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Because the pandemic re-surged this Fall, we started finding socially distanced out of doors get-togethers getting a little chilly. So I purchased a Mr. Heater "Big Buddy" portable propane heater to help extend the season. Gas or Electric Heat: Propane heaters are characterized by their heat output in BTUs; electric heaters are sometimes characterized by their energy consumption in Watts. You may convert electric power consumption to BTUs by multiplying it by 3.41. So a 1500W heater (about as large as you can placed on a typical circuit in your home) will generate the equivalent of 5115 BTUs. For comparability, the large Buddy heater has 3 output settings: electric heater for bedroom 4000, 9000, and 18000 BTU. A typical propane patio heater generates 48000 BTU or extra. Bottom line: propane heaters can generate rather more heat than electric heater for bedroom heaters. An electric heater is probably inadequate for outside heating. 0.22/hour to run. Exchanging an empty 20lb propane tank for a filled one prices about $20.

0.18/hour. Note: if you use disposable 1lb propane camping cylinders as an alternative of 20lb refillable tanks, the propane price is way higher… Bottom line: heating with propane can price about the identical as with electric. How a lot heat: I should begin by saying that I like issues warm. It’s also actually robust to heat a substantial space outdoors since the heat dissipates into the environment so shortly. Anyone with a fireplace pit is aware of that it’s solely scorching inside a number of toes the pit. In our early trials, the big Buddy on excessive output made a fifty five diploma day acceptable when we have been outdoors and pretty close to it (2-3 toes). I doubt will probably be sufficient when temperatures drop beneath 50F; that in all probability will require the larger patio heaters (and even then, not if it’s windy). I anticipate the big Buddy would heat any enclosed and properly ventilated area (e.g. a storage with ventilation) fairly quickly even on very cold days.

There are many testimonials to that effect. Bottom line: Good for Spring and Fall evenings outdoors and for emergency indoor heat (see more on indoor use beneath). Getting Propane: heaters like the large Buddy can run on the tremendous widespread 20lb refillable propane tanks used for outside gas grills as well as on one or two 1lb "camping" propane tanks. At Home Depot and Lowes, 1lb disposable tanks price round $5.50 each so heating utilizing them prices around $1/hour (on the low-heat setting). Obviously the 1lb tanks make the heater rather more portable. How lengthy will a tank last: propane heaters can generate a lot more heat output, but at their larger outputs, they eat a variety of propane. At high output (18K BTU), the BigBuddy consumes roughly 1lb of propane per hour, so it can value roughly $1/hour when run from a 20lb tank and greater than $5.25/hour when utilizing disposable 1lb tanks.

BTU patio heaters can get costly to run (a number of dollars/hour) even when using refillable tanks. Refilling 1lb tanks: people try to avoid wasting money by re-filling disposable 1lb camping cylinders from 20lb refillable tanks. There are a great deal of devices on Amazon specifically to do this and tons of youtube movies exhibiting how. This is a foul Idea. Those cylinders are regulated by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and they make it very clear that this is harmful and you should not do it. They even made a video… There is only one company that seems to make a legally refillable 1lb propane tank: Flame King (see right here). I think they have a patent. You will get them at Lowes and elsewhere, however they are out of stock in all places. A nice video on the refillable cylinders is here. Indoor Use: in keeping with the handbook (and all the things I’ve read), the big Buddy can be used indoors for emergency use only (i.e. in case your heat is out due to a power outage).