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Originally Posted by SteamWake
LOL I had one of those oil fired furnaces and yea it would go "wooomp" when it started.
Nothing like having a raging blast furnace beneath your house.
Anyhow I replaced it with a new high efficency heat pump. Only problem is we did not have a big enough electrical service to the house to connect the heat strips 
Heater works okay except when its cold out 
I got one of those hydronic radiators that plugs in and they will warm a room quite nicely.
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I used to have one of those, what they do is warm the air in one part of the room and create this circulation effect, warm air goes up and draws cool air in. Meaning there will be this draft-like moving of the air. Although my student flat was pretty drafty anyway.
My advice is insulating your house well. You can save up in electric bill a lot if you just put in some effort to locate where the heat 'escapes' from your place. Put extra attention to the rooms where you spend most of the time.