Oil filled electric heaters

Electricity bills may cost you a bomb throughout the three months of winter. There is a way of saving a great deal of money spent, by placing oil filled electric heaters in your home or office, instead of spending a lot of money on new heating systems or to upgrade insulation.

About oil filled electric heaters

Just as its name suggests, this type of electric heaters are powered by electricity, and the oil contained within the heaters circulates through the heating coil, and generates heat. The convection process allows the rapid transfer of heat through the liquid (oil). Though oil filled electric heaters and other oil heaters all use oil to generate heat, but the oil in oil filled electric heaters only warms up continuously, not burned like that of oil and kerosene heaters. So, you don’t need to replace the oil in oil filled electric heaters, saving you from the trouble and costs of buying and replacing the heater oil.

What’s so great about them?

Oil filled electric heaters comparatively have lower surface temperature, which great for safety for you and your family. You will not have to worry about have to worry about our kids or pets getting scalded or burned if they get too near for comfort, just because of curiosity or by accident. For this purpose, some oil filled electric heaters also come with special covers for safety purposes.

An electric heater of this sort is also great to have, as it is almost silent. Oil filled electric heaters, unlike other fan forced heaters; do not produce much noise as they lack fans in their mechanism. Hence, they are more suitable for your bedroom or study, as it will not disrupt your study or work.

With the installation of an oil filled electric heater, you get to enjoy higher savings in terms of electricity costs. This is because oil filled electric heaters do not consume as much energy as regular electric heaters, as they do not have a fan within them to power.

Thermostats are one of the components within, so you will be able to adjust the temperature settings to control the magnitude of warmth supplied. The thermostat will also act as a safety feature, as it will trigger the shutdown of your oil filled electric heater in cases of overwarming. The timers within the heater also allows you to turn on the heater some time before you arrive home after work, so that your will feel nice and warm once you step into the threshold. You can also program the heater to shut down at a specific time as well.

The downside

One of the limitations of this type of heater is that they have a limited heating range. The average heating coverage range is around 40 square feet to approximately 150 square feet. That is why oil filled electric heaters are not suitable for large areas such as larger living rooms or the entire house. They are more suited to focus on heating smaller spaces.