Electric radiator question

[LIZS]

Have guests coming to sleep in currently unheated attic room. We have a Dimplex electric radiator with basic temperature control. Can I use a plug-in timer switch with it to allow it to come on early am and evening ?

[LIZS]

thanks

[singleWhiteMale]

Yeh, no problem.

[LIZS]

plug is max 13a/3120W and radiator 750w so presumably ok ?

[singleWhiteMale]

To be on the safe side you need to check that your timer switch is rated to carry the current that the heater will require. I expect it will be fine though.

[SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore]

I have an oil heater on a timer switch and it works just fine.

[nannyL]

i also have the just do it and see attitude but i see no reasone why you cant use one of those electric timers

i certainly would too

[lucysmam]

If it's a plug in one then I don't see why not. Would be just like plugging in a lamp on a time I would have thought maybe. Might be better off waiting for someone who actually knows though rather than me with my "I'd do it just to see" attitude