On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:08:44 +0000 (GMT), charles
wrote:

In article , GB
wrote:
On 23/02/2016 16:33, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Tim Watts
wrote:
My father had to once give "expert witness" at an inquest in the 50s,
where a man had electrocuted himself when the small electric heater he
had balanced on the side of the metal bath, fell in.

Used to be pretty common before central heating arrived.


When I was a child ... we had a radiant heater in the bathroom. However,
it was screwed to the wall, high up, and the opposite side of the room
to the bath. So, the potential danger had been spotted and compensated
for.


Had this in our first house - 1964. I ddin't get round to installing
central heating until a few years later.


Mum only has a heated towel rail in her bathroom but also has one of
the radiant heaters we describe.

It does have it's advantages and I guess may depend what you are used
to to determine if it's adequate or not?

Like some people have their houses pretty hot and so can walk anywhere
wearing next to nothing and be warm. Mum (or even me) is more used to
having one warm room (the lounge) and just getting dressed or washed
and dried 'sharpish' in the winter and not wandering around half naked
in any case. ;-)

The other good thing about the instant radiant heaters is they can be
handy when you have a single chilly day or night where it's not worth
turning the CH on and you just want the warmth for a few minutes.

I am still considering a radiant heater for the workshop as it
wouldn't take up any floor space (unlike a fan heater) and would give
you some warmth without trying to heat up the whole (uninsulated)
workshop?

Cheers, T i m