Heater with auto shut off for a nursery

lilian1977

macman wrote: »

Yes you can, because a lot of fan heaters can be bought with a thermostat. Though of course it wil be noisier when running.
Oil filled is not more efficient-all electric heaters are the same efficiency and (if the same rating) will cost the same to run.

That's my point, I don't want a fan heater in a nursery because of the noise, although there are studies to show that white noise can help a baby settle. I'd rather not though. I'm also sold on the oil filled as the element isn't exposed and it therefore seems safer to me.

The oil filled ones stay warm for longer don't they? So they hold their heat longer once they've turned themselves off, and therefore use less electricity as they're not having to turn back on as often as electric which might cool down faster?

I don't know - it's all new to me

macman

The oil-filled one retain their heat longer which means yes, they take longer to cool down. But of course that means that they take longer to release their heat (or longer to warm up, if you prefer) in the first place. To raise the temp of a room by a given amount will require exactly the same amount of electricity, regardless of the heater.
As said before-all electric heaters are 100% efficient and therefore will cost exactly the same to run if of the same rating.

lilian1977

Thanks - that's helpful x

Owain_Moneysaver

An electric oil filled radiator (or any central heating radiator) can still have a surface temperature high enough to harm a baby or small child.

They're also quite heavy if they're pulled over. Some models (but not usually the cheap ones) can be wall mounted.

The safest will probably be a wall-mounted high level fan heater.

daveyjp

Owain - read the first post - the heater is for overnight when no one will be there.

I don't advise leaving a fan heater unattended as they have an element which gets very hot, same as a convector heater. It only needs someone to leave something combustible close to it when it's not on, room not checked, heater comes on and you have an inferno.

Fire risk assessments generally advise against fan and convector heaters due to the danger of them being left on when unattended - check insurance policies too as these can contain similar advice.

Oil filled radiators are sealed and won't set fire to anything left close to them.

macman

It's not necessary anyway to leave heating on overnight in a nursery, I believe some paediatricians advise against it.

lilian1977

It is if you know the temperature of my house in the country. Advice is to keep the nursery between 16-18 degrees - when I went in last night at about 10pm it was 10 degrees in there and that's in November...