Electric Convector Heater - Heat settings -Thermostat

[JohnD]

What do you think I’m using the heater for, one in my living room, other in my bedroom !

The heater’s heat settings do not respond to room temperature and it appears the heat setting operates via a timer rather than temperature.

The higher you turn the knob, the warmer your room will be. The reverse is also true.

 

[Wyleecoyote]

Not expecting too much, expecting how it was described, such as “Adjustable thermostat control with easy-to-use dial” therefore regarding of its cheapness, that’s how it was described when new and although the link I posted is similar to my heaters, my heaters cost considerably more.

If I was to use a plug in thermostat, which plugs into the wall sockets and it is set to switch off power to the heater when a desired room temperature is reached and it’s also set to switch power on, when it detects a level of coldness within the room; therefore, it would effectively be activating the heater in response to the room temperature; unless, like the heater, such a product is described as being thermostatically controlled but isn’t !

 

[Wyleecoyote]

The higher you turn the knob, the warmer your room will be. The reverse is also true.

You appear to be a know it all but have no idea what you’re typing about !

 

[Rodders53]

That control is a thermostat... but it detects the temperature of the air near it (the heat source) not some other place in the room (where you are)...
It's why it switches on / off with the variation in temp of the heater...

and not when you/the room reach a wanted temperature... It can't as the sensor is in the heater not somewhere else in the room!

You are just not understanding how the device works / can work / the laws of physics Jim (as Scotty would say).

 

[Wyleecoyote]

I do understand how the heater is operating and regardless of how warm or hot the room has reached, whilst the heater is plugged in and in use, and on heat setting 2, exactly every 6 minutes, the heater cycles on for a few minutes, then off.

Although, when the heater is turned off and unplugged from the wall outlet, it takes just short of 3 hours, before the warmth of the room drops sufficiently, to feel the need to turn the heater back on.

So, you honestly believe, that even when the heater is on and in front of an open patio door, with a outside winter temperature of 4°C, the heater still cycles on every 6 minutes then off, rather than remaining on throughout the entire duration the patio door is open !

Do your own monitoring with your own electric converter heater before you start stating I don’t understand in such a manner.

And if your electric heater operates differently to that of mine, then provide the make and model, and I’ll make enquiries with the manufacturer, to clarify whether the “Adjustable thermostat control and easy-to-use dial” is just that, rather than what I’m currently encountering.