Saving electricity and cutting electric bill.

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HEATHERTILBURY said:

Heat from 100w bulbs is 100w I'm not saying it's anymore. It's highlighting the fact that ..
.1.old fashioned light bulbs can serve a dual purpose. Light and heat
2. Only 300watts  is necessary to hold the heat once you've boosted the room with an electric heater for say 10 minutes (in my large double bedroom)
I've seen flower pot heaters and I agree they are pointless. The same result with a naked bulb is achieved
The positioning of the bulbs around the room is important for distribution as to whether they are on the floor or half way up the room or on the ceiling makes no real difference as any heat generated in any room will hit the ceiling and fall

Alternatively just put the gas heating on and have the same heat output for a quarter of the price.

HEATHERTILBURY

If you have gas.. which I made clear I don't. You could also get light from Gaslight if you fancy living in Victorian times

HEATHERTILBURY

Gerry1 said:

Welcome to the forum.

Unfortunately it's not very good advice, apart from the electric blanket: for the same input you'll get the same amount of heat regardless of the device.  Whether it's a 1kW heater or ten 100W bulbs, the heat output will be exactly the same, there's no such thing as a free lunch.  The only advantage of using 100W bulbs is that the output can be more granular.

Assuming it's absolutely impossible to get gas, then modern storage heaters on E7 would probably be better, especially if the house is occupied during the day.

Apologies if there is confusion this isn't to suggest old fashioned bulbs are more energy efficient in some way by creating more watts of heat than the watts they consume. 
It is to highlight that it is is possible to use the power of bulbs for heat 'and' light and that not many bulbs are needed to hold heat in a room once the temperature has been raised to a certain point.
I believe there is also more more control over the electric consumption by using these bulbs as I spent 2 years simply using electric wall heaters on thermostats..(no lamps)... yet the bill was far higher. So there is at least some trialed proof.