Thinking to get an oil column heater to heat up a small study area. I think a 1000w unit is sufficient, but a larger unit is more flexible at a higher cost.
In terms of running cost, to heat the same area up to similar temperature, does large unit costs more or about the same?
Some of the bigger ones have this feature where you can switch off half the Oil fin. That way if it gets too cold you have the full option.
Same running cost over time. A larger one will heat up the room faster. Oil heaters are slow to heat a room.
I've just bought a Heller oil column heater (for small second bedroom). I bought the larger size but find that once the room is warm it is sufficient to have it on the lower setting - it has a fan too which works surprisingly well. I just put the fan on for the initial warm-up then switch it off. The room takes about 10 minutes to get comfortable, but then stays warm for ages as the oil retains the heat.
This is the heater I bought , although not from this seller https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HELLER-ELECTRIC-OIL-COLUMN-HEATE…
I hope that link works, but if not the item number is 252073991100.
Interesting, I didn't there're fan assisted oil heaters.
So its 'heller' good? :-p
De'Longhi are a brand I keep seeing.
I assume most column heaters have a thermostat? It would certainly help keep costs down.
What is the cheapest heating option?
My electricity costs are through the roof, on the high end it's about $330 a month - that's with 45% electricity & 30% gas with RACV discount from Simply Energy.
Apparently my house uses enough electricity as a family of 12 people lmao.
We have trees, to cut them down would cost over 20 grand, so solar is not feasible :(
I bought a heatpump dryer, we have a gas stove and gas hot water.
I have 3 computers, a kogan free standing reverse cycle air con, we have a column heater, and a 3 bar radiant heater. That's all i can think of that would be sucking the power.
Power bills suck.
Wow! A thousand dollars every quarter.
Yeah ours (2 people) is upwards of $900 through the winter months and about $650 in summer in Tassie.
We have reverse cycle a/c, a conventional dryer, conventional hot water cylinder (soon to be replaced with LPG) and two desktop computers that are on almost 24/7.
I'd hate to think what some larger families pay for electricity.
I hope a couple of 1000w oil heaters for spot heating are cheaper to run than heating up half the house through ducted air.
It all depends on the power rating.
I think cheapest is Gas heater < oil column heater < fans heater is the most expensive to run.
Cost is just another way around.