Need electrical advice

[Revronnie]

Ok I admit this isn't for my garage but I follow the rule, keep the lady in my life happy and the garage gets the benefit of her turning an eye on my next big purchase lol.

Our master bathroom is in the corner of our house. It has two external walls and tile flooring. When we go on on a cold morning its freezing cold. I'd like to put in a ceiling heater. Here's where the questions come in.

Goals :
1) Add a heater that will at least get the chill out.

2) Preferably have it on a remote that the lady can hit the switch from the bed and Let it run for a few min while she snoozes.

3)Do it for a few hundred dollars.


Questions
1) What unit to buy. (Do any come with a remote?)

2) If not would a universal remote for a ceiling fan work or will the higher amperage heater burn the remote up?

3) Do I need to run a dedicated power supply from the breaker or can I just tap into a light power or the gfi circuit?


Thanks
RevRonnie

 

[Milton Shaw]

A bathroom heater might work for your situation. I have one controlled by a wall thermostat. I don't know if any remote would be able to carry the load as its a 1500 watt 120 volt heater. You could put light switch close enough to the bed to reach and warm the room. It would need to be a new circuit as 1500 watts is all that can be on one circuit without overloading it and tripping breaker.

 

[Mustang51js]

A normal heater will cost you around $100 soon go for under $100. You could get a heater and install on a 3 way from bathroom to bedroom,but personally I would just get up and turn it on and then lay down for a few minutes. Or get a wall heater with t-stat and set it and forget it. I wouldn't use a ceiling fan remote

 

[jdm5]

I have my electric bathroom heater connected to an Insteon switch - the switch could easily be paired with an Insteon remote to allow you to turn it on from bed. (Can get even more sophisticated pairing it with an ISY 994i, which could then turn it on/off based on schedule or lots of other triggers - but much more complex and expensive).

Switch - rated for 1800W, about $50
Remote also about $50

Let me know if you have any questions...I've installed a lot of these, very happy, not hard to set up.

 

[jdm5]

On the circuit quesition, its entirely dependent on what else is on that circuit - you're better off running a dedicated circuit (1500W = 12.5A)

 

[cybrdyke]

Have you considered a plug-in heater with a remote control?
CD

 

[amlee]

Honeywell does make a remote t-stat. I wanted to do the same thing with the game room attached to my shop, turn the stat up before i go out and watch football. It is Line voltage so it will power cadets or others types @ 110/220V. Send them an email and ask, I cant' remember the model number.

 

[Scott.MI]

Have you considered a plug-in heater with a remote control?
CD

Or a plug in heater with a clock/timer. That's all I got to use for the same reason. Had 2 external walls and then an interior wall was shared with the basement steps.

Basically like an alarm clock. Program the time and then set the heater to turn on at a programmed time. This way didn't even have to wake up to turn it on then wait for it to warm up. Already on and warm when you get up.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005J2L9KY/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Revronnie]

Wow that's a lot of good advice. Man this forum always impresses me. Thank all of you for your input. I'll post which route I decide once it's done.

Rev. Ronnie

 

[Jlbc212]

Buy some slippers, heavy socks and or throw rugs for the floor.

 

[DonPowers]

I have a 4 ft electric baseboard heater in the bathroom, with a line voltage analog thermostat and dedicated 220 V circuit. Its only 1,000 watts but it does a great job taking the edge off. It only takes a few minutes to bring the room temperature up to the mid to upper 70s, depending on where you set the thermostat.

A baseboard unit with one of the thermostat recommendations previously posted might be the thing you are looking for.

 

[soj]

Just stay in the bed till summer!

Oh, wait, that is not electrical advice, as requested. Never mind.

But the slippers and rugs mentioned above will be the easiest.
-jp

 

[DC73]

Ronnie,

If you haven't already done it and can get to it, check your insulation levels above this bathroom before you get too involved in the heater project. I had a similar situation. The master bath was too cold on cold winter mornings. My bath had 3 exterior walls. I decided to peak in the attic while deciding what to do and discovered how poorly the area above the master bath was insulated. It was like the hose they used to blow in the insulation wasn't long enough and they just kind of aimed in the general direction of the exterior walls. I had about a 3' wide perimeter around the 3 exterior walls that had zero insulation. Once I added insulation, my problem was solved.

Good luck.

DC