"Huge" wrote in message
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Our bedroom gets very cold at night, due to having unheated spaces on 5
of it's 6 sides, despite double glazing, cavity wall insulation, loft
insulation and insulation in the floor. I don't want to run the central
heating all night, partly because it's wasteful to heat the whole house
for one room and partly because it was installed by an imbecile and it
clanks and clonks as it heats up and cools down and keeps us awake. I'm
already wearing a tracksuit under a 13.5tog quilt, so more bedding
isn't really an option.

So ... I bought a Dimplex 2kW convector heater to have on at night,
thinking it would be relatively silent. Wrong. The thermostat in it
reminds me of the Rank Organisation's gong in the credits of their
movies. So, we're lying there wide awake (nice and warm, mind)
listening to this thing going *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause,
*TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*,
long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause,
*TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*,
long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause,
*TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*,
long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause,
*TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*, long pause, *TOCK*, long pause, *TICK*,
like a bloody deranged slow-motion grandfather clock.

So, does anyone know of a plug-in thermostat that will switch 2kW, but
above all must be silent. TLC have this one;

http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Products/SMET05.html

But looking at the instructions, it too ticks. And my experience of the
longevity of Smith Instruments domestic timers and the like is not
good.

Look in the CPC catalogue, part no PL02451. It's a Goldair fan heater with
electronic control, when it gets colder the fan slowly speeds up and the
element gets gradually hotter, then it slows down and cools as it gets near
the set temp. We bought one for our camper because the clicks used to annoy
us as well. This one works a treat, no clicks.

Rgds

Andy R