Anyone here using one of those little diesel heaters to warm rooms in a house?
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Anyone here using one of those little diesel heaters to warm rooms in a house? Like: https://www.amazon.co.uk/HCALORY-Adapter-Control-Controller-Portable/dp/B0D97HHV75
I guess adequate (safe!) exhaust arrangements are the key difficulty.
Even without using the electric central heating our electricity bill really spikes in the winter from the sporadic small electric fan heater use, and I'm a bit tired of living so cold and damp.
Not sure if burning diesel to save on electricity fits for the #SolarPunk hashtag or maybe something else, like #EnergyPoverty. Our UK normal waking hours electricity costs something like 33p/kwh (0.38€, 0.44$US, 0.67$AU) — I'm surprised there isn't more uproar about it really. (I also have the solar panels I git cheap and hopes for a small solar project for our "office" power, but that needs a fair bit of spend on battery and charge/iverter stuff.)
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Anyone here using one of those little diesel heaters to warm rooms in a house? Like: https://www.amazon.co.uk/HCALORY-Adapter-Control-Controller-Portable/dp/B0D97HHV75
I guess adequate (safe!) exhaust arrangements are the key difficulty.
Even without using the electric central heating our electricity bill really spikes in the winter from the sporadic small electric fan heater use, and I'm a bit tired of living so cold and damp.
Not sure if burning diesel to save on electricity fits for the #SolarPunk hashtag or maybe something else, like #EnergyPoverty. Our UK normal waking hours electricity costs something like 33p/kwh (0.38€, 0.44$US, 0.67$AU) — I'm surprised there isn't more uproar about it really. (I also have the solar panels I git cheap and hopes for a small solar project for our "office" power, but that needs a fair bit of spend on battery and charge/iverter stuff.)
@yvan What kind of electrical heating is installed now.
And have you thought about installing an air conditioning system as a heating? -
@yvan What kind of electrical heating is installed now.
And have you thought about installing an air conditioning system as a heating?@a32 the place has very badly installed "instantaneous" electric water circulated central heating.
We rent so have to make do with minimum of intervention.
Budget, if we do anything at all, is in the region of a couple of hundred quid.
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@a32 the place has very badly installed "instantaneous" electric water circulated central heating.
We rent so have to make do with minimum of intervention.
Budget, if we do anything at all, is in the region of a couple of hundred quid.
@yvan Ok, that are some constraints. I see.
I'm in Germany where I would try to buy a mobile AC anyways, but, of course, it also depends heavily on the square footage etc.. -
@yvan Ok, that are some constraints. I see.
I'm in Germany where I would try to buy a mobile AC anyways, but, of course, it also depends heavily on the square footage etc..@a32 @yvan Problems with mobile A/C "monoblocks“ for heating:
- They often only work down to -5°C outside temp if at all
- have a bad efficiency (SCOP ~3)
- also need a (big, 10-15 cm ø) hole in the wall (you don’t want to use these „open Windows" outlets)
That's why we bought a standard split device. SCOP 4-5, works down to -15°C, hole in the wall has 5 cm ø, but the device outside is quite large. We noted though, that at outside temp <4°C it uses 2-3 times more power than above. Seems to be related to coolant, absorber size, defrosting, etc.
Data so far and projection says our electricity bill will not be higher than before (wood pellets) at 0,39€/kWh el; ~500 €/a for 60 m^2 at comfortable 21-22°C.As for diesel heating or any similar CO/CO2 emitting devices, I’d be extremely careful indoors. You need proper exhaust ventilation (= hole in the wall) and alarm devices. If you have the means (chimney, space, money, etc), I'd suggest a pellet oven to at least avoid fossil fuels (the eco friendlyness of wood pellets is debatable, though). These ovens are also automatic.
