Basic Radiant Electric Fire

Yes, thanks, seen those - alas, they're either like the one I mentioned, are too ornate and expensive, or halogen and too bright.

It's just an old school 2 barele ctric fire I'm after.

Yes, thanks, seen those - alas, they're either like the one I mentioned, are too ornate and expensive, or halogen and too bright.

It's just an old school 2 barele ctric fire I'm after.

This any good?

Indeed - as mentioned in the OP. The same thing is coming up as a branded item though:

Indeed - as mentioned in the OP. The same thing is coming up as a branded item though:

Oops!

Please SHOW me what he DOES want.

Thanks.

or this?

They do seem to have gone out of fashion[1] - the wall mounted patio heater style are still available. Some of those are still traditional radiant rather than halogen. TLC have one dimplex listed - but "sold out"

I suspect if he knew that, he probably would not have posted :-)

What don't you like about the one which I showed you?

Is the fellow often confused?

That particular one carries a "not been tested" disclaimer with it but there are quite a few similar items under the Vintage Electric Heater category on eBay which do claim to work

Nick

I suspect if he knew that, he probably would not have posted :-)

IIRC the EU rules on local space heaters in 2015 pretty well ignored electric resistance heaters. And I think they proposed to add mandatory labelling to them for the new regs due this year but no more.

I'd suspect more the production cost of winding an element with Nichrome wire compared with the cost of more modern alternatives.

I'd also just wondered about the electrical safety for traditional fires in some jurisdictions. Not seen IP ratings for them :)

On 29 Nov 2023, RJH wrote

I've had one that's similar to this for many years (bought from Argos):

The one I have has a slightly different design than the one you pointed to, as the "bars" inside the housing are flat wires rather than circular. (I'm not clear if that's safer, but aside from the housing it's the only major difference I can see.)

Somewhat pretty but utterly unsafe. As are a lot of old bar fires. Halogen ones tend to have a switch that turns it off if tipped. They're also shaped to discourage fallen items landing where the element is.

I's another of the 'I want a perfect electric unicorn made of unobtanium ' posts. One strike and he's out.