I mean in terms of weighing the amount of heat generated by the cost of electric…
Would it be more cost effective for me to buy and run a Convector heater or a Halogen Heater.
Which one would I need to have on longer to get the same effect? Would it cost more to do so?
Thanks in advance!
There’s no magic technology to get you more heat out of a kilowatt’s worth of electricity. Oh, the manufacturers can try, and they offer many types, but they’d be contradicting basic laws of physics if they could. You can only produce so much heat out of a unit of electricity, and every electric heater that’s made will be practically identical in this regard. You can safely buy electric heaters based strictly on price for the amount of watts that are produced, from an electrical efficiency standpoint. Also, electric heat like this is one of your most expensive options to use, too. (Sure, these heaters are cheap to buy, but they typically cost .15 – .25 an hour to run).
The only inexpensive electric heat to use involves using air-to-air heat pumps, or even better, geothermal heat pumps. Expect installation costs to be high.
