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Need help picking out a heating solution for the winter. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by Coldgoron@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Long story short I need to heat my home with electric heaters this year, minisplits and hvac are way out of my budget. I’d like some help picking a solution.

Choice A: Micro heat pumps

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/renters-you-too-can-get-a-heat-pump-a-micro-one-at-least

Choice B: Multiple PTC Fast Heating Ceramic Heater

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B099YYWNM9

Been coming up short on solutions so if you have a third option I'd be glad to hear it.

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[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If there are any water pipes through the second half of the house you cannot let those exterior walls reach freezing temperatures. Whatever solution you go with needs to account for the entire space in some capacity.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good point but I accounted for that. I’m going to leave a heater like is in plan B running in our kitchen space on low for a large part of the winter. Hopefully it will be enough but I’ll keep an eye on it with a thermometer.

[–] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you only care about pipes freezing there are low wattage pipe heating cords (also called "heat tape") that would use way less energy than a space heater. Also if you have drafty windows the temporary "window insulation kits" that basically shrink wrap the window work surprisingly well.

[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the info.