Just a helpful heads-up...

I live in an area of the country where it is going to be advantageous (for the first time that I can ever remember) to supplement natural gas heat with electric space heaters. Usually gas is so much less expensive that anything electric costs more, but this year I will be seeing a 70% price increase from summer gas prices and a 125% increase from last year (lets not talk about my kilns!).

For that reason, and prompted by information from Popular Science (as told me by my brother), about the new economical ceramic heaters, I began searching around town for what was available in ceramic heaters.

So, to cut to the chase, and not that you all aren't quick enough to pick up on this all on your own...

...all the ceramic heaters I found, whether big (25"X30" wall units), or made to stand free and look like old radiators, or complete with fancy occilating fans or combined air filters, or tiny-no-bigger-than-a-lunchbox...

...all produce the same maximum BTUs.

Yup. Whether you are spending nearly $100 for a bigger, more imposing looking heating unit, or a little two-speeder the size of a lunchbox that costs less than $20 -- they all supply the same amount of heat.

The electrical code in most areas wouldn't allow for any more wattage to be plugged into a standard 110 plug. 1500 watts/5112 BTUs is the max and they are all thus equipped.