Using an electric heater to warm up your room is smarter than you think!
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With the colder weather coming again, maybe you will start thinking about how to keep your home and family warmer during the colder months of the years! Ongoing heating can be expensive, especially if you heat rooms that you don't use often. Some homes don't have central heating either, so you may be looking for alternative sources of heat. Electric heaters have come a long way since your grandparents had those scary noisy, clinking heaters that didn't really seem to produce much heat! Let's take a look at some of the benefits electric heater can offer you.
Boilers are not always energy efficient
Many of the newer boilers installed today are much more energy efficient than their older counterparts. If your boiler has not been replaced in the last few years, it may be one of the older, less efficient models that were previously installed. This means that your old boiler will have to use more energy to heat your central heating system, which will ultimately cost you more money. In most households, hot water is usually heated by a kettle. However, if you only use one boiler for this purpose, you may only need a smaller model, saving you money on maintenance and replacement at this point. Another thing to keep in mind about kettles is, the older they are, the louder they can be! An electric radiator is quiet, with the exception of fan heaters, so your home is quieter without a kettle rattling when it tries to heat your home. If your boiler fails – and it does sometimes – you are left without hot water or heating with conventional central heating. However, using electric heaters still allows you to warm your home, which is very important in cold months, especially when you or a family member are particularly at risk.
Ecological damage
If you want Warm up a room with electric heatersYou can also do your part for the environment. Gas has emissions that are not good for the environment, especially carbon dioxide, and at a time when we are realizing how fragile our planet is, we should really try to do more to protect it. Electricity is a much “cleaner” energy and also renewable, especially when there are more wind farms, solar panels and hydropower. Electricity can be generated without using fossil fuels. Natural gas is also a finite resource that will eventually run out and the extraction of gas is fraught with problems like fracking and the like. A major disadvantage of using natural gas in the home is the risk of gas leakage and thus carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is often called a silent killer because there is no odor or sign in your home that it is present, and it is a deadly gas if inhaled in large quantities. If you have a gas boiler at home, always make sure there is at least one carbon monoxide alarm on every floor of your home.
You can save money
To find out exactly how much money you will save, you need to look at how much you are currently paying for gas and electricity and how well insulated your home is. You may find that your current system is inefficient, spending money heating rooms that you don't use, or losing heat from a specific area of the house. With a electric heatingYou can focus on heating only the areas of the home that you need to save money, saving you money. New electric heating devices are much more energy efficient than they used to be. When looking for a model to buy, you can compare its energy rating to decide which one is best for you.
Type of electric heating
Traditionally, when you think of an electric heater, most people think of the old fan heaters, which were incredibly loud and inefficient. While you can still – much better – buy fan heaters, there are so many other options. There are oil-filled radiatorsThese tend to heat up fairly slowly, but stay warm long after being turned off and keep a room warmer longer. Other types include convector heaters, infrared heaters, panel heaters, storage heaters, and many other types of electric heaters. It will take some research on your part to find out what will suit you, but there will definitely be something out there that will suit your home and needs. However, never leave an electric heater unattended and check it regularly to make sure it is working properly. There are no cables to be exposed and repaired.
Other ways to keep your home warm
You can have all the heaters in your house you want, but if you don't have good ones insulation Then the heat does not stay in. You can always get a professional to take a look at your home and find out about areas where extra insulation is needed, such as the bathroom. B. Replace your roof or your single-glazed windows with double-glazed windows. Heavy curtains are also useful for keeping the heat out of the windows, but did you know you can put one on your front door too? Front doors often let in lots of drafts, so a curtain will help keep them out. Putting carpets on the floor can help keep cold floors like tile floors warmer. Keep warm in cozy clothes like sweaters and dressing gowns, and wear slippers or socks around the house.
As you can see, electric heaters can be extremely useful for many reasons, research your product carefully and you should soon be living in a comfortably warm home!
