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A friend of mine is moving into a property that has no heating in the bedroom and economy 7 in the lounge. The rooms are aprox 10 x 12 each with double glazing. What would be the most appropriate to buy blow heaters, oil filled or convectors? Assume one can put these on timers? Thanks folks.

Any electric heater will run on a timer - you can buy them separately if it isn't built in.


Assuming you mean feet not metres? So 3m x 3.6m


Personally I would recommend an oil-filled radiator; especially for a room that size. I think all modern ones come with a built-in timer.


Convectors are noisy and inefficient - ok for heating up a room quickly, but as soon as you switch it off, no heat will be produced.

Lowlander Wrote:


Thank you for taking the time to reply - will pass onto my friend.

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> Any electric heater will run on a timer - you can

> buy them separately if it isn't built in.

>

> Assuming you mean feet not metres? So 3m x 3.6m

>

> Personally I would recommend an oil-filled

> radiator; especially for a room that size. I

> think all modern ones come with a built-in timer.

>

> Convectors are noisy and inefficient - ok for

> heating up a room quickly, but as soon as you

> switch it off, no heat will be produced.

We installed wall mounted electric radiators which are thermostatically controlled into our office (building in garden concerted and had no heating). They work really effectively and are economics. The room is @ 5/6 m square and two heaters have been more than adequate.
In absolute terms there's no difference in pure efficiency between different types of heaters - producing heat from electricity is a straightforward process, and in energy terms you get out what you put in. The difference between the types is how quickly the heat is produced and dispersed. Fan heaters are only good when you just need instant heat. For a bedroom either oil filled or panel heaters with timers would do the job. Can't they extend the 'economy 7' (which I assume means storage heaters) into the bedrooms?

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