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Natalie_G 
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 10:02am |
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Hi everyone,
We have 2 oil fin heaters, one small one for Arianne's room and one big on for the lounge.
We have just had the highest power bill EVER I won't say how much some might have a heart attack.
I have heard that if you leave them on all the time on low they don't cost as much money to use.
Is this true??
I don't want to go back to gas heaters they are so unhealthy and I always smell the gas.
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freckle
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 10:15am |
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I've heard that too... as they use lots of power heating up the oil so each time you turn off and on has to go through the heating again.... makes sense I guess...
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FreeSpirit
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 10:31am |
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It's much more economical to leave them ON, set on a LOW setting, all the time. I tested this theory over two months - one month turing off in the morning and on at night, 2 month leaving it on all the time on low, the difference was about $50 cheaper!
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monikah
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 10:36am |
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yup, we leave macks on low all day and our power bill is fine. the only huge spike we have had since he was born was cuased by our flatmate changing from his oil heater to a giant fan heater :@
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Flutterby
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 12:50pm |
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Oh that is interesting. I will be leaving Codys one on low from now on then and see what happens.
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Snappy
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 1:01pm |
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Yup, ditto to what everyone said. Last year we had a $700 power bill - we were using the oil heater on high non-stop for most of July. This year we only switch it on for two hours at night - I turn ours on and watch the meter thingee spinning around.
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pepsi
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 2:34pm |
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We have 2 of them (one for each girls room) and 1 is left on all day on low since Kayla still naps during the day. Alyssa's only goes on when it's particularly cold. We haven't had any shockers regarding the power bill..
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Natalie_G
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 6:15pm |
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Ok so I will leave ours on low all the time and see how we go, I use to turn it off when it got hot and the one in the bedroom wasn't on during the day only turned it on at night. We shall see how the next bill is after doing this.
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yermasyada
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 6:58pm |
We've just started using an oil fin heater. Never needed any heating before, but this winter's been cold 
I was really worried about what the bill was going to be like. We don't use it every day, maybe 4 days of the week and on average 8hrs at a time on high.
We got our first full months bill and it was only $119  Our usual bill is about $80. We also have electric blankets on every night, but they're cheap as chips to run.
Milliemoo
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Natalie_G
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Posted: 03 August 2009 at 7:40pm |
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Its so strange I wonder why our bill is so high, we would use it prob less that you Milliemoo. Hopefully it will go down in the next bill if not we will be getting some things checked. Oh we don't use electric blankets and have eco bulbs everywhere lol.
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