2007-01-03 08:25:12 · 8 answers · asked by sambo9845 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Depends on the wattage used. The maximum allowed wattage is 1500 for a plug-in device. Whichever has the higher BTU level for the given power drain will provide you with the cheapest option to operate. Because each can fluctuate in this area, comparative models need to be presented.
2007-01-03 08:26:34 · answer #1 · answered by Al P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A standard radiator is full of water heated usually by a gas boiler
although there were once electric storage radiators.
Electricity is more efficient at heating the room ath the point of use.
It is the conversion of the heat into electricity in the power stations (approx 50% for coal fired, or 75% for gas fired) and
the transmission losses that make electric heaters more expensive to run.
PS Don't let them tell you that electric cars produce no pollution they actually cause more but at the power station and as for Hydrogen powered cars well enough said. To commercially produce Hydrogen you have to heat ammonia with steam and where do you think you get the steam from ?
2007-01-03 16:38:40 · answer #2 · answered by Andy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 1 kilowatt heater uses exactly the same amount of electricity whether it's a fan heater, convector, radiator or whatever. They heat things differently so they tend to do different jobs.
A fan heater is good for heating something up rapidly and is very directional. An oil-filled radiator or a convector heater will heat up the air in a room. An radiant electric fire will heat up the objects it shines on.
2007-01-03 16:31:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a electric fan heater is more expensive to run than a free standing electric radiator,as with the fan heater the fan cools the air before it gets to the heat elements,
2007-01-03 20:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by tugboat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't give you figures but 'very' is the answer. Have a look at how many kilowatts it uses per hour (1 or 2 probably). Then look at your electricity for the price of a kilowatt hour. (Hopefully they give you that and not some other unit.)
2007-01-03 16:26:43 · answer #5 · answered by Older&Wiser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laot more expensive but I got like a plug in radiator from Woolworths that cost somethign like thirty pound and it says it can cost as little as a penny an hour or soemthign like that.
I dont even use it. Ill sell you it for fifty. lol
2007-01-03 16:29:27 · answer #6 · answered by CLAIRE S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello
Electricity is very expensive - stay with the standard radiator.
Good luck
2007-01-03 16:31:09 · answer #7 · answered by Police Artist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very very very much more. An idiot I knew used one for one month - never again!
2007-01-03 16:26:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋