Storage Heaters not warming house enough!

richardc1983

Your heater has a boost dial, you have it set to 9.

Which means "early boost" meaning heat will be released early on.

You can set it to 2 which is a late boost so that when you get home you then turn it to max (9) and then it will release the build up of heat.

Or you can have no boost which is number 1 which means it will very slowly release the heat through the day.

Commercial use as described below is if your at home during the day. If you are leaving it on (9) all day long this is why your room is cold come night time.

See below:

Domestic Use
In cold weather set the right hand (INPUT) knob to maximum
(fully clockwise). In milder weather set the control to a lower
position.
Normally the left hand (OUTPUT) knob may be left on minimum
(fully anticlockwise). This control may be moved to maximum in
the evening if additional heat is required at that time. Return to
minimum before retiring.
Commercial Use
For normal commercial applications a setting of maximum on
the output control will ensure maximum output during working
hours. The input control should be set as described above for domestic use.

noojam55

Well I never richardc. I've not even the original poster and I found that useful and I don't even have storage heaters. A fountain of knowledge.

richardc1983

Well it was partially thanks to cardew for providing the user manual link... I just picked the most useful piece out of it as not everyone has adobe pdf reader.

Cardew

richardc1983 wrote: »

Well it was partially thanks to cardew for providing the user manual link...

If all else fails RTFM

richardc1983

Cardew wrote: »

If all else fails RTFM

:beer: beer mate?

deansatch

richardc1983 wrote: »

Your heater has a boost dial, you have it set to 9.

Which means "early boost" meaning heat will be released early on.

You can set it to 2 which is a late boost so that when you get home you then turn it to max (9) and then it will release the build up of heat.

Or you can have no boost which is number 1 which means it will very slowly release the heat through the day.

Commercial use as described below is if your at home during the day. If you are leaving it on (9) all day long this is why your room is cold come night time.

See below:

Domestic Use
In cold weather set the right hand (INPUT) knob to maximum
(fully clockwise). In milder weather set the control to a lower
position.
Normally the left hand (OUTPUT) knob may be left on minimum
(fully anticlockwise). This control may be moved to maximum in
the evening if additional heat is required at that time. Return to
minimum before retiring.
Commercial Use
For normal commercial applications a setting of maximum on
the output control will ensure maximum output during working
hours. The input control should be set as described above for domestic use.

I do only turn the output up at night...around 7pm-8pm. During the day the output is on 0 since I am not usually in that room.

Anyway, it seems the solution was to keep the door shut and tape the windows shut...and live with the fact that the rest of the house is like a fridge but the living room is now around 20.5C and my heating bill is still nearing £150 per month