10/29/12, 10:05 AM
|
|
|
|
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 1,420
|
|
|
What worries me is that in a mobile home, according to Dh, a retired electrician, the wiring is never,ever sufficient. That is, in many of them there are two main circuits, one down each side of the structure and a seperate one for the laundry room and refridgerator. That means, if you are plugging in heaters in outlets in the liviving room, den, etc. the ones on the same side of the home are most likely on the same circuit. Not good. Not to mention what three space heaters are going to do to your electric bill.
In the Victorian we lived in before we bought this place, I had to resort to electric heaters upstairs in the bedroom and sewing room. Dh got two 220 electric heaters, Holmes was the brand name. He says the 220 ones don't suck as much electricity as the 110's. I don't know why, I don't understand a lot about watts, amps, circuits and such (that is what an electrician Dh is for, he does the electricity, I do the sewing).
Hope you ge the part to fix your furnace that is optiomal. If not, check out the 220 heaters, even if you have to pay to have a plug put in, they will be safer and more efficient. Barring that, what about gas infared space heaters? Do you have natural gas available or can you get propane. We had them downstairs in the afore mentioned house and they were wonderful.
|
6Likes
If it's the living room, you are usually seated in one spot where you play chess, knit, or watch old Ma and Pa Kettle movies on Netflix. Just get a small heater and point it where you sit. OR..... get an electric blanket to wrap up in while you nap in the recliner until your spouse turns off the History Channel and you wake up. 
