On Sep 30, 6:53*am, Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:
"The world's first and only 100% pure convection heater"

What a load of ****ing cock. It would certainly be news to the makers
of the convection heater in my back room, which must be 20 years old.
Obviously, the technology goes back way further than that.

I drifted onto that site pursuing spares for oil-filled heaters[1];
anyway, one of their customers is another of those who can't seem to
grasp that ****ty little heaters aren't going to do much if you're
living in a draughty Kellog's box. Eventually, the penny dropped, "Oh,
maybe it's insulation needed, I think I might do that."

[1] Anyone know if I can fit a simple energy controller from an
electric cooker to control a 2~3kW panel heater? I'm fairly sure I
can, but if anyone's actually done it, it would be nice to hear of it.
Dimplex don't supply much in the way of spares for their older models
and frankly, the original control was/is ****. I have two panel
heaters, one still works, one's got a dead control.

Yes you can so long as it has the capacity (amps/Kw). Many are only
1.5Kw.
They work by turning on and off, on for longer as you turn
the control higher. They are NOT a thermostat.
They need a live, neutral and switch wire. any fourth terminal is for
a pilot light.
However you need to be sure the overheat protection on your heaters
still functions.
I seem to remember some older Dimplex heaters had a lead fuse.