Cost for electric blanket and convection heater

textbook

Got a silentnight electric blanket with three settings and no timer.  How much does it cost ?   I put it on setting 3 to begin with then setting 1 all night and usually forget to turn off in the morning so can be on for hours when I'm not there.

Also, got a Fine Elements convection heater with rated power- 1800/2000W.  I have that on in my lounge.  How much to run this?

QrizB

textbook said:

Got a silentnight electric blanket with three settings and no timer.  How much does it cost ?   I put it on setting 3 to begin with then setting 1 all night and usually forget to turn off in the morning so can be on for hours when I'm not there.

Electric blankets are usually around 100 watts on full, less on lower settings.

If you're on the SVT that's about 3p per hour to start with, less when you turn it down.

textbook said:

Also, got a Fine Elements convection heater with rated power- 1800/2000W.  I have that on in my lounge.  How much to run this?

About 55p an hour.

So go to bed early and use the electric blanket rather than the convection heater!

Brie

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

textbook

Brie said:

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

Can you get a timer for these cheap blankets?

Swipe

textbook said:

Brie said:

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

Can you get a timer for these cheap blankets?

Any normal plug socket timer will work.

MultiFuelBurner

Swipe said:

textbook said:

Brie said:

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

Can you get a timer for these cheap blankets?

Any normal plug socket timer will work.

Not necessarily not all electric blankets come on with the on switch if a plug they have safety features that make you select the heat setting.

Those without these safety settings one might suggest are the cheaper maybe ones from China?

Swipe

MultiFuelBurner said:

Swipe said:

textbook said:

Brie said:

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

Can you get a timer for these cheap blankets?

Any normal plug socket timer will work.

Not necessarily not all electric blankets come on with the on switch if a plug they have safety features that make you select the heat setting.

Those without these safety settings one might suggest are the cheaper maybe ones from China?

The OP said they have a Silentnight one. A normal timer will work just fine with those.

MultiFuelBurner

Swipe said:

MultiFuelBurner said:

Swipe said:

textbook said:

Brie said:

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

Can you get a timer for these cheap blankets?

Any normal plug socket timer will work.

Not necessarily not all electric blankets come on with the on switch if a plug they have safety features that make you select the heat setting.

Those without these safety settings one might suggest are the cheaper maybe ones from China?

The OP said they have a Silentnight one. A normal timer will work just fine with those.

Our silent night one doesn't 

I know because I've used a TAPO P110 

lohr500

OP could test the blanket to see if it would work with a plug in timer. 

Switch blanket on at desired setting with it plugged in and wall switch on.
Switch off wall switch or pull out plug.
Switch back on at wall or put plug back in
Check that blanket powers up again.

If it does then a plug in timer should work.
If it doesn't power up then a timer won't work.

QrizB

textbook said:

Brie said:

And plug the blanket in to a timer so that it turns off close to your rolling out of bed time.

Can you get a timer for these cheap blankets?

The popular Tapo P110 should work, but £15 for a smart plug might be more than you're looking to spend.

Here's a cheaper option (an example, not necessarily a recommendation):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knightsbridge-1GAKW-Smart-Plug-White/dp/B088RJ2FT1

JSHarris

My mother-in-law lives in a very poorly insulated stone cottage and her life has been transformed by the use of heated blanket throws.  Her cottage has always been challenging to heat, but the heated throws cost a fraction of the cost to run when compared to turning up her storage heaters.  

She now has several of them, so guests get handed one and told where to plug it in, rather than stoke up the fire.  I have to say I was a bit cynical about their effectiveness, but once having got over the slightly daft feeling of sitting in a chair wearing a large blanket I'm convinced they are a really good option for some.  The nice thing about them is that they heat what needs to be heated, the person, rather than heat the whole room.