DR-PS11524 Salamander Construction 15000-Watt, Single Phase, 240-Volt Portable Fan Forced Electric Heater

Hey everyone . This heater is equivalent of a 50000 btu heater . It will be good for an insulated area . I use it to heat my daughters house about 1800 sf. For 2 months 24 hrs a day . No fuel , no smell , less work . Please note, electric heaters have big fans to keep the heating coil cool . So the heat you will feel will not be hot but wait a half hour and the room will be noticeably warmer . I love this heater and would recommend it to everyone . Remember this is not and outdoor construction heater where you have huge heat loses . It is better suited for enclosed areas that have to heated without huge doors and massive heat loss .

These heaters are unreliable junk. Dr. Heater makes you jump through hoops to resolve any issue and then want photos and other information to support the sending of replacement parts. They send a video that doesn’t demonstrate the actual repair or assist with diagnosis of problems. The internals are situated in the housing like a German vehicle - accessing screws and parts is impossible unless you’re prepared to entirely disassemble the thing. Then, when you do, you’ve breached the warranty. We purchased 6 of these and have had issues with all of them. We would not have ordered this one if I had known about it in advance of the order. We now have $4k in useless heaters that cost us more to diagnose and repair than they are worth. When you call them, you will not speak with technical support because Tech Support is in China. This is purely a sales organization building unreliable knock-offs of well known products. Don’t wast your time trying to repair in the field.

I was hesitant to buy this because there weren't a lot of reviews on it when I got it but it worked great. We were heating a 3200 sq ft house during February in North Idaho so we could mud and tape the drywall and it kept it around 60 degrees while it was turned up about halfway. There isn't a temperature setting. Just a low to high dial so I don't know what temperature it was supposed to be set to but it stayed around 60 in there. We had the walls insulated but not the ceiling and it still kept it warm. If you are heating an un-insulated space this probably wouldn't work. I had this wired directly to the circuit panel and before we insulated and dry-walled you couldn't really tell it was on except that the fan was running. BTW the fan always runs but heat doesn't always come out so if you stand in front of it you might just feel air blowing. And it doesn't put out heat the way a kerosene heater or forced air furnace does. It blows out heat that at best I would say feels warm, not hot. But if it's running in your building long enough to warm the place up it will keep it warm. The only downside to this heater is the cost to run it. The electric bill for one month of this heater running was $400 higher than the previous month. But we were heating a large space and it was only a temporary heat source that is safe to run without ventilation. I would buy again but only for temporary construction heating. Not as a permanent main heat source.

Easy to assemble, wiring was more challenging, the grounding screw is small. You definitely need a 80 amp circuit breaker, it will trip a 50 right off and good wiring sold separately. Also you need the proper recepticle for the plug. If you have skills this is pretty easy, you don't need an electrician. Puts out some heat, see video and warmed an 885 sq home in no time.

Quite, and smooth running except when heater contact closes, then again when it opens. Putting out 86 degree air at about 1/3 open on thermostat. Update: DR Heater has not returned my email about the contact switch arcing , and I saw iwas on BO on their parts supply. Today they said they would ship me the part.,we’ll see Got a new contact, did not fix. Gonna call again sent email, no response about contact noise and arcingThey sent a part, I changed it out, same arcing. Now the company won’t email me back at all. I do not recommend to anyone

I am writing to share the details of a great purchase. We bought this unit to provide an alternate heat source( while the gas line was being relocated) for a church building of about 2500 Square feet. The product was nice a quiet and did not cause a distraction from the worship services. It looks like something that belongs in a warehouse, but the quality build made up for that. The only thing that I would change would be the color. Black would have been easier on the eyes, but really that wasn't a big deal. Make sure that you have a professional electrician do the installation. This is not something that can be safely self-installed. Make sure that you have enough power to run this, it does pull a lot of juice.

I bought this as a poor man's load bank for a generator set. I have a 40KW diesel generator that I use to power live audio and lighting. The electrical demands of the audio and lighting gear aren't enough to get the exhaust temperature up high enough to keep the DPF clean. Enter a 15KW heater. This gives me enough load for the generator to notice, and get the exhaust temperature up high enough to regenerate the DPF. It does what I need it to do.

Doesn’t include a cord Puts mostly cold air out Will require 80amp breaker Looking to return