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Yes they are stupidly expensive. I use an oil filled myself which appears to be much more efficient
Still thought i'd post this as ive never seen a 2kw one for under a fiver but totally agree - only buy electric heater if you know how expensive it will be in the long run
2KW fan heater costs about 18p an hour to run, if i remember rightly?
So a 2KW oil filled will cost the same, only it will take a lot longer to get warm.
2KW fan heater costs about 18p an hour to run, if i remember rightly?
So a 2KW oil filled will cost the same, only it will take a lot longer to get warm.
Will be more like 25p an hour based on unit prices I've found recently. Which would equate to £90/year @ 1 hour each day. Not a cheap way to heat your house!!
Very noisy, though. (It's a few years old, but the exact same model.) :/
A radiant halogen heater is still about a third of the cost of a fan heater - you could have that on a 400w setting for the same time as this and provide the same heating effect. :3
I used B&Q's film insulation (not exactly cling film) last year and its quite effective, its a 2 man job to put it on the window but kept the drafts down. I was thinking of getting it again this year.
I used B&Q's film insulation (not exactly cling film) last year and its quite effective, its a 2 man job to put it on the window but kept the drafts down. I was thinking of getting it again this year.
thanks :)
i cant find a cling film roll wide enough to cover the window in one pass. I know the idea is to create a tight seal but do you reckon 2 i could use to sheets taught and then tape in the middle and further taught (using hair dryer)...?
wonder if that would work...
I wouldn't say it's a two man job - I did all the windows (including the two large sash windows) by myself. My method is to expose a little of the double sided sticky tape in the centre of each side of the window, so you end up with a couple of inches of exposed sticky tape at the N, S, E & W compass points. Then you stick the film to the N point, stretch it down to the S point, then E and W. Now the film is held in place you can expose the rest of the sticky tape and finish attaching the film one corner at a time, keeping the film well stretched. It should already be pretty well stretched if you use this method, so you won't need to heat it a lot with the hairdryer.
Are you seriously going to use cling film? I really can't see that working, and even if it does I can't see it looking very good. I'd shell out a little bit more for something that's actually designed for the job.
On the clingfilm debate, which is perhaps off-topic, I have full upvc triple glazing in my house and its brilliant. Cost barely more than double glazing, too.
How can 400w be the same as a 2kw heat source?
Sorry to shout, but they don't seem to teach physics in school nowadays.