Review of Heater Classic 110-Volt Dog House Heater (Heater Only)

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I got this heater for a dog house that is used by some feral cats I care for. I was a little disappointed in it because, due to the location of the air flow vents (on the sides of the heater box), it cannot be mounted with the base on the floor. It must be mounted with the base on the wall. This makes it stick out into the open area where the cats would lay, and takes up space inside the dog house. So, I got out the power tools and mounted it vertically on a couple rails that I installed diagonally across a rear corner of the dog/cat house, about three inches above the floor. Thus, the heater is essentially suspended in air, and does not touch the house. Then to compensate for the loss of floor space, I put in a wide shelf for them to lay on. I also added a screen between the heater and the living space, put in some fireproof insulation to the sides and ceiling, and calked seams and cracks in the sides of the the structure.

Winter is coming, and we have had snow already. Night time temps are in the thirties, and have dropped into the upper teens a couple times. The cats have been warm and cozy in their heated house.

Note: If you don't want to mount the heater on the wall (or in a corner) and put in on the floor, you'll want to cut some vents in the top door of the heater box to allow air to flow through the heater. I probably could have saved myself a little work (and aggravation), if I had done that, but didn't want to mess with the heater's structural integrity.

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The unit I received did not have what I would call a "replaceable" heating element (certainly not by the user in my opinion). There was no specific/definite information about the actual heating element used inside the steel box (either on the Amazon product page or the Akoma manufacturers website)no picture or anything (except for the stated 90 watt rating and a strangely misleading reference to a "Bulb Wattage 100 watt"). The "Bulb Wattage" reference and the fact that elsewhere on their website they did offer a replacement standard screw-in type ceramic heating element (that seemingly works in a standard light bulb lampholder) led me to think that the unit I ordered would contain the same type of screw-in heating element. Instead, what I found inside was a hard-wired open-coil resistance wire heating element that is connected and situated in such a way that, in my opinion, the unit would most certainly have to be returned to the manufacturer if the heating element ever needed to be replaced.

For the price I also expected an armored or chew-resistant power cord which it did not have.

Also, just FYI, the outside of the box gets really HOT!

Still, it does actually seem to perform as advertised and provides much heat. It's just not completely what I expected according to the descriptions provided.

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Excellent product, I would recommend the one with a thermostat. Easy to install and you can buy a thermometer-cube to operate it.

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this would be great for small dog box i guess. I think it needs a fan and a thermastat, and the fact that it does not have these should be stated in the info ,also needs better way to mount, is hard to move arround in tiny dog box trying to screw this thing in place.