View Full Version : space heating with oil filled radiator
Yuri B.
14-10-2009, 08:06 PM
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.
Brian_UK
14-10-2009, 08:51 PM
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.
lowcool
14-10-2009, 11:32 PM
very inefficient in my eyes!
Magoo
15-10-2009, 12:13 AM
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.
Yuri B.
15-10-2009, 03:07 PM
I remember how in the past the common opinion was that they are more efficient than simple heaters. I also belived it was truth.
NoNickName
15-10-2009, 04:50 PM
If you want to do space heating by recovering heat from the oil, that's fine. Otherwise pointless.
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