Electric Radiators
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What do we think of what ?
Wheres the link ?
Wheres the link ?
why do you want to replace storage heaters with panel heaters that will be 3 x more expensive to run?
something like say this?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/600W-Elec...rden_GardenFurnitureR2_SM&hash=item4ac0562744
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/600W-Elec...rden_GardenFurnitureR2_SM&hash=item4ac0562744
All heaters in theory will supply heat as per their kwh rating. So a storage heater, or an oil filled radiator, or even a hair drier, will supply a kwh of heat for a kwh (1 unit) of electricity used. The difference is what it does with that heat.
Storage heaters are basically a box of bricks heated by a big heating element (like you would see inside a kettle). When they're "charging" overnight some of the heat goes into the room but some of the heat makes the bricks hot. Bricks take ages to cool down so for the rest of the day the heat comes from the bricks releasing their heat into the room slowly.
Convector heaters only put heat into a room in one blast. So when it's on you get heat, but within a couple of minutes of being off there's no heat left.
Oil filled radiators heat oil, a bit ilke storage heaters do with bricks. Once the oil is hot it doesn't take much to keep it hot, so it takes less electricity to give off a constant heat.
Obviously there are thermostats etc fitted to each type of heater making the actual heating element switch on/off as necessary but the theory is that heating something which then gives off the heat it has stored is more efficient than only heating the air.
Also bear in mind you should have some sort of white meter tarriff which gives you cheap electricity during the night to "charge" your storage heaters. You'll also have found tho, that there's no heat left in them in the evenings when you actually need it.
Storage heaters are basically a box of bricks heated by a big heating element (like you would see inside a kettle). When they're "charging" overnight some of the heat goes into the room but some of the heat makes the bricks hot. Bricks take ages to cool down so for the rest of the day the heat comes from the bricks releasing their heat into the room slowly.
Convector heaters only put heat into a room in one blast. So when it's on you get heat, but within a couple of minutes of being off there's no heat left.
Oil filled radiators heat oil, a bit ilke storage heaters do with bricks. Once the oil is hot it doesn't take much to keep it hot, so it takes less electricity to give off a constant heat.
Obviously there are thermostats etc fitted to each type of heater making the actual heating element switch on/off as necessary but the theory is that heating something which then gives off the heat it has stored is more efficient than only heating the air.
Also bear in mind you should have some sort of white meter tarriff which gives you cheap electricity during the night to "charge" your storage heaters. You'll also have found tho, that there's no heat left in them in the evenings when you actually need it.
all electric radiators are as efficiant as each other with only power going to lights fans or pumps detracting from the heat output
storage radiators will never transfer 100% heat to where you want it when you want it as there will be odd occasions where you charge them up when not needed but would expect around 95% efficiency
you need to look at your bill and look at the off peak unit costs and the peak unit costs
theres a fair chance your heating bill will increase 3 or 4 times for the same level off heating
but as i say thats all dependent on the differential
storage radiators will never transfer 100% heat to where you want it when you want it as there will be odd occasions where you charge them up when not needed but would expect around 95% efficiency
you need to look at your bill and look at the off peak unit costs and the peak unit costs
theres a fair chance your heating bill will increase 3 or 4 times for the same level off heating
but as i say thats all dependent on the differential
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