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what i am trying to do here is heat a room to a temp around 88 ,thing is i have one room that gets hot during mid day its on the south side of the house, and the themastast on this oil filled honeywell heater will still keep heating,a friend of mine at b.h.b. was telling me i need a helex thermostat,i've been checking on here for a few hours and i have to get back to work,can anyone here point me in the right place to find one of these's thermostats,or give me some advice on what to do to keep the right temp,thats all i need is to cook my animals,thanks for any replys....Greg

I'm a gas tech. for Direct Energy, and as long as you have a t-stat with a merc. bulb (non programmable)installed at the hot side of the enclosure that controls the temp. directly from the furnace, then your good to go, (although the rest of your home may not keep the temp. that you desire). What I suggest, is to close off your supply register in that room, and hook up an electric heater to a thermostat controlling the temp. of only that room. Of course, because it is an electric heater, I'd suggest wiring up a humidifier as well & a humidistat to keep your % of relative humidity @ the higher end. I'd also suggest that you keep your "t-stat heat anticipator" set for short cycling, (this way there will be extra assurance that it won't overfire.
What I do, is I have a plug-in block heater to a relay & a transformer to step down the voltage to 24v, for the stat. And I have the humidifier hooked in to the same relay with the humidistat in parallel with the t-stat.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you need any details, or other related question.

If you search around, they have a 1500 watt thermostat made for those oil filled electric heaters.
I've also attached the link here......I think!! LOL
Helix web site

That's exactly what I have set up. The helix 1500 watt controller with an electric oil filled radiator plugged into it. The thermostat also has a night drop controller. One thing is you'll need to be careful of is where you place the temperature probe. If you have a ceiling fan or other type of air circulation it's not as important because the room temp will be more uniform.

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