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Originally Posted by peter_4059
You should be able to look on the name plate on the oil filler radiator to see how much power it consumes. I bet is is going to be in the kilowatts and this is on-par with fan heaters. Might be worth checking the rules with the committee.
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But they work differently. A fan heater uses a constant stream of electricity whilst the oil filled radiator only draws enough power initially to heat the oil up with only top ups needed after that. So, initially when the oil is being heated up it may be the same, (but I don't know) but after only about 5 or 10 minutes it ceases to draw so much power.
The US Department of Energy says that fan heaters use between 10,000 and 40,000 BTUs of energy per hour whilst the oil-filled radiators use between 2000 to 5000 BTUs . 1KW hour = 3,400 BTUs