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Should we swap our electric radiators for oil filled ones?

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MrsHf · 26/06/2022 12:39

We live in a house with no gas just electric and find it very cheap to run in the summer but when it gets colder and we turn on our wall mounted electric radiators the electricity bill becomes very expensive. We were looking into changing them all to oil filled radiators instead (small house so would only need to buy 7). Does anyone have any experience with oil filled radiators and will it make any difference to our bills or will we just be spending money for no reason?

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AnneElliott23 · 01/08/2023 18:49

Our flat has no central heating so we use oil filled radiators, you still have to use electricity to heat them up though. Once they're warm they retain the heat well though. It does mean it's easy just to heat the space where you are and we also found it helped to add door curtains between rooms and draught excluders at floor level and make sure curtains at windows were lined. Plus I can't tell you what a difference having dehumidifiers has made.

Catmummyof2 · 01/08/2023 18:55

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BillaBongGirl · 01/08/2023 19:30

MrsHf · 26/06/2022 16:43

My understanding of the oil radiators is that you can turn them off and they’ll still give off heat (not sure if that’s right or not) but would it take more energy to heat them up in the first place making them the same cost as our current heaters? @KentishMiss So there’s no cheaper to run alternative to electric radiators if it takes the same amount of electricity to produce the same amount of heat? The whole thing is a bit confusing to me! 🙈

Ceramic heaters are cheaper as they are more energy efficient than electric or oil filled heaters. They only need 1KW/hrof energy to heat an average room compared to the 2KW/hr of a standard electric heater. This is because ceramic heaters are 100% efficient at converting electricity into heat.

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