Another Heater Question...

[waligators]

I posted earlier in the week about forced air vs vented wall mount. I've decide I am going to get rid of my Atwood 16,000 btu forced air furnace in my house and go with a Empire 18,000 btu wall mount. My house is a mid 2000's castle. One question I've got is which model should i go with?? A Empire heater with a wall thermostat, or a Empire with the control knob on top of the unit itself? The big m store carries the unit with the knob on top for heat control (link posted below), and the price seems pretty good on it also. On the other hand i already have a thermostat wired up in my house, and could run the wires to the new unit pretty easily. Only problem is I cant find a price online for a 18,000btu Empire that requires a wall thermostat. I'm guessing it would cost more for the wall thermostat unit? And does Atwood make vented wall mount heaters? Or just forced air? Lets hear some advice guys! I want this to be a one time buy and install!

http://www.menards.com/main/heating-cool...4981-c-6868.htm

[Hawg]

No reason to take the old one out, keep it. Use both to heat your house in a heartbeat. Thermostats are cheap and I think all Empires can be hooked to one. Remember if you get a wall mount and add the fan kit, you will still have fan noise so I put a rheostat on mine to keep it just fast enough to get the heat off the unit and still it's super quiet. Put in a ceiling fan for $59 at Menards and you have the best system out there.

[Hoey]

I recommend the wall mounted t-stat since you can more easily control the temperature, vs the integral control knob that controls hotter or colder, more relative.

[waligators]

Can all Empire heater be hooked to a wall thermostat? Even the ones with the heat control knob on top of the unit? It's not that big of a deal to me if i have to control the heat with the knob on top of the unit, but since i already have a thermostat and wiring in my house it would be kind of nice if this particular heater can be hooked to a t-stat.

[JakeJ_Mn]

Empire DV 215 - comes with a wall thermostat. They work well. I also would leave the furnace for backup.

[waligators]

my house is a 7x14, is 15,000btu enough? id rather overkill and get a 18,000btu i would think, I'm only going to have a computer fan or two to circulate the air

[harvey lee]

If you are interested in selling you 16,000 Atwwod heater, shoot me an e-mail as I may be interested.

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[JakeJ_Mn]

My current house is 8x20 and heats well with the Empire DV 215. I move the air around with 2 ceiling fans.

[waligators]

My current house is 8x20 and heats well with the Empire DV 215. I move the air around with 2 ceiling fans.

With the DV 215 does the heat come out only on the top of the heater or does it come out through the whole front panel?

[pikechaser]

The unit with the knob on top, can not be hooked to a t-stat..If would need a different style gas valve. with any heater like this your going to get a lot of your heat out the top as heat naturally rise's. you can however get a blower on these units, that would improve that.

[JakeJ_Mn]

Most of the heat rises from the top, but there is heat radiating from the front. I have bunks directly across from the heater and you can feel the heat roughly 6 feet away.

[waligators]

well with a lot of online research and contacting a few of my buddies who have wall mounted heaters and a few buddies who have forced air, i'm going to stick with my forced air. the big issue with a wall mount is you need fans in the house to get air moving around. i think the main thing that turned me away from forced air right away is using a battery but, the battery im using is a a couple years old and is just a cranking battery, not a deep cell, and i still get about 6-8 hours of power out of it on a full charge. so what is the best deep cell battery a guy should buy for a heater? going to have to update my fleet before next year!