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This is a discussion on Electric heating within the The Roadside Hotel forums, part of the Members Area category; Currently looking to replace the aging and incredibly inneficient electric heating in my house. I've done some reading up, and ...
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04-10-2005, 21:18
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Andover
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| Electric heating Currently looking to replace the aging and incredibly inneficient electric heating in my house. I've done some reading up, and it looks like oil-filled radiators are what I need and after doing some measuring and calculating, I reckon I need a 3kw one for the lounge and 1kw ones for the dining room, spare room and bedroom. However, I can't find any wall-mountable 3kw oil-filled radiators anywhere! Anyone have any pointers/links?  Thanks! Chris
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| How about self contained water filled/pumped rads... http://www.easy-heat.co.uk/ A rad just like a standard central heating rad without the running costs or ugliness or oil filled. Delonghi also do oil filled rads.
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| Probably costs a bomb but I noticed massive fuel savings when the c/h was converted from a calor gas system to an oil fired combi boiler with new rads in each room. Oil fired boilers seem to bun a lot more efficiently than most, and with large parts of rural Devon not on gas mains, its a handy source for central heating fuel. Not sure on using storage heaters though, as they're not so flexible with the timing - but at least they only charge up on the cheap power from midnight onwards. 
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| Thanks for the pointers guys. Looked at Delonghi but they don't appear to do the 3kw in wall mountable form. The other two look promising though  Chris
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04-10-2005, 22:54
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| Briskodian | To utilise cheap electricity at night you need to have an economy 7 electricity meter. We have a gas fired bolier that heats both the water in the hot water tank and also heats the house via radiators. Its 23 years old and still going strong. |
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