Bathroom Wall Heaters

Feature to Look for or Avoid

Bathroomwall — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:45:26 +0000

Built-in Thermostat – Look for it – This feature was created for master bathrooms, when you only need heat in morning and night time. The built-in thermostat will keep the bathroom cool not cold. The when you want to take a bath or shower just crank the timer up, this will kick the bathroom wall heater to high. When the timer goes off you’re ready to go work.
Back box include – Look for it - All heaters must have back boxes but some times you can order them separately. The back box separates the heating element from touching the interior wall or insulation. It’s a code violation to not use a back box.
Thermostat operation ranges – Look for it – Some people want to run the heater at the lowest temperature to keep the water pipes from freezing. If the operating range of 50° to 90° F, the heater will not go down to 40° F no mater how low you set it the thermostat.
Summer Fan Switch – Avoid – This is used for commercial building applications, all it means it that the fan will run but the heater will remain off.
Heavy Duty Grille – Avoid – Another commercial building application, the greater the foot traffic the higher the odds of someone smashing in the front grille of your wall heater. Unless you have a hotel dolly rolling around your home you more than likely don’t need the added cost of a heavy duty front grille.
Tamper resistant built-in thermostat Avoid – Another commercial building application, this is used on office buildings, banks, hotel front vestibules.

Voltage – Basics for Wall Heaters

Bathroomwall — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:33:02 +0000

Knowing and getting your correct voltage is right up there as one of the most important things to know and understand before you purchase and electric wall heater. Electric wall heaters come in 120 and 240 volts. Some electric wall heaters only come in 120 volts, and some only come in 240

Most homes in the United States have both 120v and 240v in their house. If you have an electric stove, range, dryer or water heater in your home those are all running on 240 voltage.

A standard 120 volt wall heater comes in 500 to 1,500 watts which can heat a room 50 to 150 sq ft. If you have a room bigger then 150 sq ft you will need a 240 volt heater.

A standard 240 volt wall heater comes in 1000 to 4,800 watts which can heat a room from 100 to 480 sq ft.

A common over site is buying and or installing a wall heater with the wrong voltage. If you install a heater to the wrong voltage bad things can happen.

120v circuit to a 240v heater will give you ¼ of the wattage

240v circuit to a 120v heater will burnout the heater and voids the warranty

If you are not sure on your voltage you will want to consult a licensed electrician. We stock almost every heater you see on line and ship the same day if in stock so we can get it to you pretty fast

( FYI Notes )

110 volts, 115 volts, 120 volts, 125 volts

(All four voltages will work with the same heater)

220 volts, 230 volts, 240 volts, 250 volts

(All four voltages will work with the same heater)

208 volts is NOT the same as 240 volts – it’s a total different

How Much Heat Do I Need?

Bathroomwall — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:08:30 +0000

When heating a bathroom, I like to oversize the heater more then I would any other room because you want to get the room up to 75-80 + degrees and you want to do it at a fairly quick rate.

The standard sizing rule of thumb is:

10 watts per sq. ft. Example:
if your room is 10 x 10 multiply 10′x 10′= 100 Sq Ft) 100 sq ft. X 10 watts = 1000 Watts.
With a bathroom heater I like to substitute 10 watts Per Sq Ft with 12-15 watts per sq ft and in colder environments I use the 15.

How to select a Bathroom Wall Heater

Bathroomwall — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:03:28 +0000

New Construction Electric Wall Heaters Buyer’s Guide

Bathroom Electric Fan Forced Wall heaters are a great source for heating your bathroom quickly. It heats the room with a process called convection heating. Cool air is drawn in and passed over the electric heating elements. This process can be done with and with out a fan. A fan forced wall heater will heater the room up quicker then a non fan forced heater. Please note all fan forced heaters do make noise.

Wall heaters are usually recessed in the wall and mounted to one of the wall studs. All our models are designed to fit in-between a 16” O.C studded wall. If you don’t have a wall cavity to recess the heater, you can surface mount the heater if you buy an additional surface mounting frame – it is the same color as the front grille to hide the galvanized steel back box.

Are wall heaters are self contained, and don’t need any duct work for ventilation. We have found in the bathroom a built-in thermostats works best because you can turn the heater on or off at the source and adjust the temperature from a heating range of 45- 80+ degrees. If you would like to use a wall thermostat, please call or email us because some models are designed for built in thermostats only.

Bathroom Wall Heaters

Bathroomwall — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:27:25 +0000

Bathroom Wall Heaters Coming Soon !