halogen heater query

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hi there

are halogen heaters economic i am looking at one that has 3 bars with 350w per bar ?

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• I have just posted this on another thread - so to save typing!
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• I found that running one of my wall heaters used up 3 times as many units as running my halogen heater which was enough to heat my living room by itself.
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• With 3 bars on it is 1050W so comparable power to some smaller flat panel heaters/electric radiators.
  The benefit of a halogen heater is that they give off radiant heat, so if you are sitting close enough to it you will feel the heat, even if the room itself is cold, with a radiator the room air temperature has to be increased to a comfortable temperature. So depending on how it is used it may be possible to use less power.
  The disadvantage of halogen heaters is that they can burn things that get too close to the front grill so are not suitable for unattended use, and the cheap ones, £15 or so are pretty poor quality and flimsy.
• Hi I have storage heaters as my main source of heating but as these are old and don't work properly, I have for the last few years been using halogen heaters. I find them a lot more economical than say storage heaters (can't comment on central heating etc) and as someone else said as they give off a radiant heat you fell warm as soon as they are on. I have also noticed that a lot more people who have central heating are using them as they are instant heat. They also save having to have a light on in the evening, so can be used as a security measure, set them to come on befre you get home of an evening, it will look as if someone is home and the place will be nice and warm. I would prefer to have central heating but that isn't an option for me as we are not allowed mains gas in our flats and oil seems to be too expensive. All in all I do reccomend halogen heaters and several people I know have since bought them.
• Regarding the impact of these !!!!!!s on the bill. I ran two, one upstairs and one downstairs as and when I felt like it, due to being told that they were super cheap (3p per hour per bar).
  Just got my leccy bill - doubled! usually around Ј50 to Ј70 quid - this quarter Ј113 smackers.
  Turning them off!
• Is it cheaper to run Gas Central heating throughout the house to keep warm or to use a Halogen heater only in the room you are in?
• "yes there are cheaper to run".. Normal electric heaters cost a fortune and are about 35p a hour whereas the halogen heaters ( one bar to 3 bars ) Running Cost per Hour = Min - 2.8p / Max - 8.4p Min - 6.3p / Max - 12.6p
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• "yes there are cheaper to run".. Normal electric heaters cost a fortune and are about 35p a hour whereas the halogen heaters ( one bar to 3 bars ) Running Cost per Hour = Min - 2.8p / Max - 8.4p Min - 6.3p / Max - 12.6p
• Fully understand what you're saying … but…. The halogen heaters are warm, and throw out quite a lot of heat... Too warm sometimes on 3 bars….. Electric heaters 35p an hour 3 times as warm as halogen heater total 1 hour of warmth…. halogen heater on full 10/12p an hour… total of 3 hours warmth… So if you're warm enough, doesn't it make sense, to have halogen heather even at max 12p a hour for 3hours warmth, rather than35p for one hours warmth, how warm do you need to be...? And if you get too warm with the halogen heater which inevitably you do, turn one bar off using 2 bars which reduces to cost … or just one bar on reducing the cost even more and still warm enough………..even more hours of warmth for a fraction of the cost of electric heaters…. why be hot for one hour when you can be nice and warm for 3....
• The way it heats is different.
  3kw may still be 3 kw, but a radiant heater will not heat the room as well as, say an oil heater. But it will heat you directly, and very quickly, and if you stand in front of it, you will be warmer for a lot less money.
  An oil heater will heat the entire room, and you will then feel warm, but a lot more energy will have been used to get you (and the room as well) up to temperature.