Fischer Storage Heaters

lstar337 · 19 September 2016 at 8:59AM

Cardew wrote: »

Yes, these heaters were not only a complete rip-off but dangerous.

This is the link and the article starts at about 13 minutes 30 seconds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07w5qkq/rip-off-britain-series-8-episode-4

Although this is an extreme case(and nothing to do with the title of this thread) similar rip-off electrical heating systems have been on sale in UK for years.

That's a good thing to keep handy for the next time we get a glut of new 'How good are Infra Red heaters?' threads.

lstar337 · 19 September 2016 at 9:00AM

I actually got a flier through from Fischer the other day, sadly they seem to be doing water heaters too now.

Jayceeme · 16 October 2016 at 12:45PM

Radiators/storage heaters cost depending on size from £800 to £1500+- EACH

Jayceeme · 16 October 2016 at 12:59PM

They are NOT CHEAPER TO RUN after 174 days post installation we got electricity bill for £898 and warning from utility supplier that year end bill would be in excess of £1600!! We immediately switched them off contacted Fischer with whom we are still in dispute! Response from Fischer "our installation team advised changing from Economy 10 tarrif and you refused as wanted to compare running cost? If on single tarrif they would have been cheaper. Fischer does not compensate customers who experience high running cost but we have authorised our dedicated energy supply switch team to contact you"

CashStrapped · 16 October 2016 at 2:00PM

Jayceeme wrote: »

changing from Economy 10 tarrif...

This alone should/could save you a lot of money (based on predicted usage). In fact, much of the current cost could be due to this. Unless you somehow timed the heaters to use economy 10 periods only. E10 and E7 are designed for storage heaters only. Outside of cheap periods, these tariffs are very expensive. Panel heaters, like the fischer ones, will be using (most likely) this extortionate rate.

Do you have annual usage figures for past total use. You now need to compare tariffs based on that figure. Ignore comparing e7 tariffs or e10 as they are no longer suitable.

If you do not have figures for comparison, average (all electric) users can use between 5000 -7000kwh (if not more). Try comparing a range of figures and see what comes up cheapest....and switch.

Unfortunately this is a lesson, to anyone. Do your homework before believing any marketing hype.

ElefantEd · 16 October 2016 at 3:55PM

I was curious about this company so got them to come around and give us a quote. They were very pleasant people, as you'd expect, and not particularly pushy. However, to install 3 radiators in one room (as a trial, so we could see for ourselves how good they were, at a "45% discount"), they were quoting at nearly £4k. For one room (and not our largest by a long long way)!

That buys an awful lot of heating oil, or indeed a cheap electric heater and plenty of electricity.

At that kind of price I don't know how anyone would even contemplate them as an option, though to be fair they might be more suitable for heating a small conservatory or the like.

CashStrapped · 16 October 2016 at 5:05PM

ElefantEd wrote: »

However, to install 3 radiators in one room (as a trial, so we could see for ourselves how good they were, at a "45% discount"), they were quoting at nearly £4k. For one room (and not our largest by a long long way)!

What was the KW rating of each heater out of interest?

Cardew · 16 October 2016 at 5:28PM

ElefantEd wrote: »

At that kind of price I don't know how anyone would even contemplate them as an option, though to be fair they might be more suitable for heating a small conservatory or the like.

Wouldn't one of these also be suitable?

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=3+bar+electric+fire&qpvt=3+bar+electric+f ire&qpvt=3+bar+electric+fire&qpvt=3+bar+electric+f ire&FORM=IQFRML

Jayceeme · 16 October 2016 at 8:00PM

CashStrapped wrote: »

This alone should/could save you a lot of money (based on predicted usage). In fact, much of the current cost could be due to this. Unless you somehow timed the heaters to use economy 10 periods only. E10 and E7 are designed for storage heaters only. Outside of cheap periods, these tariffs are very expensive. Panel heaters, like the fischer ones, will be using (most likely) this extortionate rate.

Do you have annual usage figures for past total use. You now need to compare tariffs based on that figure. Ignore comparing e7 tariffs or e10 as they are no longer suitable.

If you do not have figures for comparison, average (all electric) users can use between 5000 -7000kwh (if not more). Try comparing a range of figures and see what comes up cheapest....and switch.

Unfortunately this is a lesson, to anyone. Do your homework before believing any marketing hype.

Thank you yes i have same period previous years meter readings and have been on comparison sites with these and am in the process of changing tarrif and supplier, also have been doing load test comparison with heaters on timer and not and results have been jaw dropping. As of today heaters are to be used only as last resort until tariff changed or Fischer remove them. Thanks again

ElefantEd · 16 October 2016 at 8:22PM

CashStrapped wrote: »

What was the KW rating of each heater out of interest?

The total was 7.2kW if I remember correctly - three were needed rather than two because of the size of the available spaces on the walls. Can't remember the individual sizes, the smallest was 1.2kW I think.

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