Heating kitchen with oven

ViolaLass

OH and I have been cutting down on the heating a lot. He's now starting heating the kitchen by putting the oven on with the door open in the mornings. (I suspect that psychologically he thinks that because he isn't using the portable heaters, it somehow doesn't count.) When I talked to him about it, he reckons it's just as efficient (in terms of energy) to use either.

Instinctively, I feel this at least might not be true but I can't find anything on the net to help me back it up. The heaters are 240V 900-1100W, if that means anything.

Can anyone help?

wildbri

Hi, ovens usually 2000w so would use twice the electricity as the heaters,
also the heaters probably have a thermostat so will be turning on and off.
The oven thermostat would be on all the time as the door would be open.

It's all right leaving the oven door open after cooking as you have used it to cook, any heat coming out into the kitchen is a bonus.

If he wants to keep warm for free, wear more cloths. regards bri

JimmyTheWig

wildbri wrote: »

Hi, ovens usually 2000w so would use twice the electricity as the heaters

But presumably the OP's OH's point is that it will heat up twice as quickly so only need it on for half the time.
I think it's a question of efficiency. And I don't know the answer. But using the oven strikes me as wrong.

But totally agree about leaving the oven door open after cooking. Also, turn off the central heating when you start cooking. Otherwise the place gets too hot, which is a waste.

KimYeovil

The two of them are as bad as each other. One half uses an oven to heat the kitchen. The other half uses two threads where one thread would seem to be more than adequate.

samtheman1k

wildbri wrote: »

Hi, ovens usually 2000w so would use twice the electricity as the heaters,

and will also produce twice as much heat...

ViolaLass

KimYeovil wrote: »

The two of them are as bad as each other. One half uses an oven to heat the kitchen. The other half uses two threads where one thread would seem to be more than adequate.

I got several error messages while trying to post and as the thread had not appeared in my subscriptions or on the board, I kept assuming it had not gone through and tried again. What should I have done?

OH does dress up warmly, as do I and I don't think I can really add to his layers. I don't object to heating the kitchen per se, I just want to be sure we're doing it the most economical way. Thanks for your points, wildbri, I'll show them to him tonight.

t0rt0ise

ViolaLass wrote: »

I got several error messages while trying to post and as the thread had not appeared in my subscriptions or on the board, I kept assuming it had not gone through and tried again. What should I have done?

What you should have done is to ignore Kim. He / she is a misery.

gas4you

Don't do it.

The oven is a flueless appliance and should NOT be used for heating the kitchen.

Ovens/cookers/hobs give off quite a lot of CO even when working correctly, hence why you must have an opening door/window or a permanent air vent fitted to a kitchen.

Fruit_and_Nut_Case

gas4you wrote: »

Don't do it.

The oven is a flueless appliance and should NOT be used for heating the kitchen.

Ovens/cookers/hobs give off quite a lot of CO even when working correctly, hence why you must have an opening door/window or a permanent air vent fitted to a kitchen.

I think it's an electric oven.

sammyjammy

Fruit_and_Nut_Case wrote: »

I think it's an electric oven.

What makes you think that?

If it is electric thats even worse, it takes longer to heat up than gas and costs way more per KW.................

KimYeovil

t0rt0ise wrote: »

What you should have done is to ignore Kim. He / she is a misery.

Kindly keep the sniping and character assassination to posts that merit it. Pfft.