No water vapour from electric heating
An advantage of other forms of heating over gas is that portable gas heaters — and other gas heaters that have no flue — let off a whole heap of water. Its just part of the process, says energy Consultant David Russell. "Y ou get a bit of heat and you get a bit of water. So for every kilowatt of heat from your gas appliance you are pumping something like 250ml of water vapour into the room." "With a two kilQwatt heater that makes something like a milk bottle full of water every hour going into the atmosphere of your room and this is what leads to condensation on any cold surfaces - windows or the walls of rooms that are unused." "A two kilowatt electric heater will give you the same heat without the worry of adding water vapour to your atmosphere and, to further lift the cloud, it will cost you less to run. Yes, the LPG which runs those portable gas heaters can cost one and a half to two times as much as electricity."
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 587, 23 May 1995, Page 7
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182No water vapour from electric heating Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 12, Issue 587, 23 May 1995, Page 7
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