ditchman Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 thinking of getting one...........anyone have experience of using them to supply extra heat in your home...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 Correct me if I'm wrong - but I read fuel costs about £2.50 a litre? I also read that a litre lasts about 3.5 to 5 hours. If correct - cost is about 50 - 70p per hour to run. By comparison, an electric 3 KW fire/heater costs about the same (approx 18p per KWhr) - and a (mains) gas fire at about 3 KW output is around 15 p per hour. It seems to me quite an expensive way to heat - but looks better than electric. Despite gas having hugely increased in price - it is still one of the cheapest ways to heat (if you have mains gas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 16 minutes ago, JohnfromUK said: Correct me if I'm wrong - but I read fuel costs about £2.50 a litre? I also read that a litre lasts about 3.5 to 5 hours. If correct - cost is about 50 - 70p per hour to run. By comparison, an electric 3 KW fire/heater costs about the same (approx 18p per KWhr) - and a (mains) gas fire at about 3 KW output is around 15 p per hour. It seems to me quite an expensive way to heat - but looks better than electric. Despite gas having hugely increased in price - it is still one of the cheapest ways to heat (if you have mains gas). cheapest fuel i have found is £1.76/litre...........i was thinking to use it like a portable gas fire ? my daughter has bought a small one as a back up incase there is a disruption in the gas supplies/electricity....said it looks nice anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted October 10, 2021 Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 From my little bit of research as we’re looking for a ceiling hung wood burner ( evil villain lair look). Their heat output seems to be the main downside to them. It would appear they burn a bit like an old mammod steam engine on meths- effective with direct contact thermal contact but not so much at any distance. Would like to be corrected though as one that the ‘lady’ likes is mucho more expensive as a wood burner, than the bio ethanol version. Plus no flu required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted October 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2021 being doing the calcs on what ive found so far............they are not as cheap and as effective as the makers say...............will have to do more research Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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