Electric radiator help!

CheBee

Hiya

I bought these lovely radiators and have recently had them installed (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0774Y2WDR#Ask)

Silly question but am I supposed to leave my heaters turned on and ideally operate them with the timer/standby (I'm not sure if there is a standby mode tbh). I have been turning them on/off from the main switches which isn't providing comfortable heating in my very cold flat. As a result, this resets the timer which I am struggling to operate. I'm afraid my energy bill will be really high if the rads are constantly on... I'm not sure how people traditionally operate their electric radiators :beer:

Thanks

Le_Kirk

There appears to be a built-in 24/7 timer, so all you do is decide what time you want the room to be at (for example) 18 deg and set the time to that and then when you want the room to be cooler you set the time you want that to happen and set the temperature to 16 deg (for example). Do you have an instruction manual?

daveyjp

Read the manual and set the timer

BTW you could have spent £27 and achieved the same heat output.

https://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/pel00917/9-fin-2000w-oil-filled-heater/dp/HG00996?mckv=sN41g8DDS_dc|pcrid|224680501655|kword||match||plid||slid||product|HG00996|pgrid|48556618033|ptaid|pla-1015286054352|&CMP=KNC-GUK-CPC-SHOPPING&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1ZbI6JyX5wIVAuDtCh0P6wxpEAYYAiABEgJbCfD_BwE

CheBee

Thanks for your replies. I've read the manual so I will set the timers. Hopefully my bill won't be too high but I guess the I will only be charged for when the heating is on as per the timers. I'm assuming when the heating isn't on but the actual radiator is, I shouldn't be charged too much?

ohreally

Once timer set let the thermostat do it's job and get on with life.

grumbler

CheBee wrote: »

I'm assuming when the heating isn't on but the actual radiator is, I shouldn't be charged too much?

It may consume sime miniscule power that you can ignore. Just make sure that it's not warm/hot when you don't need it, but beware that it takes time to cool down when it stops heating.