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Fan heater power rating question

  • 14-10-2013 08:56PM
    #1
    April O Neill
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    Hi all,

    The storage heater in my sitting room is on the blink. My boyfriend and I will likely be moving out of here in about 4 months so we're thinking of just getting a fan heater for the room to tide us over 'til we move out, the main motivator being that it *might* work out cheaper for us.

    I've been using the appliance calculator on the Electric Ireland website to figure out if this would be the case. Check out the fan heater section on it:

    https://www.electricireland.ie/ei/residential-energy-services/reduce-your-costs/appliance_calc/appliance_calculator.jsp?query=applianceTypeElectricHeat

    Now, as per the calculator, the maximum power rating of fan heaters is usually 2000 watts.

    We wouldn't have it at the highest setting though, except for a few minutes at the start to blast some heating around the place.

    We'd have it on the lower heat setting usually. So would I enter in medium there for the 'What power rating is the appliance set at?' question?

    Many thanks!


Comments

  • #2
    Billy Bunting
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Billy Bunting


    You need to somehow add into our calculations the fact that the heater has a thermostat and will turn itself off when the desired temperature is reached, it will then just cycle on the thermostat.


  • #3
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Billy Bunting wrote: »
    You need to somehow add into our calculations the fact that the heater has a thermostat and will turn itself off when the desired temperature is reached, it will then just cycle on the thermostat.

    Oh definitely, I suppose I'd have to monitor how long it's on (ie. the temp cools enough for it to go back on) every evening.

    I'm just wondering about how I would calculate it not being on at the highest, because it wouldn't be at the highest save for a few minutes at the start. We're in a small apartment so the lower setting should suffice.


  • #4
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Billy Bunting wrote: »
    You need to somehow add into our calculations the fact that the heater has a thermostat and will turn itself off when the desired temperature is reached, it will then just cycle on the thermostat.

    Though, TBH, I'd rather overestimate what it might cost than underestimate. :)


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