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Electric Radiators - Does anyone have the knowledge?
Electric Radiators - Does anyone have the knowledge?
I am looking to purchase some electric wall mounted radiators for this winter and I have come across a number of varieties, including oil flilled, fluid filled, dry and ceramic stone. Prices ranging from €200 - €650.00
I know nothing about radiators and I am looking for the most effective and economic and for my apartment to feel close to central heated as possible.
Is there anyone who can share their knowledge on this subject?
P.S I do not like air-conditioning and I am not planning to rip up the floor tiles to add under-floor heating.
I know nothing about radiators and I am looking for the most effective and economic and for my apartment to feel close to central heated as possible.
Is there anyone who can share their knowledge on this subject?
P.S I do not like air-conditioning and I am not planning to rip up the floor tiles to add under-floor heating.
Hi there.
For heating I have installed a series of different types of equipment as I like to test stuff before I recommend it to people.
Aircon - in you case out of the question.
Log burner - if the infrastructure is there, certainly the most cost efficient way to heat a house, but you need to be able to store at least a ton of wood if you don't want to be getting trunk loads every two weeks.
Heatwafers - hailed as the next best thing after sliced bread, these little inexpensive units have given me more grief than any other heater - they smell, they gurgle, they buzz, the on/off switches snap like twigs and they go an odd shade of yellow after a winter on full-tme. Nevertheless, if you can get a fully functional model and avoid switching them on and off too much, they will do the job at a reasonably low consumption (750W).
Ceramic stone - although the bulkier wall-mounted option, this unit has been running smoothly and quietly for two winters now - I leave it on 24/7 and heat the hallway and through the wall the WC on the other side.
Consumtion is roughly equivalent to the Heatwafers (750W).
Oil radiators - consume more than the heatwafers or the ceramic but they are not nearly as efficient as they are costly to run (2000W).
I have not tried the fluid filled ones yet, maybe something to test this winter
Hope this helps.
G.
For heating I have installed a series of different types of equipment as I like to test stuff before I recommend it to people.
Aircon - in you case out of the question.
Log burner - if the infrastructure is there, certainly the most cost efficient way to heat a house, but you need to be able to store at least a ton of wood if you don't want to be getting trunk loads every two weeks.
Heatwafers - hailed as the next best thing after sliced bread, these little inexpensive units have given me more grief than any other heater - they smell, they gurgle, they buzz, the on/off switches snap like twigs and they go an odd shade of yellow after a winter on full-tme. Nevertheless, if you can get a fully functional model and avoid switching them on and off too much, they will do the job at a reasonably low consumption (750W).
Ceramic stone - although the bulkier wall-mounted option, this unit has been running smoothly and quietly for two winters now - I leave it on 24/7 and heat the hallway and through the wall the WC on the other side.
Consumtion is roughly equivalent to the Heatwafers (750W).
Oil radiators - consume more than the heatwafers or the ceramic but they are not nearly as efficient as they are costly to run (2000W).
I have not tried the fluid filled ones yet, maybe something to test this winter
Hope this helps.
G.
Thanks for your help.
We live on the 3rd floor with no lift and no place to store many logs so the woodburner is not ideal.
We already have a couple of wafer heaters and I totally agree with you, that the switches are very delicte, they do go a yellow colour and they only take of the edge of the coldness unless you have plenty of them dotted around the house.
Can you confirm if the ceramic heaters you mentioned are aluminium radiators with cermaic stone inside? I have seen these in AKI and IZI, however the 2000W radiator costs €650.00 and I would probably need 3 of them!
We live on the 3rd floor with no lift and no place to store many logs so the woodburner is not ideal.
We already have a couple of wafer heaters and I totally agree with you, that the switches are very delicte, they do go a yellow colour and they only take of the edge of the coldness unless you have plenty of them dotted around the house.
Can you confirm if the ceramic heaters you mentioned are aluminium radiators with cermaic stone inside? I have seen these in AKI and IZI, however the 2000W radiator costs €650.00 and I would probably need 3 of them!
