually i nail heavy bedspreads over the windows in the coldest rooms in the house (the windows are so old here, and so drafty)
i put plastic up over the other windows.
i keep a clothes drier rack in the kitchen and dry wet towels on it, it adds humidity to the air and makes it feel warmer
and i fill the bathtub with cold water, which also adds humidity
before i had cat eating plants, i used them to raise the humidity too- it really works!!
just seems like there are other things i could do.
electricity scares me!!