"jlc2" wrote in message
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My 50-year-old furnace went out last spring and I
ain't got the money
to replace in time for winter.

My house is a 1200sq ft ranch built in the late 50s.
I do not have central air but window unit that run
off a dedicated
outlet that used cartridge fuses off the main service
panel

last winter to cut down on the high gas cost I used
my oven to help
keep the house warm and it does a good job for about
half the house.
The other hlaf is where the bedrooms are at and I'm
thinking that all
I need to get one convection type free standing
heater unit and run it
off the outlet that the air conditioner used.

Of course it probably won't be a good thing to just
plug it in(a 230v
outlet).

I would like to know two things:
1) Is there a heater unit I can get retail that I can
plug into tha
higher voltage ports like I can get varoius type of
air conditioners.
2) If not, is htere a adapter where I can plug a
standard voltage
device into a higher voltage port?

The why is that I do not want to plug it into regular
outlets in the
house because I jut have the original 100amp service
panel and when I
used my oil-filled floor heater and I can hear thre
service panel
humming when I'm in the basement and have that
heater on.
Using th 230 outlket I can turn up the higher heat
settings


Thanks


----- Original Message -----
From: "jlc2"
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 4:12 AM
Subject: portable heater on 230v outlet


My 50-year-old furnace went out last spring and I
ain't got the money
to replace in time for winter.

My house is a 1200sq ft ranch built in the late 50s.
I do not have central air but window unit that run
off a dedicated
outlet that used cartridge fuses off the main service
panel

last winter to cut down on the high gas cost I used
my oven to help
keep the house warm and it does a good job for about
half the house.
The other hlaf is where the bedrooms are at and I'm
thinking that all
I need to get one convection type free standing
heater unit and run it
off the outlet that the air conditioner used.

Of course it probably won't be a good thing to just
plug it in(a 230v
outlet).

I would like to know two things:
1) Is there a heater unit I can get retail that I can
plug into tha
higher voltage ports like I can get varoius type of
air conditioners.
2) If not, is htere a adapter where I can plug a
standard voltage
device into a higher voltage port?

The why is that I do not want to plug it into regular
outlets in the
house because I jut have the original 100amp service
panel and when I
used my oil-filled floor heater and I can hear thre
service panel
humming when I'm in the basement and have that
heater on.
Using th 230 outlket I can turn up the higher heat
settings


Thanks

Somehow, even if you have to get an small furnace from
a mobil home or some such, you should try to find a way
to afford the furnace. You could be pretty hard
pressed to meet the electrical bills if you heat with
it and also need to collect money for a furnace repair.

Kero or nat gas space heaters are also available until
you get the furnace maybe? They'd heat better than
electric, I think.

HTH
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