OHbaby! Forums : Econo heaters https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:35:20 +0000 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:30:13 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=42090 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We are looking into under floor...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5801107&title=econo-heaters#5801107 Author: sem
Subject: 42090
Posted: 06 June 2012 at 11:30am

We are looking into under floor and ceiling insulation as well as a heat pump at the moment. I found out that you can get $1300 towards insulation plus $500 towards a heatpump. You can also get a loan from the council for up to 5k. This gets repaid over 9 years with 7% interest. The repayments get put on to your rates so when you come to sell your home the new owner will take over!]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:30:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5801107&title=econo-heaters#5801107 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : but don&#039;t forget to also...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800929&title=econo-heaters#5800929 Author: lisame
Subject: 42090
Posted: 05 June 2012 at 12:40pm

but don't forget to also factor in a roughly 7 year replacement period. ]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:40:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800929&title=econo-heaters#5800929 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Hi Denny, I have just been getting...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800768&title=econo-heaters#5800768 Author: SophieD
Subject: 42090
Posted: 03 June 2012 at 7:00pm

Hi Denny, I have just been getting quotes for a heat pump in our place, so can give you an idea :-)

we are looking at a pretty small unit (between 4kw and 6kw) and the quotes have ranged from $2199 - installed with the EECA subsidy through to $3450 for a 6kw Daikin model. we ended up going with a mitsubishi model, installed for $2528.

Heat transfer kits (have been looking at them too!, you can buy kits from places like Mitre 10 for around $400 (3 outlets) and to get a heat transfer kit installed on our SmartVent (like DVS,HRV) its around the same.

Hope that helps!

Oh and I got given a whole lot of info re running costs for heat pumps and the models we were looking at would cost us approx $1.20 a day to run over an 8 hour period, so adding approx $40 to our monthly power bill :-)
]]> Sun, 03 Jun 2012 19:00:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800768&title=econo-heaters#5800768 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Does anyone know how much an average...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800758&title=econo-heaters#5800758 Author: denny25
Subject: 42090
Posted: 03 June 2012 at 3:18pm

Does anyone know how much an average heat pump plus heat transfer kit costs?]]> Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:18:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800758&title=econo-heaters#5800758 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : IsaacsMum - we have a friend who...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800726&title=econo-heaters#5800726 Author: Nikki
Subject: 42090
Posted: 02 June 2012 at 8:38pm

IsaacsMum - we have a friend who is a fireman and apparently the oil heaters cause heaps of fires, so if I was you I'd stick with the econo-heaters for safety reasons if it is in a childs room.]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 20:38:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800726&title=econo-heaters#5800726 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Sorry LG have just seen your response,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800713&title=econo-heaters#5800713 Author: AbzandH
Subject: 42090
Posted: 02 June 2012 at 6:59pm

Sorry LG have just seen your response, if you have the good quality insulated ducting it definitely keeps the air warm while traveling. Our ceiling space gets really cold but it's never affected the heat of the air by the time it comes out at the end of the hallway. If we didn't have the transfer kit we'd almost need another heat pump down that end of the house, and our place is pretty small! ]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:59:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800713&title=econo-heaters#5800713 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We&#039;ve got 4. Each of 3brms...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800672&title=econo-heaters#5800672 Author: mummymonster
Subject: 42090
Posted: 02 June 2012 at 12:31pm

We've got 4. Each of 3brms & hallway. They came with the house and we don't use them!
I'm actually planing on removing one this weekend. Our rooms are small and a wall heater limits where you can put furniture. I'd rather have an oil column heater with a thermostat.]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:31:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800672&title=econo-heaters#5800672 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Sem - we have one in our sons...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800651&title=econo-heaters#5800651 Author: Flossie
Subject: 42090
Posted: 02 June 2012 at 6:07am

Sem - we have one in our sons room which is a small room, that is fully insulated and the heater is well away from the window and is actually opposite his cot - it works well in heating the room but is really in prime position especially as it is opposite the cot, we only have the door slightly ajar, if you had the door open it wouldnt work. I found that they dont really add much to the power bill -  I have never noticed a huge difference just the usual price increase over winter and I have the heater on all night and then for the first morning nap so goes off about 9ish and back on at 5ish.

Tictacjunkie - there is no thermostat on them

]]> Sat, 02 Jun 2012 06:07:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800651&title=econo-heaters#5800651 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Does anyone know if any of the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800625&title=econo-heaters#5800625 Author: tictacjunkie
Subject: 42090
Posted: 01 June 2012 at 8:30pm

Does anyone know if any of the panel things have thermostats on them?]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:30:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800625&title=econo-heaters#5800625 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : AbzandH wrote:Ours takes the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800550&title=econo-heaters#5800550 Author: sem
Subject: 42090
Posted: 01 June 2012 at 11:54am

Originally posted by AbzandH AbzandH wrote:

Ours takes the chill off but doesn't heat the room at all, we do have a heat transfer kit in the house though and its brilliant. Once the lounge/dining area is heated by the heat pump you can set it to a certain temp and then it'll start suctioning the heat and pumping it through to wherever the vent is in the house. So much better than the panel heater.

Interesting I was never sure if a heat transfer kit would work for heatpump air, for some reason I always thought they only work with the heap put out by a fireplace. We are looking into getting a heatpump installed so will def consider that.

I am also interested to hear how differnt people find econo heaters. We are thinking of getting one for our daughters room which is quite small and we leave the door slightly ajar so it would possibly work.

Need to ponder this some more, ideally before winter is over  

]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:54:17 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800550&title=econo-heaters#5800550 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : i talked to the guy at bunnings...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800534&title=econo-heaters#5800534 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 42090
Posted: 01 June 2012 at 10:34am

i talked to the guy at bunnings and he said they are good for small rooms. I dont shut the kids rooms and certainly wouldnt shut them in with a heater going so that rules that out. I am going to see about a heat transfer kit instead i think. thanks for the info though, its such a pain trying to think of the best way to heat the house lol.]]> Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:34:43 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5800534&title=econo-heaters#5800534 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We&#039;ve just put them into...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799605&title=econo-heaters#5799605 Author: Nikki
Subject: 42090
Posted: 24 May 2012 at 9:41pm

We've just put them into the kids bedrooms (the big ones) and our small lounge, and with the doors shut they heat all three rooms fine. We also have a home ventilation with a heat transfer kit --- so when we have the fire on in the living area we can pump the heat back to the bedrooms, it takes the chill off but doesn't make them really warm (especially later in the early hours when the fire has died) so we find putting their heaters on when we go to bed works well. Haven't had the power bill yet though.]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 21:41:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799605&title=econo-heaters#5799605 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We have them in the kids bedrooms...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799501&title=econo-heaters#5799501 Author: JoJames
Subject: 42090
Posted: 24 May 2012 at 1:51pm

We have them in the kids bedrooms and if we can keep the doors closed it heats them really well, but ds1 has to have the door open so it is a little bit pointless. But in ds2 bedroom it keeps the room really nice and warm.
]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 13:51:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799501&title=econo-heaters#5799501 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We have an Econoheat panel in...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799479&title=econo-heaters#5799479 Author: EmDee
Subject: 42090
Posted: 24 May 2012 at 12:29pm

We have an Econoheat panel in the smallest bedroom (about 9m2) and it works well in there - it doesn't heat it but takes the chill out. The walls and ceiling have been insulated, we have thermal lined curtains and I put towels over the gap at the top of the curtains.]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 12:29:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799479&title=econo-heaters#5799479 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : LG, we have a heat transfer kit...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799466&title=econo-heaters#5799466 Author: lisame
Subject: 42090
Posted: 24 May 2012 at 10:42am

LG, we have a heat transfer kit too. The piping is all heavily insulated, so yes, you get significantly warm air coming out the other end. We have a wood burner in our lounge, and pipe the warm air from up by the ceiling to the three bedrooms. The smaller two rooms get really quite warm. Our big bedroom isn't warm, but definitely isn't cold. It comes on once the lounge and dining are up to 18 degrees (thermostat on the wall at head height), and by that time the air up by the ceiling is really quite warm.
We have a Dimplex electric heater with a thermostat and timer. Perfect for picking up the slack in the early hours without overheating. doesn't come on unless it needs too. ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 10:42:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799466&title=econo-heaters#5799466 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We have them in our bedrooms as...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799452&title=econo-heaters#5799452 Author: LG
Subject: 42090
Posted: 24 May 2012 at 9:12am

We have them in our bedrooms as well. We got 2 of the smaller bedroom sized ones which dont do much, the rooms are still freezing so we put an oil column heater in our younger daughters room instead. In our eldest daughters room we put the bigger sized one and that does keep her room warm. We have a really cold, badly insullated house though.

AbzandH, we've looked at the transfer kits, is the air still warm by the time it gets to where its going?]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 09:12:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799452&title=econo-heaters#5799452 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Ours takes the chill off but doesn&#039;t...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799326&title=econo-heaters#5799326 Author: AbzandH
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 4:11pm

Ours takes the chill off but doesn't heat the room at all, we do have a heat transfer kit in the house though and its brilliant. Once the lounge/dining area is heated by the heat pump you can set it to a certain temp and then it'll start suctioning the heat and pumping it through to wherever the vent is in the house. So much better than the panel heater.]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 16:11:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799326&title=econo-heaters#5799326 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : we have the ones from mitre 10/bunnings...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799321&title=econo-heaters#5799321 Author: squoggs
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 4:00pm

we have the ones from mitre 10/bunnings in the kids rooms...they are actually too hot. I have to put them on a timer and only run them for an hour around bedtime, then a couple in the early morning. But our house is fully insulated, so maybe that's why I find them too efficient? When I say that, they aren't too hot to touch, they just heat the bedrooms up a lot - i checked my babies room the other night - 25.6degrees...eeek! ]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 16:00:38 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799321&title=econo-heaters#5799321 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : My very money conscious MIL put...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799316&title=econo-heaters#5799316 Author: Isabella
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 3:47pm

My very money conscious MIL put one in her bedroom, she said it was just awful, did nada and was actually more expensive than she thought.. Shes ended up buying an oil column ]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 15:47:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799316&title=econo-heaters#5799316 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We have put one in each of the...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799312&title=econo-heaters#5799312 Author: Jaune
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 3:44pm

We have put one in each of the bedrooms and while they are good they don't really heat the room, more like take the chill off. We got down to -2 the other night and the bedroom was about 14C in the morning...which is pretty cold but better than it used to be! That room has huge wooden windows too and no wall insulation so it gets pretty cold.
We have them on every night from about 6pm to 7am on a timer and I think it works out to about 10c an hour which over the course of a month is a wee bit, but better than the $200 the oil fin added last year!
Really easy to install.]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 15:44:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799312&title=econo-heaters#5799312 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Hmmm we put one in our sons bedroom...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799311&title=econo-heaters#5799311 Author: KazS
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 3:44pm

Hmmm we put one in our sons bedroom a few days ago - the smaller one but the room size is within the size they recomend for the heater and i am VERY disapointed with it!

Maybe we have it in the wrong position or something though - who knows!]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 15:44:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799311&title=econo-heaters#5799311 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : We have one in our hallway and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799283&title=econo-heaters#5799283 Author: AnnaShev
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 2:49pm

We have one in our hallway and its very good. only just put it in a few weeks ago so dont know how economic it is but before we got it i asked my parents about theirs and they said it only added maybe $20 dollars to their power bill. we found ours doesnt make the hallway/bedroom area really hot like a heat pump but it is definately more pleasent temperature. we also found that that end of our house was drier too. ]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 14:49:30 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799283&title=econo-heaters#5799283 <![CDATA[Econo heaters : Does anyone have one? Are they...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799229&title=econo-heaters#5799229 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 42090
Posted: 23 May 2012 at 1:34pm

Does anyone have one? Are they any good? Economical? My house is really cold... We have a heat pump but it only really does the lounge/dining room if the door is shut to the rest of the house.]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 13:34:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42090&PID=5799229&title=econo-heaters#5799229