Halogen Heaters

Swan_2

can anyone give me any information about these?

I've just moved to a flat that won't have central heating till next summer at the earliest & am looking for a quick & cheap way to keep us warm in the bedrooms & kitchen

I'm currently unemployed so can't afford to waste my money on a bad buy

any help/info would be appreciated

squiggles

sorry im not much help but im sure these heaters eat your electric.

black-saturn

Buy one of those Halogen Heaters and try to confine yourself to one room at a time. So whatever room you are in take the heater with you and keep the door shut. Block up any drafts or cracks in windows. It will be considerably more expensive than central heating but you can keep the costs down if you think about it. Make the most of the thermal socks, vests, jumpers and hot water bottles.

Swan_2

thanks for that, all good advice black-saturn

I'm in the house alone just now & don't have any heating on & am wearing 2 pairs of socks & a fleecy dressing gown over my clothes. I'll have to give in and turn on a heater & smarten myself up a bit later when my son comes home, or he'll be thinking I've got housecoat syndrome

alared

Swan forget about those halogen heaters this is what you need.
http://www.ryness.co.uk/productslist.aspx?CategoryID=340

Swan_2

alared wrote:

Swan forget about those halogen heaters this is what you need.
http://www.ryness.co.uk/productslist.aspx?CategoryID=340

I remember those! didn't think you still got them

I always thought they were very expensive to run though?

jockettuk

i had the energy people out to give me some advice and he advised me to get a convector heater. cheaper to run and last longer and i dont need it on that long till the room heats up.. get one with a thermostat then will turn itself on and off when it gets to the right temp..

alared

Swan wrote:

I remember those! didn't think you still got them

I always thought they were very expensive to run though?

They`re 1.8 kw total for both bars
1kw uses 1unit of electricity an hour =7p

black-saturn

Those Halogen heaters are less than that though arn't they?

Swan_2

you seem to get the Halogen in 1200 & 1800 w versions. you can run the 1200 0ne at 400, 800 & 1200, & the 1800 one at 900, 1350 & 1800

what I'd been thinking was ... I've been given a couple of those oil-filled radiators & planned to use them for general background heat, & use a radiant heater of some sort when it gets really cold & we need more heat in a particular room. I definitely don't plan to be heating the whole house, only as & when needed

a friend told me the Halogen heaters utilise the energy more efficiently & are cheaper to run than standard radiant heaters, ie they output more heat per Kw of electricity consumed

just wondered if anyone knows if this is true?

Edinburghlass_2

I tend to think that if you can see heat you instantly feel warmer

I have a halogen heater but don't use it too often as I find that the cheapo convecter heater that I had to buy a year or so ago when without any other form of heating does the job much quicker.

My local Lidl still had some convector heaters from last week at £19.99 complete with remote control, thermostat and timer which I thought a pretty good buy.

However, I am still not answering the OP's question either as I have no idea how much any of these cost to run