Oil Filled or convector heater?

1jim

Hi I have a conservatory that is very cold in winter, we have just started to use it as the dining room but cant eat our breakfast in there because its too cold, it has a small central heating radiator on one wall, I am considering putting an electrical heater on the main wall as this would be cheaper than having the radiator moved and enlarged.....
anyway
which would you choose, an oil filled panel heater or a thin designed convector heater, both cost around the same, both have timers so would be ideal for heating the room up before we get up but am not sure which is more efficient/which will heat up the room better

thanks in advance
jim

ozskin

depending on the flooring first bet would be put a bigger rad on. much lower running costs. Ideally look to put in wet underfloor heating though this may cost upwards of 1000, but this would be the best solution. your convectors or oils may be seriously underpowered to do the job and have high running costs. Having heated my small house on oils before central heating put in it was costing upwards of 400 a month in electric. also look at split aircon/heating units. may have recently come accross a well priced one. PM me if you want the details

ysabell

A fan assisted convector would be the quickest to warm the conservatory. If the conservatory is not double glazed then you're just wasting your time.
Oil filled radiators are good for background heating. I used to have in my shop. Very safe.

Lord_Gardener

Fan ideal for a quick warm up but oil (which we use) holds the heat and less noisy!

Karmanaut

Jim, what you want is a heater which will put out the most heat using the least amount of power (a 2000w heater uses twice as much electricty as a 1000w heater).

The most economical are Halogen heaters. A three bar (400/800/1200 watt) halogen heater shouldn't set you back more than £15, and uses about 1 unit per hour (the same as white meter storage heaters).

All the Best,

Alan.