I have had three fan heaters (two cheapo Chinese ones from Sainsbury, one expensive De Longhi one from John Lewis (got the money back for that one)) in the last couple of years fail because the safety thermostats fail open circuit, presumably from being constantly cycled.
I opened the cheapo Chinese ones up with the intention of replacing the thermostats, but they were not amenable to repair and I was concerned that if I merely shorted the 'stats out, the heaters would burst into flames.
actually hot air curtains are often better,
But best is UFH. No cold draughts on yer feet.
Modern fan heaters are pants.
I had 3 - they had the air intake in the base, so they sucked in the fluff from the hard floors (dust bunnies migrate well on hardwood).
These built up on the grill and caused parts of teh element to run red hot.
This then caused the plastic case to melt.
And to top it off, I had to buy a set of weird securitybits to open then to hoover out the crud!
Give me a metal cased fan heater with a top inlet any day...
Oh, yeah, I forgot about that. Except the security screws are down a long tunnel that the exchangeable bits won't fit in.
Can't seem to get them any more.
Only really experienced it when visiting St Catherine's. Gives you a hot bum when sitting on the floor.
I agree that air curtains are good for things like shops, not always so convenient in the home. I thought we were talking about simple "add-on" heating options.
I doubt it, he is as tight as f*ck.
He's generally a very knowledgeable bloke. I'll stick to warming my office with my ten quid heater.
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