New Electric Fire!
Posted by: George J on 31 January 2015
From Thompsons in Worcester ...
£9.99 secured me a little two bar 400/800 Watt incandescent fire. The old one burned out in the last fortnight. First one bar and then the next ...
I am sure that I remain one of the last big spenders in our time of economic splendour!
ATB from George
Nice little fire.
ATB from George
Must be an english thing. I would never call an electric radiator a "fire".
I agree with you that many houses and other indoor spaces are overheated, but I'd think that 13 degrees as an indoor temperature would be a bit of a challenge.
Ahh we call it an "electric heater." We do own one; one daughters bedroom gets MUCH colder than the rest of the home. She's at university now -- but I did bring it down to the cellar for our Super Bowl watching party as that space is hard to heat and I keep the heat shut off down there.
We keep our programmable Nest thermostat set at 64 F at night, 62 F during the day when no one is home; typically never higher than 68 F when we're home. We have forced hot air heat, so the place heats quickly making it relatively efficient to let it cool down that much.
And I have the iPhone app and can control it from anywhere I have wifi or a cell connection 
Dear Winki,
I would like to have it a bit warmer, but I hesitate as the place a typical English 19th, Century building with a very large sash window in the front room.That is secondarily glazed in winter with a sheet of stormgard. The windows at the back are double glazed, but that does not help because the walls sweat quite easily.
So I keep is dry, and draft at the back, and attempt some modest heating in the front room. But I do keep the electricity bill very low!
I can warm it up if guests are calling!
Dear Gianluigi,
I would have a Jotul if I had exactly the sort of house I would like! They are magnificent. Simply the best!
Dear Don,
You mention 9 Billion by 2050! If I were still alive then I'd be 89. My parents died at 64 and 68. I do not expect to live to a great old age on this evidence. On the other hand apart from them my family in Norway at least tend to live well into their eighties, and my grandmother had two cousins who made the big 100! Brother and sister, and in old age were in the same old peoples' home. They died a few days apart.
ATB from George
Funny how one night i did compare the small Nait2 on the shelf with the small Jotul. Two great honest products......
My grand grand mother died at about 100. She did sleep with open windows with 20 minus outside. My grand father always remembered how she was tired and bored by summer heat: about 15/20 at max! 
Thermostat settings aim to get:-
- Reception Rooms, Dining Room, Kitchen and Bathrooms all 20 deg C (68 deg F)
- Bedrooms all 16 deg C (61deg F)
Max/Min thermometer this past week indicates Max 21 deg C, Min 16 deg C in Dining Room and Max 16 deg C, Min 14 deg C in main Bedroom.
The heating goes off at about 10:30 so minimums occur about 06:00 just after it comes on again, but seem to be back up to target by the time I get up at 06:30.
Gas fired, heated water, pumped to steel radiators.
I haven't had time to listen to music this past week. Will monitor temperature in the listening room this week. Expect temperature to soar to 45 deg C with Krells running full blast and the standby power will probably prevent drop below 30 deg C
Don, That made me laugh out loud, the bit about Krells I mean!
Dear Gianluigi,
I always have my bedroom window open a bit. Never closed tight! Last September in Norway I did this though it was very cold at night that high up the edge of Hardangervidda. My aunty was amazed! She called me a real Viking! My grandfather [my Norwegian aunt's father] was the same, and even my grandmother would sleep in the spare bedroom to get away from the cold!
ATB from George
I do hope you've not got you heating on whilst your window is open George, that would be very wasteful
Don, That made me laugh out loud, the bit about Krells I mean!
Dear Gianluigi,
I always have my bedroom window open a bit. Never closed tight! Last September in Norway I did this though it was very cold at night that high up the edge of Hardangervidda. My aunty was amazed! She called me a real Viking! My grandfather [my Norwegian aunt's father] was the same, and even my grandmother would sleep in the spare bedroom to get away from the cold!
ATB from George
I do hope you've not got you heating on whilst your window is open George, that would be very wasteful
Certainly I only heat the front room when the temperature is below 15 and I am in it, and I am not worried because it has not yet gone below the 13 mark. The window is secondarily glazed with a stormgard sheet. No window open in the room I heat!
No heating in my bedroom or bathroom, both of which have permanently slightly open windows!
So rest easy!
ATB from George
Don, That made me laugh out loud, the bit about Krells I mean!
Dear Gianluigi,
I always have my bedroom window open a bit. Never closed tight! Last September in Norway I did this though it was very cold at night that high up the edge of Hardangervidda. My aunty was amazed! She called me a real Viking! My grandfather [my Norwegian aunt's father] was the same, and even my grandmother would sleep in the spare bedroom to get away from the cold!
ATB from George
I do hope you've not got you heating on whilst your window is open George, that would be very wasteful
Certainly I only heat the front room when the temperature is below 15 and I am in it, and I am not worried because it has not yet gone below the 13 mark. The window is secondarily glazed with a stormgard sheet. No window open in the room I heat!
No heating in my bedroom or bathroom, both of which have permanently slightly open windows!
So rest easy!
ATB from George
Good to hear it George. 13 degrees, you must have antifreeze in your veins my friend!
Hat, scarf, coat, and a bit of alcohol!
ATB from Goerge
= antifreeze, as dayjay said 