Wir ließen es zwei Wochen lang bei Nummer 4 laufen und merkten erst, dass es eingeschaltet war, bis wir heute zurückkamen. Irgendeine Idee, wie man herausfinden kann, wie viel Kilowatt die Heizung hat?
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Von Serious-Sir-6429
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There is no fixed power rating. The number on the thermostat is the target temperature it tries to reach, by adjusting the water flow through it.
Number 4 is „24C“ – in theory anyway, if it really heats the room up to 24C depends on a lot of other factors. How much heat goes through it on even more, like the outside temperature and insulation of the building.
And how much that costs you depends on even more factors, even your neighbours heating in the same period. Pretty much impossible to say how much that is at the end.
Are you sure its electic and not gas or oil powerd ? If its really electric it will probably be pretty expansive depending on how old or new the heater is. But i dont think there is a way to actually tell how much it used without knowing how high your usage was before so you could subtract that from the number shown now but im not an expert on that. I really hope it is gas or oil or a pretty new electric heater and not an old one.
(Sorry if i used wrong word and made it sound weird becaus of that my english isnt so good and seeing you wrote english i wanted to make it as understandable as possible and didnt want to write german caus of that.)
Its oil/gas powered not electricity. It won’t cost the world, I have mine in the bathroom on 4 the whole year.
From the size of that heater, will probably cost you 2€!
Jokes aside, you’re not necessarily „screwed“, but you definitely increased your bill a bit without having any use from it. 4 is quiet high.
What room was it? A lot of tiles? Open doors/windows?
Chill mal!
It won’t make a noticeable difference unless you left the window open at the same time.
Not a fun thing to realize but it shouldn’t make a significant dent in your average monthly usage and you Nebenkosten probably won’t increase that much from it
The counter doesn’t count kilowatts, and your Heizkostenabrechnung doesn’t care about Kilowatts too.
That counter only gives a unit-less information about the heat dissipated by that particular heater, just like all the counters in the house (i.e. all parties joint in the heating calculation on the same central heating). It’s the relative counts towards all these counters that influence your bill, but only partially. Your apartment size and other data is taken into the calculation. E.g., you will also pay, if you don’t heat at all, because your neighbors will heat your rooms indirectly too.
So, don’t panic. Also, don’t turn your heater down to zero if you’re on extended leave, you may cause expensive humidity and mold damage.
Was the temperature outside cold the last 2 week? The central heating may not have been active. I think ours kicks in when outside is 15-17 degrees Celsius or something. Sorry can’t help you read the dial. Just cancel it out by leaving it off for 2 weeks in winter 🥶
Number 4 = 24°. The cost depends on the type of energy source.
The kW of the radiator don’t really matter. The turning Dial will limit the heater to a fixed temperature. Once the temp is reached it’ll turn off automatically. What matters is the amount of energy your hosue/flat/room loses. That depends on outside temp, insulation, airflow etc. Heating cost in general vary a lot, but you would never go down to 0 in cold months anyhow because even turning the heater off with this kind of dial sets a certain temperature the heater will try to keep the room at. So I’d guess that the cost aren’t much higher than 10-20€.
this tiny one? nah, you good
On the left or right side of the heater should be a little sign with the specifics.
But before you calculate that, heaters like that dont burn money, it looks like its connected to a water or oil baaed heating system. depending how this hwating system is powered its more or less „expensive“ but overall I wouldnt get insomnia bc of that.
As some already said level 4 just shows the temprature the heater tries to reach before the valve inside it closes.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2acP06791I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2acP06791I)
Just kidding. You paid for keeping a room at about 24° for 2 weeks in a relatively warm autumn. Which is probably not too much.
in the worstcase you spent 30€, or even 50…. but not 2000
You’ll be fine. It’ll be just a few € more.
You’re not screwed. The radiator is not heating unlimited. 4 means 24 degrees, so it’s keeping the room at 24 degrees. That’s what many people do all year around..
I mean, it’s number 4 for 2 weeks. Hardly a big deal in comparison to keeping it on 3 for the whole winter…
I leave it always on even when I’m away for days at a time, I still haven’t got my „Abrechnung“ for the year so I still don’t know if I’m screwed
I replaced mine with an electronic digital, hence an area heat sensor, in the winter normally about 16c.
So in my Appartement you would be screwed
As long as the windows were all closed it shouldnt be that expensive.