Vintage space heater aquisition

[kenmore71]

Found this little beauty on Ebay about a week ago. It arrived today. Perfect addition to my 1924 bath (with the addition of a GFCI). I'm guessing the heater itself is from the mid-1930s or 1940s up to about 1948.

 

[tolivac]

We used to have one of those when I was very little!Remembered the glow espcially-and sitting in front of it on those cold days in Denver!

 

[arbilab]

The picture wouldn't look that shiny and defined if it weren't in perfect condition. Congrats, I had a similar GE in the early 60s but it didn't look that good and the element was intermittent.

 

[Unimatic1140]

We found a very similar heater this weekend from the around 1930. I had purchased a little heater at Target for the workbench in the basement the weekend before.

 

[Unimatic1140]

What is amazing is the 1930 heater puts out an incrdible amount of heat, nearly 4 times that of the new modern heater.

So I was curious I took my watt meter and measured both, the modern wimpy one uses 1500 watts, while the vintage one only uses 850 watts!

Needless to say the modern one was returned to Target today. hmmmph.

 

[cfz2882]

awesome pic!

nice find!-love the pic too,with the glowing element nicely reflected.

 

[hydralique]

Love that grille!

It really looks like a little sci-fi sun! From the look of the box the modern heater is a force air unit, while the old heater is radiant heat. Radiant heat is more efficient if you stand in front of the source.

 

[cadman]

Here's a pic of my Airking, found at a sale in amazing condition. It has a hammertone finish paintjob, and a rubber ring all around the bottom so as not to scratch whatever it's sitting on. There's a 3-position switch on the rear, OFF-FAN-HEAT. When switched to heat mode, the fan is slowed to more evenly carry heat from the elements. I haven't investigated whether this is a separate motor winding or a series trick with the element, but it's quite clever and works well! -Cory