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| Thread ID: 108929 | 2010-04-17 07:53:00 | Eco heaters - anyone tried? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 877493 | 2010-04-17 07:53:00 | Anyone tried a eco heater? They are a flat panel stuck on a wall. I came across this type of heater, I bought one but they allow me to return it. I am a bit skeptical for a 260W or a 400W heater when most heaters are 2,000-2,400 Watts (even for a small bathroom fan heater). I got the small one for my 3x2m room :D Trying to get my heating bills down for this winter. I learnt to do some calculations and found that a 2.5kW heater for 5hrs a day every day can really blow up the power bills and esp when you may have 3 or 4 going in the house. Cheers. Consumer NZ hasn't reviewed them either. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 877494 | 2010-04-17 08:31:00 | I looked at getting one for my hallway area (the larger one) which they say run at around 10 cents per hour. Way too expensive and would work out to $5.60 per week if I ran it for 8 hours per day. Also, they don't give instant heat and take a while to just warm an area. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 877495 | 2010-04-17 08:41:00 | We had some in a house we rented. They worked well at keeping the ambient temperature up a few degrees, but when it got too cold you really needed another source of heat. 10c per hour? That sounds expensive lakewoodlady. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 877496 | 2010-04-17 08:50:00 | There used to be electric storage heaters in the UK which were filled with heatable "bricks". They used cheaper off-peak (like 10pm to 6am) electricity to heat the "bricks" and the stored heat was released slowly during the peak time. You can never get more for your money than the power(wattage) you pay for. Martynz |
martynz (5445) | ||
| 877497 | 2010-04-17 08:55:00 | Yes, will do a test drive. 10c is a lot cheaper than 40c an hour for a 2kW. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 877498 | 2010-04-17 08:56:00 | We were using heaters ... But we went for a gas heater in the end, truckloads cheaper and more efficient! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 877499 | 2010-04-17 09:11:00 | There used to be electric storage heaters in the UK which were filled with heatable "bricks". They used cheaper off-peak (like 10pm to 6am) electricity to heat the "bricks" and the stored heat was released slowly during the peak time. You can never get more for your money than the power(wattage) you pay for. Martynz I read about them, you need a day/night power meter at your place or get them to swap it out. They have a lower rate at offpeak like 11pm - 7am and at day time they release the warm air out but per kW they are still around 7c, depends on how many kW the heater is, if it was a 2kW that would be 14c an hour .. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 877500 | 2010-04-17 09:24:00 | There used to be electric storage heaters in the UK which were filled with heatable "bricks". They used cheaper off-peak (like 10pm to 6am) electricity to heat the "bricks" and the stored heat was released slowly during the peak time. You can never get more for your money than the power(wattage) you pay for. Martynz They are available here at least they used to be, my folks in Blighty have them in the whole house and one of our previous houses here had one in and I have come across others here |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 877501 | 2010-04-17 10:41:00 | They have been here for decades. They are usually called Nitestor heaters. | John H (8) | ||
| 877502 | 2010-04-17 10:46:00 | They have been here for decades. They are usually called Nitestor heaters. Same as everywhere else then |
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