i have it in the back of my van via an extension lead to protect my jetting equipment from the frost, will this be safe toleave on all night? and would it be expensive to run being 2000w?
many thanks
2007-12-13 04:54:13 · 5 answers · asked by atc,uk 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I do not know what your cost per Kilowatt hour is where you live, but a 2,000 watt heater uses 2 KWH per hour.
If your cost is $0.10/kwh (I do not know where the pound symbol is on this keyboard), then your cost to operate would be $0.20/hour.
If you ran for 10 hours a night, the total cost would be $2.00 per night.
It should be safe if you keep it from combustible materials and out of explosive atmospheres.
2007-12-13 05:04:30 · answer #1 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Should be OK to run it in the van. If its the one I am thinking off there is a temperature control on the end? or front. Set that to low and it will just keep turning on and off to keep away the frost.
Make sure that the heater os protected from water and also the plug (water and electricity dont mix), and you might want to consider a plug in RCD between the heater plug and wall socket just in case.
Ill assume that it is on for about half the time at a low setting. So a 2KW heater will use 1 unit per hour, about 8 - 9 pence per hour to run (cheaper if you have an economy 7 tarriff, perhaps as low as 5p overnight)
Finish with the jet at 6:00 and leave in the morning at 8:00? 14 hours at 1 unit an hour, could cost £1.26 a night at normal tarriff to as low as 70p a night on economy 7 tarriff.
Then you might want to have the van heated at the weekend, costing perhaps £1.96 a day, or £1.20 on economy 7. So making a weekly cost of (if my maths is OK) between £10-ish, and £6.
Where are you keeping the van by the way? you might need to consider how to get the power to the heater - if the van is outside you will need a hole in it to get the power lead out, inside of course and you canleave the door ajar for that reason
2007-12-13 13:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by whycantigetagoodnickname 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glen heaters are not very reliable. You would be better off with a small oil-filled radiator. If your jetter freezes then you can normally replace a special section of the pipework that acts a bit like a fuse which protects the rest of the jetter.
2007-12-14 03:41:21 · answer #3 · answered by crazeygrazey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it will be expensive, approx £5.60 per 10 hours. Surely if you drain your jetting equipment it wont freeze anyway, why not buy pipe lagging from the plumb centre and just wrap all your pipes in it overnight
2007-12-13 17:49:55 · answer #4 · answered by Dark Crusader 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Far too high a wattage, get something like a 200-500 watt appliance
2007-12-13 13:26:58 · answer #5 · answered by xenon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋