Low running costs - 2p an hour heater

mooch1uk

Hi all,

I want to buy a heater for my conservatory for over the winter to take the chill off the room. Someone has recommended the Dimplex 400w - just looking for some feedback or if anyone has got any other recommendations.

Thanks

Swipe

I'd wager that a 400w heater isn't going to provide anywhere near enough output to heat even the smallest sized conservatory on the mildest winter's day, let alone in a cold spell such as now. You should be looking at around 1KW IMO but will cost 10p / hr to run

Swipe

To provide a decent level of heat you will probably need a 2KW heater.

macman

All electric heaters cost exactly the same to run for the same rating, so the make you choose will be irrelevant.
Any 400W heater that is full on for 1 hour will use 0.4kWh, so that will cost you around 4p per hour at 10p per unit.
2p per hour would only be a 200W heater-i.e. 2 x100W lightbulbs, which is hardly going to keep the chill off anything.

Pincher

So you might as well switch on the lights,
using non-energy saving light-bulbs.
4x100W gives you 400Ws.

suki1964

Pincher wrote: »

So you might as well switch on the lights,
using non-energy saving light-bulbs.
4x100W gives you 400Ws.

Or light a load of candles

HappyMJ

A 400w heater will keep a room the size of a toilet warm. I think your room is a bit bigger than that. You will need a 2kw heater to get the room up to the right temperature then 1kw will maintain the temperature. I'm assuming a relatively small conservatory 3*3 fully glazed.

The marketing of the product also must be assuming your electric rate is only 5p per hour. There are no rates that low any more. The average rate is around 10p per hour so it will cost 4p for 400W. 10p/hour for 1kw.