Heat Wafers

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:36 pm

Anyone any experience of using these high surface area, low wattage heaters? Noticed a number of them for sale at reasonable prices when we were last over. Not sure of their efficiency at providing enough background heat in the winter. Any comments useful.

Ben

petermeachem · Post by **petermeachem** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:06 pm

What wattage are they? Low wattage = not much heat.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:59 pm

Hi Peter,

They seem to depend on low wattage over a long period, rather than quick bursts of high wattage heat. The max wattage I have seen is 750w, which is supposed to provide background heat for a living room. Smaller wattages are available for bedrooms.

Ben

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:36 pm

well i had some once...absolutely useless...if it gets really cold then they cannot cope....buy a woodburner or electric oil filled rad

wizzo · Post by **wizzo** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:02 am

I have them in the wardrobes of my place in Carvoeiro, good for keeping away the damp when the place is empty throughout the winter.

I brought one back to the UK for same purpose but have never got round to fitting it.

Gambrinus · Post by **Gambrinus** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:23 am

Heatwafers:
In my house I combine them with a couple of dehumidifiers, and they work well, especially in the bedrooms (HW4 or HW5). If you are looking to heat rooms with more volume, I suggest you either place a couple of heatwafers (HW7) or use aircon units.
The radiant heat concept works well in rooms with a lot of wood furniture. The furniture takes on the heat and after a few days you have several warm, dry bodies in the room that significantly reduce chill.

The electric oil heaters are a drain on elecricity, because you need a good kwh just to get the bloody things to heat up and when u switch them off, the room is cold in no time.

Stay away from the gas burning stoves - they are the most risky and they also generate hunidity.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:07 pm

Heat wafers work well enough when you get your head around the fact that they are low wattage and are left on 24 hours a day. They are not expensive to run especially if you are on a dual tariff meter with cheap electricity overnight.

I use them in the two guest bedrooms and achieve a good level of background heat. I think that the small units for wardrobes are excellent and use one in a large built in wardrobe which is on an outside wall. The warmth from the room aircon does not permeate into the wardrobe but with the wafer heater on at the price of a large light bulb the inside of the wardrobe is warm and dry.

biffa · Post by **biffa** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:54 pm

They make a good simple airing cupboard as well if situated low down in a cupboard with slatted shelves fitted.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 8:06 pm

I like them covered in milk chocolate myself.

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