Posted 1st Dec
Go on fellows HUKD'ers, get us a 1000c degrees
Cheapest 9 fin 2KW you will find online or instore.
Good discussion in the comments section, see below...
Cheapest 9 fin 2KW you will find online or instore.
- Adjustable thermostat
- 3 Power Settings
- 9 Fins
- Thermal cut off
- Overheat protection
- Cord storage for cable housing
Good discussion in the comments section, see below...
Oil take your word for it...
Oil take your word for it...
Damn, feel for you guys. They've got over 2000 in stock, let your folks know.
They are normally very short. Dont know about this one specificly however.
I'd guess 1.5m max, more likely to be 1m.
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How efficient is this?
How does it compare to IR/convection/fan?
I use fifteen of these to heat my home because it's much cheaper than central heating.
Top work, hot deal!
Do these eat electricity? Used a few before but never paid much heat to them?
Nope, the whole idea is the oil is heated up and heat maintained this way. It turns off at intervals and let's the heated oil keep the room warm just so.
Depends what you are using it for, gas heating is cheaper but electric cheaper if you just want to heat a small area.
About 2000W when heating. What do you mean? A 2000W radiator will put out 2000W heat.
CPC package well, not like Quidco etc. Should be okay.
Would be white really.
Oh really, care to elaborate please?
Infra red is most efficient i think, but it doesn't heat up the room properly, it heats up the objects in the room.
Like Tottenham Hotspur. It works but don't expect it to win any awards.
Haha Spurs fan here and I agree!
this one for some extra heat?
Heat output from radiators is typically measured in BTUs. 1 watt is approximately 3.4 BTU. At maximum output it's going to generate about 6800 BTU/hour of heat. As a guide you probably need around 5000 BTUs to heat a medium sized room of 12ftx12ft. And no electric heaters are not cheap to run but an electric radiator would probably be more cost effective than a fan heater or convector. If you need supplementary heat they are a solution.
If electric wasnt so expensive all homes would use it for heating as it's far more efficient but the lower cost of gas offsets this.
Or have I ballsd up my maths...
Poor heat radiation output
No you're right and the unit cost maybe even higher than 12.5p. So it's never going to be cheaper than gas. Just think about it, that's just one room. Imagine heating a whole house with electric.
Anyone unsure should read this thisismoney.co.uk/mon…tml
Does stop itself when reached a heat point & auto start, so not running electric full time.
Must cost an absolute fortune. How did that other member say they use 15 of these heaters around the house instead of gas?! That would beat least £30 a day for 8 hours of heating....so £900 a month electric bills
It's absurdly expensive. We live in a badly insulated flat fitted with "Rointe" heaters, which are backed up by pseudo-scientific nonsense to claim they're somehow more efficient than other electric heaters...which means the landlord can inflate the EPC rating.
Just having the two 1.4kW bedroom heaters on overnight costs around £2.50 -- and on cold days, as the thermostat is on the heater itself, they never actually heat the room adequately.
Yep, I'm always a bit baffled when people ask how efficient an electric heater is... It's... almost 100% efficient. If it wasn't the energy would be turned into something else such as light or motion. Introducing a fan might distribute the heat more evenly but "Ye cannae change the laws of physics" (sorry ).