Dimplex OCR20TIE
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Price: £79.99
Brand: Dimplex
Description: OCR20TIE 2k W Electric Oil Filled Column Radiator with Timer - White. Dimplex OCR20TIE - shop the best deal online on appliances4.me
Category: Heating and Cooling
Merchant: Hughes Direct
Product ID: DIM-OCR20TIE
Delivery time: 1
Delivery cost: 0.00
MPN: OCR20TIE
EAN: 5011139078070
Author: Maria
Rating: 5
Review: I bought this because it's just no longer affordable to use the Economy 7 storage heaters in my house. Oil filled radiators can use a lot of electricity if you just plug them in and leave them, but the key is to make use of the different settings and thermostat to use it as efficiently as possible which this oil-filled radiator has. It's warmer in here than it ever was with the storage heaters and I feel like I have more control over how much energy I'm using because of the different settings that it comes with which means that I'm using less energy. Very happy with my purchase.
Author: 58mmf1.2
Rating: 4
Review: Very neat model, easy to clean the dust out so no scorched dust smell. Seen from above the fins are slightly wonky in alignment, but perfectly functional. Good paint finish, very light grey, almost white. The castors have a mind of their own on hard floors, but light enough to just pick up and move around. Like most oil filled radiators, the power output is limited more by the surface area of the fins rather than the heating element, so on the highest setting 3 (the 2kW heating element,) expect the oil temperature limit thermostat to reduce the heat output well below that. However, it seems capable of about 1kW continuous heat output. Perhaps in very cold ambient conditions it might be able of 2kW continuous heat output. Measured electrical inputs: Setting 3, 2.15kW; Setting 2: 1.08kW; Setting 1: 0.97kW. Manual states 2kW/1kW/0.9kW, so i guess these elements are rated as such for 230V rather than the 240V we have in the UK. Settings 1 and 2 are almost identical, seems a bit pointless; not sure why they didn't just use two settings (2kW & 1kW). The cable is 1.5m long, but only 3G 1.0mm^2, so not ideal for continuous loads of 2kW, although technically still allowed. Seems to be a white rubbery elastomer rather than PVC cable, probably more heat resistant. The temperature control is typically inaccurate as is the case with almost all of these type of radiators (high hysteresis and poor repeatability); an inevitable result of having the ambient temperature thermostat pretty much sitting inside the heater, and the control knob directly mounted on the thermostat rather than flexibly coupled to allow for mechanical stress relief. For more accurate control I use an external thermostatically controlled socket (a good quality German one, not the generic Chinese variety), even though the manual advises against that.
