On 14/08/2018 09:18, Brian Gaff wrote:
So how does a slow heater make any difference. Take the kettle if it takes
longer to boil the water surely you have probably used the same power as you
would have with a more powerful heater for a shorter time. Same goes for
room heaters.
Brian

It allows you to still boil water on a shaky electric supply that can't
actually provide a full 13A 240v. Some 100v countries have permanent
electric kettles that are essentially an insulated flask with an element
in that dispenses hot water to order and run at around 50W continuously.

A room heater that isn't able to keep up with the losses from the room
will never make it warm (at least not until midsummer).

Fan heaters work better in this respect since storage heaters have a bad
habit of being way too hot at night, making a nice thin layer of very
hot air against the ceiling during the day and then being stone cold in
the evening when you would actually like some heat back out of them.

The new generation of storage heaters seem to be incredibly overpriced
and underpowered. Been looking at them for our village hall.

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Regards,
Martin Brown