[JustSomeGuy]

Esbar rates their heaters for 5000 hours life......that's NOT long at all (7 total months of none stop usage).

Scary...

 

[Blur Rider]

Esbar rates their heaters for 5000 hours life......that's NOT long at all (7 total months of none stop usage).

Scary...

Why scary? For the average user I bet that is about 10 years use. I use a Propex heater and it’s the only device using propane so pretty easy to get a decent number use hours based on propane fills. In 3 years use it works out to be almost 2000 hours of run time based on Propex’s published fuel consumption rate.

 

[gregoryx]

FWIW... just short of 2300 hours on the Espar in our 2020. So... that'd work out to @Blur Rider's 10 years estimate. I'd guess typical usage is probably a LOT less. Granted, we have years with more usage than others; but I tend to have a few weeks each year that it's on 24/7 - though it cycles, of course.

I assume I'm going to need to rebuild it soon-ish. Should probably order the rebuild kit...