electric heater vs oil heater?

Question

Does anyone know which one is cheaper to run
Greystone (fake fire glow) or a oil radant heater(looks like a radiator )
I am putting a 5th wheel on my property to live in and the trailer has a fake fireplace but not sure if I should use it or an oil radant heater

Answer 1

If they both run on electricity, they will both use an almost identical amount of electricity to produce the same amount of heat.

I found that out when I used two plug-in heaters one winter instead of my forced air furnace, which I only used at night during the two weeks or so of below-freezing nights we got.

My bill was within a few dollars of what it was the winter before and the winter after, when I used forced air only.



You may want to use both. The oil filled type are great for leaving on all day to maintain a basic temperature so things don't freeze, but they aren't good at heating a house fast when you come home to that minimum temperature. If the other heater does that, turn it on only when you get home to bring the place up to a comfortable temperature.