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    This halogen heater box claims it costs only 2.8p/hour to run, sounds a bit cheap?

    can anyone back this up?

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    theres no picture/link/anything

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    too many variables

    you need to state the wattage of the device, and how much you pay for a unit of electricity, for a valid answer

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    using blind guesswork, if you pay 10p per unit, and the device is 280W, then 2.8p per hour is correct

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    Quote Originally Posted by streetster View Post
    theres no picture/link/anything
    sorry wasnt trying to sell it

    i dont know any other details, i was just having a go at a friend on msn cause he bought an electric heater and turned off his central heating and i was trying to say he'd be better off the other way around.

    and then he told me about the 2.8p per hour that it claims and i thought that was very good

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    well a quick scout around halogen heater websites (oh dear) and it appears that 280w is extremely lowl, lowest i could ind was 800w. and there usually somewhere in the 1-2kw range.

    make of that what you will
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    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    well a quick scout around halogen heater websites (oh dear) and it appears that 280w is extremely lowl, lowest i could ind was 800w. and there usually somewhere in the 1-2kw range.

    make of that what you will
    ^ this.

    It's more likely to cost you somewhere in the region of 15p/hour to run one. Anything like that as low as 280w would be useless!
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    Even with Economy 7, it's still costs over 4p/KWh. So it's either pathetically weak or the manufacturers are basing it on some very cheap electricity rates.

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    Halogen heaters don't store heat so you can't really do economy seven on it (unless you like the house hot at night). I think he's been misled about the electricity cost. Central heating is generally cheaper than portable heaters in any event.

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    I think i know the one you mean ..i have one, it is upright and can rotate from left to right ?.Bought it in an emergency as a quick fix , yes it was cheap to run , being halogen? Only drawback was that you needed to sit on top of it to keep warm! Oh and is extremely "bright" on the eyes!

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