Hi, I am very new to Melbourne.
Can I kindly get suggestion about an oil heater for my home (12ft * 12 ft room). Looking for something around $100-$120 budget with low noise if possible.
Thanks in advance.
Help Me Find a Decent Oil Heater for Home
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Peak winter is over? July and August in Melbourne typically have colder lows than June, and July has colder highs… Winter has only just begun, it’s just been a bloody cold one so far.
But yes, because it has been so cold already, stock will be hard to find.
Fb market place
Efficiency wise they are all the same for any given output. So pick one that is the right size and then look at whatever extras you want. Timers are good or auto off (so you don’t forget and leave it on all night). A few different levels of heat - 3 is enough.
But almost all heater have this so agree you should just get the basic one
Thank you
Why do you want to heat oil?
Less noisy. And heat lasts long , so less costly probably.
I still don't get it. What are you going to do with this heated oil?
Will heat them to cool them again. Circle of life 😁
If you have an unmetered gas cooktop you could just use that.
/$Only caveat is picking up searing hot heat bricks every hour or two.
Nah. Dnt have that unfortunetely.
De'Longhi Radia S Electric Oil Column Heater TRRS0715T.
It is on sale at Amazon right now, got mine recently and has been excellent.
Very quick to heat room.
Oil heaters are not noisy, they don't have fans- no moving parts.
Heaters just operate on wattage, the more watts the more heat.
So just buy whatever is in your budget, and more watts. Max you're going to get is 2400 which is 10A and the limit of the standard household wall socket. DO NOT USE WITH A POWEBAR as you can overload it.
I have a portable AC, single hose out the window, and it has a reverse cycle heat mode. Manual says it draws 1300W in heat mode but outputs like 3.2kw heat. The hose blows out cold air. So it extracts the heat from the air it sucks in, which means sucking in air from other rooms/gaps that lead to outside. You get this kind of refreshing mix of hot and cold air whirling around the room, it's kind of nice. Efficiency is probably a wash because it creates negative pressure in the room sucking in the cold air, but it's still nice. And very noisy.
I guess it would drown out the noise from your house mates.
Have been using an oil heater for many many years.
1.) As said … Cheap - Kmart/etc.
2.) oil heaters don't make noise.
3.a.) close off any rooms (bathrooms/etc) … Where heat can escape.
3.b.) use "snakes" / insulation that blocks air from flowing under doors/gaps.Will find by doing so, will easily increase temp of room by 6+ degrees… Means room maintains heat.
Oil heaters also take along time to heat up - but do hold heat for ages … So can find that turn off/down … And heater holds that heat for awhile.
Dress warmly. Good clothes at aldi last week.
Electric blanket (mattress topper) will keep your very warm while sleeping for pennies per hour.
This! Use this on smart plug as well, so it doesn't get too warm or too cold.
I would suggest oil heater. We bought one in 2000 for $900 and it hasn't missed a beat since.
A $900 oil heater in 2000 dollars must be a pretty fancy model!
No idea what brand it is but nothing fancy lol. We just had a baby so we wanted something safe and reliable, proved to be a worthy investment I guess.
Tho worth mentioning, we did buy another smaller (4ribs) and more budget heater and it started leaking oil after few winters. So going for something "fancy" is worth consideration.
Get any 11 Fin or more Oil heater. Get a smart plug when on sale (keep an eye on it for the Prime Days next week). Just use the smart plug with the heater to turn on and off in cycles. It will keep the room warm, plus save on electricity, plus you will be able to turn it on before entering the house. We used to turn our heaters on when we were around 15 20 mins away from the house, this is useful if you are returning back late in the night when it's very cold.
You don't need a smart plug unless you want to control it remotely.
Oil heaters have their own adjustable thermostat.
Looking for something around 100-120$ budget with low noise if possible
Hope you are budgeting this much a fortnight to run the heater as well!
Just did a quick calculation… could be wrong as I haven't checked this. 2.2kW for 12 hours for 2 weeks = 370kWh.
At 35c a kWh (very quickly googled), that's $130.
You haven't considered that once heater has been running and the room hits a certain temp, it will turn off (and back on again).
If you set it to for say 25 degrees, it may use 50% more electricity than setting it at 20 degrees.
Damn, you're right. I totally missed that.
I wonder how much power it'd use on average rather at max.
@rumblytangara: Depends on the desired temp and how well the house is insulated.
A poorly insulated and drafty room may use 100% or more than a well insulated room as the heat gets sucked out.
I know my sister in law would set it at 30 deg in winter and the air cond at 18 in summer. Fortunately I'm not paying either bill.
A poorly insulated and drafty room
Bingo, if the room is poorly insulated the unit might not turn off, regardless my point was these things are not cheap to run.
You haven't considered that once heater has been running and the room hits a certain temp, it will turn off (and back on again).
And maybe they'll leave it on 24x7.
Regardless, lets say you are right and its 50% duty cycle so half that power usage for 12 hours a day is still $65/fortnight to run….. So not that far off my claim, if they leave it on 24/7, then its back to $130 as claimed ;)
@JimmyF: dear jimmy … do you actually own an oil heater ???
please do state where you are coming from.please see my other post.
as - when used in "real world" scenario's they are actually quite efficient + heat rooms very well.[EDIT] … even google says that oil heaters are a "cost efficient" way of heating a room.
Sorry - I don't have any power meter/reader - to be able to give you actual $/HR/wattage calcs … but then - you didn't base your understandings on proper usage either.
Sorry - I don't have any power meter/reader
Well go get one and let us know your power usage.
[EDIT] … even google says that oil heaters are a "cost efficient" way of heating a room.
Does it!? They say they use 1800w/hour….. not sure if that is efficient in your books, but isn't in mine.
an oil heater on for 12 hours … WOW - what are those ppl doing ??? sitting around in their living room naked ?!?!?!!!
as others also said - oil heaters do have an automatic thermostat (which cycles it on/off) …
yet even with that - To give you an idea …Only took my oil heater out of storage roughly 3 weeks ago - situated in main living space (so heats multiple ppl - hard to do with just blankets).
Average having it on - roughly 2 days a week … and for 2-3 hours at a time (still keeps room warm for roughly 1+ hour after turning it off).
That is REAL WORLD USAGE … not your "hypothetical" scenarios of 24/7 (or even 12/7) usage.Actually gets so warm in living area … I often end up taking off my jumper (and no blankets) … and almost to the point of changing into shorts - (even when I turn it down to half) … So certainly can't imagine someone having it on even 12/7 - at full blast !
[EDIT] : mine is a 12 fin column oil filled heater - OMEGA brand … bought roughly 2005'ish … heating an open area roughly 10m x 8m (lounge + kitchen combined).
an oil heater on for 12 hours … WOW - what are those ppl doing ??? sitting around in their living room naked ?!?!?!!!
Oh if it was only simple….. Lots of people who are home all day, turn them on in the morning and leave them running all day to stay warm.
Average having it on - roughly 2 days a week … and for 2-3 hours at a time (still keeps room warm for roughly 1+ hour after turning it off).
That is you, not everyone is like that. I use my split system far longer than that.
That is REAL WORLD USAGE … not your "hypothetical" scenarios of 24/7 (or even 12/7) usage.
LOL That is your world, and your world isn't everyone elses world.
So certainly can't imagine someone having it on even 12/7 - at full blast !
Again, thats you, not everyone else.
The average draw of a oil heater is 1800w/hour based on this article https://www.canstarblue.com.au/electricity/winter-heating-co…
Depending on your area etc, a kwh is 30-40c, so that is 54c to 72c per hour to run.
8 hours a day is up to $80/fortnight to run.
Cant avoid that cost, so not considering expensive fency models like Dyson etc
Uh… Dyson don't make oil heaters.
I meant heaters in general. The cool looking ones
Kmart
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/11-fin-oil-heater-white-433…
No frills. Works absolutely fine. Nearly out of stock as peak winter appears to be over now.