Just bought a house with my other half , and it has night storage heating. I don't know if this is as good as central heating. How does it work ? Is it economical?
2006-09-14 10:17:09 · 16 answers · asked by Cyber Bob 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
it has two tariffs the night tariff stores the heat in blocks in the heaters and one tank of water. the heaters then release the heat gradually during the day. if you put the immersion heater on or use electric during the day it on the more expensive tarrif. it is ok if you are at home all day but central heating is much easier to control
2006-09-14 10:22:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night storage heating. Heaters that contain bricks basically to store the heat throughout the night when electricity is cheaper and then releasing through the day slowly. Not nearly as good as central heating because you have to plan the heating the day before, to know how much to let it heat up at night. And as previously stated, no matter what you do, the heat trickles out during the day, normally while you're at work. However if you don't have gas, it's a poor second best.
I've had it for the last three years, and it's a pain but I've got used to it. Would prefer central heating though...
2006-09-14 10:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by Banwa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Be very careful, I moved into a house with storage heaters, and to be quite honest "they are crap" not easy to control like central heating, it gets too hot when they are on, but if you don't put them on the house gets really cold, but you cant do anything about it, until the next evening.
My first bill for 10 weeks was £150.00, because I was told by my landlord to just leave them as they were so I did. When I got that bill I turned a couple off, then my next bill was just as much, my third bill was £250, so I turned them all off.
If you put your storage heaters on, lower them down the lowest you go on the dial on the left, and the dial on the right, just put on past the little click you will feel, should be around the number 3 mark, then if the temperature drops too much, it will activate, and the left dial will only pump out enough heat gently throughout the day.
If you call your supplier they will send you out an information pack telling you all you need to know.
So just don't have them on high, otherwise you will get a big fat bill.
Central heating is ace in comparison, as storage heating is not as cheap as they say it is.
All the best.
2006-09-14 11:24:35 · answer #3 · answered by bizzybee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Night storage heating stores heat with cheap rate electricity during the night and lets it back out in the day. It's important to make sure that the rate at which it takes in heat during the night is higher than the rate at which it gives out heat during the day or the heat will run out too soon. The main problem is if it's suddenly cold and there's no heat stored, you can't turn it on. The other problem is if it's suddenly hot, then you can't turn it off completely. It isn't as good as central heating because it's not as flexible but it's probably cheaper and it's definitely better than no heating at all.
2006-09-14 10:25:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fuel is Electric, Units store heat overnight when electric is cheaper, give out that heat over the day. Can be difficult to control but heat is provide 24 hours per day, excellent if you do not go out to work because costs no more than if working for specific timed periods which is how you would use central heating.
Make sure house is well insulated
2006-09-14 11:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You leave it on all day. Throughout the night when the electricity is cheaper (you will almost certainly be on Economy 7 where for 7 hours during night it's a cheaper rate) the heater stores it and then pumps it back out during the day.
In my personal experience it's expensive because electricity is expensive.
Tip... Rather than waiting for 3 months to find out how much it is. Turn all heating off and watch how many units you consume in a 20 minute period. Then turn all heating on and compare (during the evening when it's drawing electricity) then take the first number from the second number and you have the number of units used per 20 minutes. Calculate how many units you will be using in total and ask your electricity company for a unit price...etc etc. It saves any nasty bills like the one I had when I first moved into my house!
2006-09-14 10:23:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Storage heating is very poor.
Storage heaters are "radiators" (for want of a better word) full of bricks. At night, when electricity if cheaper (if you have economy 7) the bricks heat up. During the day, they release this heat.
We had storage heating in our old cottage but in the winter, we needed 2 duvets on the bed to keep warm.
You can turn them on during the day but this costs alot. Personally, i would never have them again.
2006-09-14 10:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by Peakey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electric brick based storage heaters are not as good as central heating but they do work better than most people here say. You need to plan them more as they are less instantly controllable
2006-09-14 14:22:32 · answer #8 · answered by Tammi J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stores up heat at night (cheap rate) often called economy 7.Then belts out all the heat during the day when the suns out usually.It costs a packet
2006-09-14 10:20:55 · answer #9 · answered by Clarky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have night storage heating and an open fire. the night storage is expesive to run and does a bad job of keeping the place warm.
2006-09-14 10:33:01 · answer #10 · answered by BERNON W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋