Radiant cove heaters
Heat from high on the wall in any room you need it
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Cove heaters attach to your walls about four inches below the ceiling, allowing you to place furniture where you want to. And cove heaters are safe because they're mounted out of harm's way for pets or small children and out of contact with bedspreads and drapes. |
Cove heating units provide you with zone control, which means you can independently control the temperature in each room. This allows you to keep heat settings low in seldom-used rooms and higher in those used more frequently. It also is nice for family members who prefer varying heat settings.
Applications
- Can be installed to heat one room, a whole house, or as supplemental heat.
- Are perfect for renovation or new construction projects.
- Can include zone control to permit temperature variations by room and to save energy.
- Are ideal for kitchen, bath, and family rooms where supplemental heat could eliminate chilly spots or for rooms that your whole house system doesn't reach.
Benefits
- Heat fast. Occupants feel warmer without waiting for the whole room to heat up.
- Mount high on the wall so furniture, drapes, and bedspreads don't impede heat flow.
- Are safe because they don't contact the fabric of drapes or bedspreads and keep electrical equipment out of reach of children.
- Warm people and objects directly because heat flows in sun-like rays.
- Make objects and people feel warmer than with convective heat.
Features
- Can be ordered in custom colors from some manufacturers.
- Offer varying sizes to fit rooms. Units are available from 3 feet to 12 feet wide.
- Are easy to install.
- Require 240-volt, single-phase power.
- Use 150 watts per linear foot.
Estimating your cost of operation
Cost of operation is based on the number of watts of heat in the room and hours of operation per month. Multiply the kilowatt-hours used per month by the cost per kilowatt-hour of electricity you pay.
Example: Assuming a 10 X 18 foot room: 180 square feet X 10 = 1800 watts heat.
Operating 6 hours per day for 30 days per month = 324 kilowatt-hours per month. If you pay .0535 cents per kilowatt-hour, your cost of operation would be $17.36 each month.
How radiant cove heat works with our electric service rates
Radiant cove heat can be applied to general service electric rates, or if qualified, may be installed as part of a dual fuel, deferred load, or RDC system.
If installed under one of our off-peak rates, you may incur additional costs for meter socket, wiring, and/or an RDC unit. For small installations of one or two rooms, our general service rate may be the most cost effective rate to consider and will provide the most flexible use of the system.
Rates mentioned in web material subject to change On October 1, 2007, Otter Tail Power Company submitted a proposal to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to increase base rates for electric service in Minnesota for the first time since 1986. On November 27, 2007, the MPUC approved our request to increase rates by approximately 5.4 percent—over what customers paid in 2006, including the cost-of-energy adjustment—on an interim, or temporary, basis beginning November 30, 2007. The proposed interim rate increase will remain in effect until the MPUC decides the case in August 2008. Information reported on this web site does not reflect interim or final rate increases. We will update all rate information after the MPUC makes its final decision. |
