Oil-filled radiator, 2000w - cost of running for 2 hours a day...?

EssexHebridean

I have horrific feelings of deja vu here… (regular posters will understand!) 😆

BUFF

Lighthouses7 said:

This one has a thermostat so won't be running continuously for each hour, I don't think. How do I calculate the cost, please, on the basis that it will be running for 1 hour solid each time? I read that GCH costs £2.50ph - so just 2 hours a day is £150pm which I can't afford. This is the one I am looking at, hope it is okay to post a link. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jack-Stonehouse-Portable-Electric-Radiator/dp/B01LYLPGVJ/ref=sr_1_10?crid=1OHCHCV6LC5E3&keywords=oil+radiator&qid=1671277320&sprefix=oil+radiator,aps,103&sr=8-10&th=1

I appreciate that you don't have it yet but when you do you could stick it on an energy-monitoring plug like a Tapo P110 (usually ~£10) to give you an actual answer in your own circumstances .

Gerry1

Lighthouses7 said:

My problem with the heating is that radiators in 2 rooms (kitchen and hallway) have the knob jammed so I can't switch them off! Grrr, ha ha!

Just get them replaced !  Even if you have to call in a plumber, it's likely to work out cheaper than paying for electricity at three times the price of gas.

RobM99

bristolleedsfan said:

Lighthouses7 said:

Just had a look at my gas statement. I'm being charged 7.016 pence per kWh.

Has that been issued since 1 October ????

good point, mine is 10.3p (gas).

RobM99

1000 watts costs the same irrespective of time.

Gerry1

RobM99 said:

1000 watts costs the same irrespective of time.

So if I run a one-bar electric fire for a whole month I'll be charged exactly the same as for just one hour?

Quick, tell me which energy supplier has this amazing All You Can Eat tariff and I'll sign up today !

Spoonie_Turtle

RobM99 said:

1000 watts costs the same irrespective of time.

Did you perhaps mean Wh (Watt-hours)?

macman

OP, your gas CH will not cost anything like £2.50 per hour. At approx 10p per kWh, it would need to burn 25kWh of gas per hour, which it would only do if it were producing constant hot water, assuming this is a combi. Most boilers use no more than 12-15kW to power the CH, and, as the temp rises, they modulate back and use less.
Please don't suffer the cold just because of something that makes a good tabloid headline. 
Tell us the rating of your boiler and how many rads it is heating and a better idea can be given.
Get your jammed rad valves replaced, the cost of fitting TRV's is trivial, and then use the cheapest fuel, which is mains gas. use electric heating and it'll cost you 350% more per kWh.

redbuzzard

macman said:

Get your jammed rad valves replaced, the cost of fitting TRV's is trivial, and then use the cheapest fuel, which is mains gas. use electric heating and it'll cost you 350% more per kWh.

OK, 250% more.  But the point stands.

TimSynths

I ran an oil filled rad last winter- thought it would be cheaper to heat the one room I was working in (I was wrong). Not now, cheaper to have the gas CH running, in fact ive been measing it this week, had the heating on from 07:00-20:30 on Monday (coldest day this week) and used 53kwh at a cost of £5.20, had a much warmer home, I think the rad would have cost 60p per hour (I know its not always on full blast but I think it would have been a similar price).