having a heater

For most people having a heater that will work at the flick of a switch is very important when the cold winter months kick in. Although there are various heaters which do this job, there are some which have advantages over the others. It used to be that stand alone gas or electric heaters were the heaters of choice for most people but nowadays many people prefer oil heaters. Oil heaters offer many benefits that other heaters simply do not.

Night time use of electric heaters is a major safety concern which puts many people off. They can cause an excess amount of worry as they have been known to short circuit and cause fires. For this reason they are not suitable for use during night time hours. They are also not very energy efficient and use a lot of electricity. Gas heaters are also unsafe for night heating due to the fact that they have an open flame and there is a risk that gas could run out.

The risk of short circuiting is greatly reduced with oil heaters as they only use about a quarter of the electricity that an electric heater uses. This is because an oil heater works by slowly heating the oil inside the heater and once the desired temperature has been reached the heater will switch off and only come back on when the temperature in the room drops again. There is usually an auto shut off feature with many oil heaters which would work in the event that over heating occurs or if the heater is accidentally knocked over.

Another advantage of an oil heater is the fact that the air does not become stuffy and dry. This can make night time breathing much better. The temperature of the heater is also controllable. You can then choose whether to use the heater to take the chill out of a room or to heat it up fully. Oil heaters can help to reduce your heating bills as they are energy efficient.

Some people spend a lot of money heating their homes in the winter. Gas and electricity are very expensive today, with no signs of prices coming down. Many individuals are now changing over to cheaper home heating oil though. And when this happens they have to ensure the tanks re always full of cheap heating oil to make sure they don't run dry in the cold weather.