What does it cost to run an electric oil filled radiator,1500w,honeywell hz series.for one hour. on fullpower

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Also are they considered to be economical.

Answer 1

1kw of electricity costs approx 15pence per hour,

Therefore 1500w or 1.5kw x 15 pence = approx 23 pence to run per hour.

If you have it running during the night on economy 7 tarriff, then the running costs are approx 10pence per hour.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

They are economical since there is a delay between turn on times because of the slow cooling of the oil. Once the oil gets hot, the electric heater turns off until the oil has cooled enough for the heater element to turn back on again. In principal, this is not unlike a capacitor in a power supply, it doesn't recharge until it has to.
At 10 cents per kilowatt hour, the cost for 1500 watts would be 15 cents, per hour of electricity usage. The issue for figuring this out would be how much of each hour was the unit actually drawing 1500 watts. It could be as little as 7.5 cents per hour, depending on the cooling load of the air that it is trying to heat. If the air is fairly warm, then the heater will turn on less often.

Answer 4

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What does it cost to run an electric oil filled radiator,1500w,honeywell hz series.for one hour. on fullpower
Also are they considered to be economical.

Answer 5

It really depends. If they're on all the time it will cost about 20p an hour per radiator. However they have a thermostat which will switch off once it has reached a certain temperature. So it depends on how good your insulation is. Do you really need to air the rooms? It's quite expensive to heat a room unless you are actually in it. If you cook in the kitchen it will get aired. The bedroom, if upstairs, may get enough heat through the floor.

Answer 6

If they are the rated 1500 watts that is 1.5 kwh. In most places 1 kwh is about 14 cents so that makes it 21 cents to run it. Brand name makes no difference.

If you ran it night and day for a month that would be $151 so it is not economical for something that can only heat one room at best.

Answer 7

Depends on the unit price per Kilowatt hour your electricity supplier charges you. Say they charge 10 pence a unit, for a 1.5 kilo watt heater like yours that is 15 pence per hour. Only really economical if it has a thermostat controller.

Answer 8

take a reading on your supply meter at the beginning and end of 1hr this will tell you allow for other items also running. check what your charges are per Kw/hr

Answer 9

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