RE: Radiator efficiency...

[Chris Langridge <chrisl@xxxxxxx>]

either change your rad or your wife...

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 14 March 2002 11:44
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [ukha_d] Radiator efficiency...
>
>
>Can anyone tell me if a chromed radiator might reasonably be
>expected to
>radiate heat less efficiently than a white one, and if so, to
>what degree?
>
>SWMBO is now complaining that the new chromed towel rail
>radiator fitted in
>the bathroom does not warm the room up sufficiently, and
>certainly does not
>seem to "give off" (her words) as much heat into the room as
>the similar
>sized white one we have in the bedroom. (even though the
>radiator itself
>does get scalding hot)
>
>Both rads are of a similar size/surface area (don't have the
>exact specs to
>hand), and apart from the finish colour are very similar to each other.
>
>I'm now getting grief from SWMBO that she wants an addiional
>heating source
>in the bathroom... - this comes just days after completing the *major*
>remodelling of the room, - so it's going to be too disruptive
>to put in
>underfloor or anything like that. The only additional heating
>that would be
>easy to retrofit would be something in the loft area venting
>in through the
>ceiling, or something in the dead space under the bath (not
>ideal). The
>other alternaltive is to replace the current radiator with a
>larger one....
>
>Anyone got any bright ideas?
>
>cheers chaps...
>
>Paul G.
>
>Oh, and just to get an on-topic element into this, let me just
>add that the
>radiator that is currently fitted is dual-fuel, and the
>electric element is
>controlled by an AD10 module.... :-)
>
>
>
>
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