Electric Heaters Advice

[Ellie13]

Hi

Looking for some advise I currently only have a log burner in my house for heating and wanting to invest in some electric heaters is there any that anyone can recommend, want something i can ideally set to come on/off and cost efficient?

Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks

 

[SJD]

It takes a certain amount of electricity to generate a certain amount of heat, so in terms of running costs, one electric heater is not going to be much different to another. What you can do to reduce running costs reduce heat wastage, e.g. with double glazing, loft insulation, cavity insulation, etc.

Apart from shopping around for the cheapest electricity supplier, is gas an option? You get more heat energy per £ from gas, compared to electric.

 

[Wilko]

Hi Ellie and Welcome to the Forum.
Electric heating can be quite expensive to run. A lot of folks without access to gas use oil fired heating, but that's quite expensive too. If you're thinking about a few decent sized heaters you will likely need a check of your Electrics and a possible upgrade to the wiring.

 

[Octopus]

Anything you do buy needs both an integrated timer AND thermostat

Heating isn’t cheap ...

 

[sean_ork]

Look at air to air heat pumps, generally offers a CoP of at least 3.

 

[PJElectricalSW]

As above, heat pumps are good if you own the property as you can claim government money. They are expensive though and so electric UFH maybe a better bet than electric rads, you get a nice spread of heat all over the room and a decent output all over rather than intense heat from one heater.

Do some basic heat loss calcs and work out how much heat input you need. Happy to help with this or point you in the right direction.

If you renting and looking for cheap movable heaters then infrared heaters work well when aimed at you.

 

[bigspark17]

Haverland panel heaters i would recomend. Nice looking, easy to install/program. They comply with “lot 20”. Link below

https://haverland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Haverland-Condensed-Brochure-Jan-2018.pdf

 

[Ellie13]

Thank you all for your advise - have got some options to definitely look into now.

 

[sparksfly]

Storage heaters on E7

 

[Deleted account]

One thing to take into account is some manufacturers are telling porkies about there electric heaters saying theirs are more efficient than other makes.
They will blind you with correct science to back this up quoting thermostatic control, oil filled, inductance, radiance. They wil say there specially designed slim fancy shaped rad will circulate heat around room.

Don't be taken in.

Basically 1 kilowatt of electric will produce 1 kilowat of heat.
That's if the heater costs £600 or £60.

Fan assisted heaters do take a little more electric for the motor to blow the air around the room, but that is minimal.

Don't get conned.

 

[Deleted account]

Bigsparks17. Sorry I have to disagree. I've looked at the brochure and it's another company promicing brilliant efficiency and charging way to much.

This is a massive bugbear I have about these companies.

I spoke to a dimplex rep at a trade show last year and he admitted to me it was all a big con. He absolutely agreed with me regarding people being blinded with science.


A regular customers father was aproached by one of these companies and quoted £3500 for 3 rads not including fitting. I was called to quote for fitting and said I could supply and fit equal wattage rads for under £1000.

Luckily the old man hadn't signed anything yet. Needless to say he and his daughter where we'll happy.

 

[chris murphy]

Hi

Looking for some advise I currently only have a log burner in my house for heating and wanting to invest in some electric heaters is there any that anyone can recommend, want something i can ideally set to come on/off and cost efficient?

Any advice would be much appreciated

Thanks

Hello Ellie13,

Dimplex DXC30FTI 3kW Heater + Timer + Turbo Fan - https://www.airconcentre.co.uk/products/Heaters+and+Radiators/Portable+Convector+Heaters/Dimplex+DXC30FTI+3kW+Heater+%2B+Timer+%2B+Turbo+Fan/4264928793

I wonder whether these Dimplex Electric Fan Convector Heaters Model DXC30FTI are suitable for what You want - they are 3KW maximum output [2 heat settings] - `Turbo Fan` - Thermostatically controlled and have a 24 hour manual timer built in so that you can set quite a few On / Off periods but the times would be the same for each day.

N.B: these Heaters are NOT suitable for Bathrooms.

There is a `Manual over-ride` to enable you to either turn the Heater On or Off whenever you like irrespective of the Timer settings.

The average price is probably between £80.00 and £85.00 depending on where they are bought.

They can be freestanding / moveable or wall mounted and just need to be plugged in to an Electrical socket.

I have a couple of the previous model of these - just a slightly different case design - that I bought for a period when I was doing some work at my Home which involved disconnecting my Boiler so I had no Central Heating for a while - they will heat up a 4 metre x 4 metre room quite quickly even on Cold days / nights if positioned centrally and the Thermostatic control does operate well.

I hope that I have attached a PDF of the Installation & Operating Instructions.

I thought that these Heaters might be suitable for your requirements ?

Regards,

Chris

 

[bigspark17]

Bigsparks17. Sorry I have to disagree. I've looked at the brochure and it's another company promicing brilliant efficiency and charging way to much.

This is a massive bugbear I have about these companies.

I spoke to a dimplex rep at a trade show last year and he admitted to me it was all a big con. He absolutely agreed with me regarding people being blinded with science.


A regular customers father was aproached by one of these companies and quoted £3500 for 3 rads not including fitting. I was called to quote for fitting and said I could supply and fit equal wattage rads for under £1000.

Luckily the old man hadn't signed anything yet. Needless to say he and his daughter where we'll happy.

So what heaters did you fit?

 

[chris murphy]

Hello again Ellie13,

Further to my previous message above this here is what seems to be the latest model / the `40 Series` of the Dimplex Fanned Convector Heater with the same facilities / specification regarding Thermostatic control - 2 Heat settings [3kKW max] - 24 Hour Timer etc. showing on the Dimplex website:

40 Series 3kW Convector heater with Turbo Fan and Timer | Dimplex - https://www.dimplex.co.uk/product/40-series-3kw-convector-heater-turbo-fan-and-timer

This has a Digital Timer - the other model that I posted the link to in my previous message had a `Manual Timer` which has a segmented 24 hour circular timeswitch that you have to push in segments to set time periods - as shown in the PDF of the Operating Instructions etc. that I attached.

Both models of Dimplex Heaters have a `Thermal Cut Out` facility to protect from overheating.

This new model of Heater is NOT wall mountable.

It is NOT suitable for use in a Bathroom.

I have attached the Installation and Operating Instructions.

Regards,

Chris

 

[Ellie13]

Hello again Ellie13,

Further to my previous message above this here is what seems to be the latest model / the `40 Series` of the Dimplex Fanned Convector Heater with the same facilities / specification regarding Thermostatic control - 2 Heat settings [3kKW max] - 24 Hour Timer etc. showing on the Dimplex website:

40 Series 3kW Convector heater with Turbo Fan and Timer | Dimplex - https://www.dimplex.co.uk/product/40-series-3kw-convector-heater-turbo-fan-and-timer

This has a Digital Timer - the other model that I posted the link to in my previous message had a `Manual Timer` which has a segmented 24 hour circular timeswitch that you have to push in segments to set time periods - as shown in the PDF of the Operating Instructions etc. that I attached.

Both models of Dimplex Heaters have a `Thermal Cut Out` facility to protect from overheating.

This new model of Heater is NOT wall mountable.

It is NOT suitable for use in a Bathroom.

I have attached the Installation and Operating Instructions.

Regards,

Chris

Hi Chris

Thank you for this I will have a look and see, I normally use my log burner to heat the house but want something that I can use on the nights I get home that it is to late to do this - these seem like they might be the right type of thing.

Thank you for your help

Ellie