How does flexwatt compare to other heating systems in terms of electricity used to operate them?
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Flexwatt energy
lbdani
Nov 14, 2003 11:07 AM
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markg
Nov 14, 2003 01:43 PM
It uses the same electricity.. 
OK, here you go:
4-inch-wide Flexwatt is 8 watts/ft. If you have 10 feet of it powered (and this could be 5 2ft pieces or whatever totals 10ft) you are using 80 watts of power. That is more than a 60 watt light bulb. A temperature controller reduces the ON time and thus the heater uses less watts/hour.
You pay the electric company for your watts/hour usage. If you have a 1000 watt heater and run it for 1 hr a day, that is the same cost as running a 100 watt heater for 10 hrs per day.
11-inch-wide Flexwatt is 20 watts/ft.
3-inch-wide Flexwatt is 10 watts/ft or something like that.
