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wings
Joined: 09 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:42 pm Post subject: space heaters vs. ondol |
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Last winter my gas bill went from around 9,000 won a month to around 190,000. This was with the ondol on a fairly low setting, which never actually made me warm, just less cold. I want to get a space heater this year, but I'm wondering just how high my electric bill will go, and also where I should get one and what kind I should buy.
Should I go to high mart or a similar store, or is the quality the same as buying one in a little shop?
There are fan shaped ones and square ones, what is the difference?
How much does it cost to run?
Any other advice?
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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I'm testing this out right now. I thought ondol sounded like it would be good (heated floors!) until I saw my bill in March.
It's the same space heater no matter where you buy it.
There are two kinds of space heaters, radiant and convection. Google will tell you all about them. |
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DavePuff
Joined: 01 Jan 2005
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:19 pm Post subject: Re: space heaters vs. ondol |
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| wings wrote: |
| Last winter my gas bill went from around 9,000 won a month to around 190,000. |
Do you leave it on all day? I'm not sure how gas heating could possibily be more expensive than electric heating.
190,000 won a month seems steep. Perhaps the boiler is faulty or in need of a service? |
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Dodgy Al
Joined: 15 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Slightly off-topic, but not much:
Does anyone have a timer on their heating panel? I don't want the heating to run all night, but would love for the ondol to kick in around 6am so I don't have to roll out of bed and be instantly freezing my nads off. Any ideas? |
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afsjesse
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I survived last winter with a 15k won space heater from Top Mart. My electric bill went up about 20k per month, that's about 5-7 hours a day that it was on. Gas bill was very low. If it's on all day/night, I imagine it would go up perhaps 50-80k.... anyway you look at it, it's cheaper! and better INOP |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Gas heating is more expensive when you leave it on all day (you have to, it takes forever to warm up) and have to heat the entire apartment and not just the room you are in.
| Dodgy Al wrote: |
Slightly off-topic, but not much:
Does anyone have a timer on their heating panel? I don't want the heating to run all night, but would love for the ondol to kick in around 6am so I don't have to roll out of bed and be instantly freezing my nads off. Any ideas? |
Some do, I do not. Not a clue. I keep a space heater next to my bed to warm the room up. No timer though. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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A large, old, draughty 'Villa' apartment with badly fitted windows (that would be all of them!) is going to need a lot of gas to keep it warm. You might be better looking at other options like a space heater in just one room or something.......
.....But a modern apartment or 'officetel' with good windows should be much cheaper to heat with ondol than a space heater. |
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nolegirl
Joined: 17 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Do they sell heated blankets in Korea and if so how much? |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Dodgy Al wrote: |
Slightly off-topic, but not much:
Does anyone have a timer on their heating panel? I don't want the heating to run all night, but would love for the ondol to kick in around 6am so I don't have to roll out of bed and be instantly freezing my nads off. Any ideas? |
You need to leave your ondol on all the time and control the temperature with your thermostat. If you turn it off completely then you will only end up being cold for a couple of hours until your ondol heats up again.
Last edited by blade on Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:13 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| nolegirl wrote: |
| Do they sell heated blankets in Korea and if so how much? |
Yes; but I've no idea how much one costs.
Homeplus should have them though. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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Two winters ago I experimented and tried an electric ceramic heater instead of my oil-fired ondol. The results were six-of-one, half-a-dozen-of-the-other - what I saved on oil, I spent on electricty.
However, since then, the price of oil has risen more than that of electricty... |
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