New furnace - A Tale of Two Winters

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Well by the time you've paid the charge for the 'lag time' my room is already well heated and at a lot lower cost than you'll have to pay.

It's quite simple really.....wire the bugga up to the street lighting beyond your garden wall.

The deal is once the oil is warm and the lag time over you keep the heater on. Attempting to reheat the room over and over will kill you for sure. Get it up to temp and let it keep a constant temp. One may turn it down when they go out but turning it off is not wise. It will have to work hard to get it back to a comfortable temp. Keep it on, this is were it works well. However, plugging up to the neighbors or the street lamps is a great idea!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The deal is once the oil is warm and the lag time over you keep the heater on. Attempting to reheat the room over and over will kill you for sure. Get it up to temp and let it keep a constant temp. One may turn it down when they go out but turning it off is not wise. It will have to work hard to get it back to a comfortable temp. Keep it on, this is were it works well. However, plugging up to the neighbors or the street lamps is a great idea!

That is what the thermostat is for.

Besides...I'm a pensioner ya know and every little helps

[longam]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

The deal is once the oil is warm and the lag time over you keep the heater on. Attempting to reheat the room over and over will kill you for sure. Get it up to temp and let it keep a constant temp. One may turn it down when they go out but turning it off is not wise. It will have to work hard to get it back to a comfortable temp. Keep it on, this is were it works well. However, plugging up to the neighbors or the street lamps is a great idea!

I'd say its a wash because when you turn off the unit it still keeps heating with the stored heated oil. 600watts - most PC's consume that much power.