radiant heater panels

[Ian007]

Ian when you say you run them on timers.
What time would you have them set for to turn on so that you could get the chill out of the room.
I am assuming it would be mid afternoon till bedtime or do you leave them on longer.

just the normal plug in pin type timer.

I run one from about 6pm till 12pm and 5.30am till 8am takes the chill off around the times when the kids are using the room after 12 there in bed anyways so should be warm enough,
and the other I run all night thats Gavs room as he has chest problems ect so I want a warm room for him in winter.

Cheers

[vGolfer]

Just thought I would bump this. We are looking at installing one of the Nobos in our back living room. We have our hands tied a bit - solid brick walls which are party walls either side with the neighbours, and bugger all ceiling space - no room to put in any ducts.

The room is about 25sqm...lots of glass as well so it does get cold. We were thinking of getting one on either side of the room perhaps.

If anyone has experience with teh Nobo, comments greatly appreciated.

[swiftden]

We have three of these heat panels and find them to be great at maintaining a good warm room. Also not that expensive to run when you consider gas and wood !!

[krm66]

Hi

In the places Ive owned/rented I have had all sorts of heating;

Wood, reverse A/C, ducted gas, wall heater etc but the very best I ever had was in a rental.

It had "electric blanket" things that layed on top of the ceiling between the rafters. They are pretty thin and have heaps of tiny wires running that are the elements. Hook up to a thermostat.

It was amazing the warmth they gave. In the babies room we set it at 21deg and because it radiates down all the bedding etc was warm to touch.

Had ours on thermo at 16deg all night.

The power bill was amazing as any rooms not being used were turned off andthere was also a timer function available but not fitted.

Sorry I dont know the name but it was truly amazing. Perhpas if you could find the name you could try it in one room before commiting.

cheers

dazzler

Hi,

I think you are talking about this, hope this helps;

http://www.speedheat.com.au/prod.htm

Cheers,

[Shedhand]

We have 2 Noirot (similar to Nobo) panel heaters and will be fitting a 3rd to our extension. That will qualify us for a cheaper eletricity rate to run them.
We have one in our lounge room 2.4kW and one in the hallway 2.4kW the new one will also be 2.4 kW. They heat a cold room up in about 15 mins. We love 'em. They were 187 bucks each and are thermostatically controlled.
BTW f you can afford the 2000 to fit the system Dazzler had it will much more economical over time. You'll find the system will pay for itself through lower power consumption in a very short time. Get some comparitive figures from your electricity supplier.
Cheers

[ricgstevens]

Our home is heated using ducted gas - it came with the house and it still works. If I was designing a new home I would much prefer a system which can be zoned or heating elements individually controlled to save energy where heating isn't required.

One thing I hate about winter is not being able to work comfortably in my workshop because of the cold. Subsequently projects come to a standstill until Sept/Oct - nearly 5 months of downtime.

So when I finally capitulated and decided to get some form of heating into my workshop/garage, I began my research into alternative heating systems. Gas and wood fires were immediately rejected on the grounds of them having open flames. I did give gas (natural not propane) a bit of thinking though but in the end having to organise plumbing and then flueing got all a bit too hard (which = cost). I was also wary of gas producing condensation - the last thing I want is to see my equipment get rusty.

It was at this point I came across a Nobo system being used in a display home which gave me an "Ah Ha" moment where all my questions were answered in one go. I didn't even bother with any more research.

I decided to go with Nobo's for the following reasons:

1) they were cheap - I got the largest units 1500mm x 400mm (2 kW each) for $330. These were brand new BTW (I shopped around hard). I have two of these units installed in my 7M x 6M double brick garage.

2) all they require is a powerpoint - simple plug and play. No need for plumbers to route gas into my workshop

3) installation is simple - 4 screws into the wall to mount the bracket and the unit simply clips on

4) the literature indicates these units are cheap to run

5) it does not blow around dust (unlike ducted heating)

6) the units I got came with timers which can be programmed to suit usage patterns. BTW, I simply turn mine on when I come home and allow about an hour for my workshop to heat up

7) the heat it produces is 'dry' heat. I have a hydrometer in my workshop which often reads <50% moisture in the air even when its raining outside

8) If and when I move house, I will simply unscrew these units and take them with me - simple!

I am now enjoying working in my garage but there are a few things I need to do to improve the efficiency of these units. I have three 'must do' jobs:

1) insulate my panel lift garage door. Being bare metal, it simply transmits all the cold outside into the workshop

2) do something about my windows - while they are fixed pane units, a friend suggested I install another layer of glass on the inside of the windows to create a double glazing effect without sacrificing natural light

3) insulate the ceiling

Once I do all this, I think I'll come quite close to replicating insulation I have on the inside of our house.

HTH

Rich

[havenoideaatall]

There's a bloke on Ebay selling them (Nobo) cheap in Melbourne. We bought 3 x 1KW heaters off him.