If your electric heater is the oil filled kind, you can usually switch it to a low setting that will draw less power. Usually the instructions will tell you how much it draws.

Or, for more safety, buy a decent thermostat that can handle the power. You don't need a proportional thermostat for what you are doing. The Ranco units that as sold by Granger.com are really great. I have one that I use with my oil filled heater every winter.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

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