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Miss t-r jnr is feeling the cold despite having the highest tog sleeping bag availible......she's 3 months so we will forgive her.
Need to heat a single room through the night at a low level.
Oil filled rad the way forward ?
If so -is there any benifit in spending more or is a 30quid job on a timer plug going to work as well.....after all 1.5kw is 1.5kw.....
Thoughts ?
turn the heating on ya grip
I have two DeLonghi ones - Dragon perhaps? - they are very good, lots of control including timers. They were about £100 each though. No idea how they compare to cheaper ones.
You seen the price of oil.......
Plus I don't need the kitchen to be hot at 2am in the morning.....
Heating system is dumb and not zoned -and it's staying that way.
We have the smallest delonghi ones dotted around and they are fine for taking the chill off at night, even in a poorly insulated loft room.
I have a DeLonghi Bambino (500 watt), and it keeps the living room warm enough in a top floor flat, in rural Perthshire throughout the winter.
You seen the price of oil…….
Your film star wages have to be paid somehow!
We've had a Delonghi Dragon best part of 23 years since we built the conservatory. Older design, but has a manual 24h timer - we just switch it on when needed, soon blasts the heat out. We also have a couple of basic oil radiators for colder months at our caravan - these keep the chill off without running the central heating all night (gets too warm).
They all work well.
I use one to stop the garage going below 5 degrees in the winter. It will cope with stopping the temp going below 10 degrees on setting 2 of 3 - no cavity double house brick walls with insulated door and roof so I would imagine a lower power one would be perfect for in the house.
It's a Moretti 2kw with 3 settings and a 24h timer, cost £50 from home base about 3 years ago.
I’ve got a Von Haus one in the garage, it’s very good. Heats up fast, gets hot. Timer, rudimentary thermostat.
Lol @ Bruneep 😂
Get a basic one and a smart plug. Costs much less than a bells and whistles rad but has more functionality. Remote control, geo fencing, day specific timer
We use 3 small Dimplex branded ones in the Scout hut if running a sleepover. (It has radiant bar heaters on the ceiling, which you could cook meat under, so too much for sleeping under).
The huts got zero insulation, it’s a 1960’s asbestos type affair, but these keep it a comfortable temp.
Given reports of smart plugs catching fire I wouldn’t risk pulling 1.5Kw through one
Temps we are talking are 15deg c nominal. House never gets colder than that. To 17-18.
Do I need 1.5kw or will 500watt delonghi nano do what I want.
I understand that the bigger heater will just be on less and consume the same energy to heat but other factors are form size and initial cost......
Thoughtd.
2kw one from Screwfix in toddlers room. Which has no other heating and a metal frames window. Mid power (so guess around 1kw) keeps it nice, temp set p ointmid temp.
Also consider an electric blanket. My other half has one on here side on low when cold.
Edit mid power is #2 of 3 so probably more like 1.25-1.5kw
When I lived on my own I kept the heating thermostat at 13degc and had an electric blanket for the bed. Perfect cheap heating!
We've got a small oil filled rad which we used in our front room that got pretty chilly and worked fine as the main rad in the room doesn't seem to work very well. On full whack could warm the room up nicely, though took a while. It's thermostatically controlled.
Though for a very young baby I thought the advice was not to warm the room up too much. 15 - 18 digs should be fine with decent bedding and night clothes on. Baby's are wrapped in a nice layer of blubber so can stay toasty even when it feels cool to us.
15 is too low that's its current temp
17-18 is where I want it to be for jnr.
We used to sleep with the window open nearly year round we ain't bothered by the cold.
If say another blanket , but then my missus knows I’m a tight arse.
🙂
Congratulations btw.
Given reports of smart plugs catching fire I wouldn’t risk pulling 1.5Kw through one
The one I use is rated for that power, when I got it there weren't many others that were.
Given reports of smart plugs catching fire
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No been to any on fire or heard reports of any going on fire here, can't see any awareness reports in service to say they are more of a hazard.
ave you considered a tubular heater?
I replaced a 2kw wall heater with a 4ft 240w tubular heater in a storeroom I use for drying kit. It heats the space just as well as the previous one, with much less power. A bit like underfloor heating compared to wall mounted radiators, you get a much better spread of heat.
We have a non zoned wet system installed but it's oil fired so heating whole house for the sake of one room temporarily isn't happening
Ripping that out of our bedroom for a tubular heaters not happening.
Got a delonghi one on the draughty mancave. Takes about 2hrs to go from 2-9 degrees to stop me having an asthma attack on the Turbo.
Should have said I bought a 30 quid 7 fin job out of screw fix today.
It's being tested now
Can you put up a link OP if all's good with it ta?
A tiny 500 Watt one from lidl suits me fine for this purpose. I set it on low for the whole night to take the edge off.
Ripping that out of our bedroom for a tubular heaters not happening.
Why on earth would you rip anything out?
I have the 7fin from screwfix.
Keeping the luvingroom warm with some gaps* in the floor and no insulation.
* Real gaps that you can put your foot through.
Yep ... go for it....We bought one for exactly the same propose.
The baby's room was on a cold corner and we didn't want to heat the whole house through the night, more because it's uncomfortable for the Mrs and I rather than cost.
That baby is now 11 and loving her first few months of secondary school.... Enjoy.... time flies
Good luck, have fun
Maybe a Bit late now you’ve bought one but don’t forget little people start to move after awhile and a radiator could be pulled over onto little toes - even the 500w postage stamp one I have is pretty heavy so the tubular option could be a good idea from a future proofing perspective.