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Oil filled heater, how much do they cost to run

meoklmrk91 · 2013-09-07 16:19:38

I have a 9 fin 2kw heater, I haven used it in a while bought it during the cold snap a couple of years ago, it's nippy today and I decided to pull it out to save from lighting the fire at 4 o clock, are these efficient, it goes on and every every few minutes, would only be using it for an hour or so to heat the living room.

07-09-2013 4:19pm

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I have a 9 fin 2kw heater, I haven used it in a while bought it during the cold snap a couple of years ago, it's nippy today and I decided to pull it out to save from lighting the fire at 4 o clock, are these efficient, it goes on and every every few minutes, would only be using it for an hour or so to heat the living room.

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#2 07-09-2013 5:27pm

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2kw x €0.18 per kwh = €0.36 per hour to run.

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#3 07-09-2013 5:42pm

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shane0007 wrote: »

2kw x €0.18 per kwh = €0.36 per hour to run.

Okay that's not too bad, I was expecting it to be more, thanks.

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#4 07-09-2013 9:47pm

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meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Okay that's not too bad, I was expecting it to be more, thanks.

There good. But not for 10 hours a day x 7 days x 365= What da fuch!"

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#5 07-09-2013 9:55pm

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It doesn't sound a lot but if you compare gas & oil with it, for every kwh of electricity costing 18 cent, oil will cost 8.3 cent for the same kwh & natural gas only costing 6.6 cent.

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