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14-10-2009, 08:06 PM #1
space heating with oil filled radiator
Is an oil filled radiator more efficient than a conventional heater ? That is, is latent heat of oil somehow utilised in the former ? - as inside it there takes place oil evaporation, condensation, and return to the point of evaporation (due to the force of gravity).
I am afraid it is not.
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14-10-2009, 08:51 PM #2
Re: space heating with oil filled radiator
Does the oil actually evaporate ?
I thought that they were fully filled and it was simple convection when the oil is heated by the heat source.Brian - Newton Abbot, Devon, UK
Retired March 2015
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14-10-2009, 11:32 PM #3
Re: space heating with oil filled radiator
very inefficient in my eyes!
mmm to beer or not to beer...........lets drink breakfast
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15-10-2009, 12:13 AM #4
Re: space heating with oil filled radiator
Efficient-no way, one Kw in, one Kw out, only advantage is the thermal storage of the oil, turn it off and stays warm for a while.
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15-10-2009, 03:07 PM #5
Re: space heating with oil filled radiator
I remember how in the past the common opinion was that they are more efficient than simple heaters. I also belived it was truth.
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15-10-2009, 04:50 PM #6
Re: space heating with oil filled radiator
If you want to do space heating by recovering heat from the oil, that's fine. Otherwise pointless.
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