Effective Plug-In Heating?

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Does effective plug-in electric heating exist? I have some oil filled radiators, but they can't actually heat a whole room. Is there any form of plug-in electric heating that can? I do have night storage heaters, but the problem with them is that you can't switch them off during the day, and then you can get too hot.

Thanks
 
Electric heating works 100% efficiently. If yours isn't heating the room, you need a bigger one, but more of them, or to wait longer.

Crypto mining means you earn some crypto for your heating.

Oil filled etc just means the heat warms the oil as a "heat store" vs then that will radiate into the room. In effect, takes longer to heat up but will keep heating for longer, just much like a radiator.
One with just an element (hair dryer like) will heat instantly but cool instantly.

Cost wise it's inefficient compared to gas due to the pricing of gas vs electricity.
 
Whilst not plug in you'd be better off looking at air source heat pumps. They are 200-400% efficient so 2-4kw of heat produced for every kw of electric used.

Plug in wise as Ch3m1c4l says, they are all near enough 100% efficient so regardless of design are transferring 1.5-3kw of heat into the room depending on the power of the unit.
 
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Ch3m1c4L said:
Oil filled etc just means the heat warms the oil as a "heat store" vs then that will radiate into the room. In effect, takes longer to heat up but will keep heating for longer, just much like a radiator.
One with just an element (hair dryer like) will heat instantly but cool instantly.
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What I have found is the oil-filled radiator I have is incapable of heating a whole room to a decent temperature level. It is not efficiency I am concerned about, it's heating performance and the ability to heat a whole room. I was wondering if anything portable and electric could do this. Thanks though.
 
Abyss said:
Whilst not plug in you'd be better off looking at air source heat pumps. They are 200-400% efficient so 2-4kw of heat produced for every kw of electric used.
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Thanks for the suggestion but I would need something portable and electric. I can't install anything permanently.
 
radderfire said:
Does effective plug-in electric heating exist? I have some oil filled radiators, but they can't actually heat a whole room. Is there any form of plug-in electric heating that can? I do have night storage heaters, but the problem with them is that you can't switch them off during the day, and then you can get too hot.

Thanks
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As above, you need more heaters.

In my 1970's house with cavity wall and recent double glazing the living room has 14000btu of radiators (gas heating) ~ 4KW and if anything they are a little undersized so slow to heat the room when really cold but fine to maintain.

A single 2KW radiator will not keep up unless it's a modern super well insulated house.
 
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My home was heated by a back boiler which decided to start leaking. Somi haven't had heating since around Feb.

I got some of those oil radiators which heat the bedrooms ok.


But the living room they had no affect.


I got a convection heater originally that was way better but still took a while to warm the room up.

I ended up returning that and getting a alternative one with a fan built in.


That works way better and heats the room up much faster.

The one I got was a black and decker off Amazon. It was cheaper and came with smart controls which the previous more expensive one did not.
 
sovietspybob said:
a fan heater will make the room feel warmer much faster as it's actively blowing the hot air around.
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Especially if its blowing directly at you! Talking about standalone fan heaters with electric elements they all go bang eventually 2-4 years seems to be a typical life for these I think the fluff builds up and does for them don't leave them unattended for the same reason last one I had to unplug it and drop it in a bucket of water as it looked as if it was about to catch fire previous one went the same way too
 
radderfire said:
What I have found is the oil-filled radiator I have is incapable of heating a whole room to a decent temperature level. It is not efficiency I am concerned about, it's heating performance and the ability to heat a whole room. I was wondering if anything portable and electric could do this. Thanks though.
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How big is it?

We've got a DeLonghi Dragon and it's quite capable of warming a zero celsius conservatory to warm in winter. We don't even run it at full power.
 
I have a 3300W fan heater (allowed here thanks to 16A outlets) which will warm up a large residential room nicely in 15-20 minutes.

The downsides are that said heater is the size of a small welding set, uses about the same amount of electricity and sounds like there’s a helicopter in the room.
 
Jim99 said:
How big is it?

We've got a DeLonghi Dragon and it's quite capable of warming a zero celsius conservatory to warm in winter. We don't even run it at full power.
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The one I have in the lounge is relatively small for a portable radiator, it's a 700W Dimplex Eco Chico. I do have another larger oil filled radiator upstairs in my bedroom, but I need that there. It sounds like a fan heater is the way to go.
 
radderfire said:
The one I have in the lounge is relatively small for a portable radiator, it's a 700W Dimplex Eco Chico. I do have another larger oil filled radiator upstairs in my bedroom, but I need that there. It sounds like a fan heater is the way to go.
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Yeah that's nothing, it will barely make a dent.

For a reasonably sized room I'd be getting a 3000w unit. If you want to keep a person warm, fan heater is probably better. If you want something quiet in the corner, oil can be fine but needs to be of a decent size.
 
I use a DeLonghi Dragon in a good sized room at my man cave in the Highlands. The place isn’t occupied all the time and in winter it’s brutal. I don’t have it running on full power and it works very well. I also had a cheap oil rad that used more power and put out a lot less heat. I use the Dragon to heat up rooms the wood burner can’t reach.
 
As said delonghi dragon 2kw or above. Get 2 if you need more heating. How the Op doesn't get this through his head but waffles on about crypto amazes me.
 
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