Works well, housing a bit tall for some cabinets
I was looking for something to take the chill out of the bathroom with more wattage than an infrared heat bulb, and this low profile unit appeared to be less of a remodel than similar wall units. I was able to cut a hole in the kick panel under existing bathroom cabinets and wire it to a timer, and it definitely warms up the room. I wired it on a dedicated 220V circuit but it has a jumper if you need to convert it to 110V. My only complaint is that the height of the housing was a couple of millimeters taller than the gap from the floor to the bottom of my cabinet face. This meant I had to notch out the width of the housing from the bottom edge of the cabinet face, fortunately this could be done under a drawer so the drawer face conceals the cut edge. The horizontal overhang of most cabinet faces may also exceed the recommended maximum - so far this has not presented any problems for me when running on a timer, but continuous duty might be a problem for heat sensitive finishes on...
Great heater when it works
I have had the Broan kickspace heater for 4 years and have had to replace the two heater elements three times. Luckily, I have expertise in electricty and repaired it myself. On the other hand, the elements have increased in price to the point that the next time the elements need replacing, I will search for another brand.
Great invisible heater!
I bought three of these for my condo remodel and am very pleased. Wired the two bathroom heaters at 750 watts and the one for the kitchen at 1500 watts -- all to timers. The units heat quickly and are totally invisible.
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