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2kW Convector Heater Cost

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    #2
    Risteard81
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    Less than 2kWh, as the thermostat will cycle on and off.


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    nc6000
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭nc6000


    Thanks.

    How does 2kWh translate into units?


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    Risteard81
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    1kWh = 1 unit. The kWh is the unit.


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    [Deleted User]
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    I did rough calculations before (verrrrry rough!) and i think it was something like 20c an hour or thereabouts?


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    jameshayes
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    about 33 cent per hour


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    rob w
    Registered Users Posts: 1,131 ✭✭✭rob w


    The ‘unit’ which you are charged for is a ‘kWh’ of electricity.

    To use a ‘kWh’, you would have to run an 1kWh appliance for a period of 1 hour.

    So, for a 2kW heater running continuously at maximum, it would use up 1 unit or ‘kWh’ every half hour.

    But as the previous poster said, the thermostat will switch the heating element on and off while the heater is on, so it will not be constantly running at 2kW!

    So it will use less than 2 units (< 2 x €0.1665) every hour it is in use!


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    Wearb
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    Depending on the area being heated, the outside temperature and heat loss, it could very well run continiously. You should budget for 2 units per hour. Your hourly charges are probably more than stated when you take all the other charges into account.

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    nc6000
    Registered Users Posts: 3,252 ✭✭✭nc6000


    Thanks for the replies.


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    Risteard81
    Registered Users Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭Risteard81


    Wearb wrote: »
    Depending on the area being heated, the outside temperature and heat loss, it could very well run continiously. You should budget for 2 units per hour. Your hourly charges are probably more than stated when you take all the other charges into account.

    Indeed. When I stated less than 2kWh what I really ought to have said was up to 2kWh (but probably less).


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