Please help!!

lbiddington

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Hi,

this'll give you an idea how your meter works, you'rs might be different, but same principle.

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]If you look at the small rectangular window in the middle, the three numbers at the bottom count the coins inserted, so should advance 1 with each coin inserted.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The little pointer at the top indicates whether you are on A or B rate, this one is on B rate.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]On the second picture, where it says 'set at', it is set at 5.6 units per per coin on the B rate, so nearly 18p per unit.[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The pointer on the little dial should move with each coin inserted.[/FONT]

That is exactly my meter! Thank you!!

And yours is also set at the same rate at mine. Have you check with your landlord to see if this is the correct rate?

My dial will only move once I put £2-£3 in, I thought this was because I have so much on that it needs that bit extra to come on. Does yours do this too?

chris1973

then it's a good heater.

All electric heaters are 100% efficient, whether its an ugly £9 one from Argos or a £10,000 one from an energy saving radiator company, so how do you define 'good' ?

lbiddington

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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]If you look at the small rectangular window in the middle, the three numbers at the bottom count the coins inserted, so should advance 1 with each coin inserted.[/FONT]

Can I reset this to start counting the amount I am using from the beginning?

sniggings

chris1973 wrote: »

All electric heaters are 100% efficient, whether its an ugly £9 one from Argos or a £10,000 one from an energy saving radiator company, so how do you define 'good' ?

good in that is does the job you want it to do, i.e heat the room till you are happy, the OP said they were happy with the heater when it was on, so therefore it is heating the room enough for the Op, therefore it is a good heater, when it is off, you can not blame the heater because the room is crap at retaining the heat, that the heater put into the room.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

lbiddington wrote: »

That is exactly my meter! Thank you!!

And yours is also set at the same rate at mine. Have you check with your landlord to see if this is the correct rate?

My dial will only move once I put £2-£3 in, I thought this was because I have so much on that it needs that bit extra to come on. Does yours do this too?

I don't have a coin meter, pay DD, only posted pics to explain things to you.

The pointer in the small window should move 5.6 units on inside dial (red) with each coin you put in, letting you know how much credit you have, but will lock when you get near the red quarter.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

lbiddington wrote: »

Can I reset this to start counting the amount I am using from the beginning?

no you can't reset it, you could take a note of number now and again, but then you already know how much you are putting in.

It could be that some of your coins aren't registering, if pointr doesn't move.

misterbarlow

define good.....

all very well saying 1.5kw is 1.5kw etc, thats just an output figure, just means left on for an hour constant it will use 1.5kwh
but how they disperse that heat around a large room can vary...

put a 1.5kw fan blower, a 1.5kw convector and a 1.5kw oil filled all in the exact same size room and they will probably all operate differently and stay on for different lengths of time due to how each outputs the heat into the room and affects the ambient temperature....

one might run the full hour constant, another might turn on & off several times??

Herongull

lbiddington wrote: »

So I'm hoping that if I get 2kw one with a thermastat, I can keep it on all night and the room will remain warm.

The heating should definitely be off at night once you go to bed. It is crazy to have heating on while you are sleeping, especially if you have expensive heating and poor insulation.

Get a warm 13.5 tog duvet and a couple of hot water bottles and you will be toasty warm at night.

Consider wearing a sub-zero rated sleeping bag when you are sitting down watching telly or whatever.

And try to move as soon as you can.

HappyMJ

sniggings wrote: »

the only trouble with oil filled is they are slow to heat up and the oil can give off a smell some people don't like, they do oil free too
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I would hope they didn't smell. The oil is sealed inside. If you can smell them then there may be a leak and the radiator disposed of.

grannyjo

Look at cheap ideas for insulation. You can use cling film and sticky tape if windows lose a lot. You could ask your landlord . In one flat we cut up strips of foam and jammed them in the window sides. It definitely helped. Make long sausages of any old fabrics- old clothes, stuff them with more old clothes and put them along draughty doors. If skirting is draughtly, stuff the gaps with newspaper. ( Don't do this in rooms with gas fires- they need air or can poison you.)
When I was a child in the 40s 50s,people didn't have heating in the bedrooms. There was ice on the insides of the window glass. You could see your exhaled breath. We had hot water bottles, and put our clothes in bed with us for 5 mins before we got up. It warmed them up.Sometimes if someone had lit the coal fire downstairs, we could hold them in front of it to warm them up. When electric bed blankets came in it was fantastic, then over blankets that you could have on all night. My husband and I have fleece throws that we use if a bit cold watching tv, or reading in bed, or round our shoulders while drinking early morning tea, before we get up. I noticed my better half using it the last 2 really cold days for wandering around to get washed etc. - and get a new flat for next winter!!!- good luck
Also ask you landlord to show you how the meter shows the number on units you have bought. It sounds very suspicious that your first coins don't show up.