What is cheaper for heating a room, Gas or Electric Heaters?
Now I’ve been trying to work this out but I cant really be certain of what is cheaper. I live in a house in Scotland with 2 bedrooms, 1 living room, 2 bathrooms and a conservatory. My flatmate and I decided to heat up only one room out of all the house and study there, we picked the conservatory which is the nicest room but I guess not the most efficient one for heating.
Anyway the question is, we have a small 2kW air heater, a 1.5kW oil filled radiator and a normal central heating gas radiator 1.5m(length)x60cm(height)x8cm(depth) that we can choose to heat up the room.
Which one is the cheapest out of all, with gas prices at 3pence per kWh and electricity 12pence per kWh?
I am guessing the air heater is out of the question.
How much gas would a radiator that big use per hour in kWh and how much energy per hour would the oil filled radiator use(since it turns it self on and off all the time)?
In my opinion gas is more efficient than othe way to produce heat, by using resistor to produce heat like range or line-water heater. Gas is 75% more efficient than electricity to produce heat that means if you use 100W to heat something using resistor you can only produce 25 watts by using gas you will produce 75 watts
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