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Hi all, please could anyone who's got tips from the trade help advise me.
My house has gas central heating with a combi valliant boiler. It's currently set on "auto" with a timer schedule:
5:30am-7:30am : 24 degrees C
4:30pm-6pm: 24 degrees C
6:10pm-9:20pm: 18 degrees C
The schedule is based on the most actives times in the house so when it's at 24 C its when me and the missus wake up in the morning and come back from work. The 18 C is just to keep the house cosy at room temp for the evening.
Now for the night time, we like to keep the bedroom warm. I currently have a 1500 watts oil radiator in the bedroom which is set on timer from 9pm-10pm.
My wife seems to think it's more economically efficient to have the gas central heating on from 9-10pm rather than using the oil radiator. I however disagree as I believe becuase with oil radiators, it uses oil to heat up therefore the heat is retained better and with abuilt in thermostat its not always on. All our radiators in each room have temperature knobs but the effort to turn them off in the night for the rooms unused is too much effort plus they'll be switched off for when needed in the morning.
I was planning on buying a plug power meter reading then working out how much it costs to run the oil radiator
The one I was going to buy was the one in the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071NZ53WR/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_q.JYBbE59QWRE
I wanted to ask, before making this purchase, is it obvious that my methodology of using the oil radiator in the bedroom is cheaper than warming the whole house again, or is my wife right?
My house has gas central heating with a combi valliant boiler. It's currently set on "auto" with a timer schedule:
5:30am-7:30am : 24 degrees C
4:30pm-6pm: 24 degrees C
6:10pm-9:20pm: 18 degrees C
The schedule is based on the most actives times in the house so when it's at 24 C its when me and the missus wake up in the morning and come back from work. The 18 C is just to keep the house cosy at room temp for the evening.
Now for the night time, we like to keep the bedroom warm. I currently have a 1500 watts oil radiator in the bedroom which is set on timer from 9pm-10pm.
My wife seems to think it's more economically efficient to have the gas central heating on from 9-10pm rather than using the oil radiator. I however disagree as I believe becuase with oil radiators, it uses oil to heat up therefore the heat is retained better and with abuilt in thermostat its not always on. All our radiators in each room have temperature knobs but the effort to turn them off in the night for the rooms unused is too much effort plus they'll be switched off for when needed in the morning.
I was planning on buying a plug power meter reading then working out how much it costs to run the oil radiator
The one I was going to buy was the one in the link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071NZ53WR/ref=cm_sw_r_wa_apa_q.JYBbE59QWRE
I wanted to ask, before making this purchase, is it obvious that my methodology of using the oil radiator in the bedroom is cheaper than warming the whole house again, or is my wife right?
