Fischer Storage Heaters

jalexa

Will99 wrote: »

Already had the sales pitch from a Fischer sales person.

And the price quoted was?

Squidge2372

Hi, I just registered as interested in this argument about heat loss.
As a retired heating engineer I have found most people forget that heating costs are caused by the heat lost from your property.
To reduce costs you should look at ways of reducing that first, then if not pleased with the costs after look at improving the efficiency of your heating source ( i.e. boiler or storage heaters).

Hope this helps.

Swipe

£1400 for a 1.9KW storage heater? Now that's what you call Fischer Price

staylo11

Hi, this is all great info about Fischer heating. I have a good understanding on how storage heating works and was wondering if anyone could provide some recommendations on other storage heating companies that are as efficient as brands such as Fischer (or as Fischer lead us to believe) and an indication on pricing for a house with average insulation approx 150sq meters?
If anyone has further information on grants in Scotland for elderly/disabled then this would also be appreciated?
Thanks
Stuart

macman

All electric heaters have the same efficiency (i.e 100%) so will all cost exactly the same to run for the same rated output, so if buying simple convectors, just buy the cheapest you can find at the required rating.

rogerblack

macman wrote: »

All electric heaters have the same efficiency (i.e 100%) so will all cost exactly the same to run for the same rated output, so if buying simple convectors, just buy the cheapest you can find at the required rating.

The cheapest ones can often be annoyingly rattly, make wierd smells, or have the grill melt a bit under sustained use.

equitable

staylo11 wrote: »

Hi, this is all great info about Fischer heating. I have a good understanding on how storage heating works and was wondering if anyone could provide some recommendations on other storage heating companies that are as efficient as brands such as Fischer (or as Fischer lead us to believe) and an indication on pricing for a house with average insulation approx 150sq meters?
If anyone has further information on grants in Scotland for elderly/disabled then this would also be appreciated?
Thanks
Stuart

Your self-titled #141 post says - Storage Heating Recommendations, Fischer/ WIBO don't sell storage anything, they call them storage but they store about 20 minutes only of heat. That I assume is not what you want them for, correct me if I'm wrong but you are looking for storage radiators that are designed to hold energy delivered in the 7 night hours, store it, and redistribute it in the 17 day time hours.

Padoli

Hi all,

My girlfriend and I have recently moved into a 2 bedroom cottage which has an old storage electrical system that we can neither work properly or enjoy so we contacted Fischer. We were given a quote for 4 heaters and a towel heater in the bathroom of 5k plus a couple hundred. Thats with a 15% discount. Neither my gf or I know anything about heaters [text deleted by MSE Forum Team]. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thanks

macman

Just get your existing E7 storage heater system sorted out, it'll be by far the least expensive (I won't say cheapest) way of heating an all-electric house.
For £5,200 you could have gas CH installed, if there is a mains gas supply available.
[text deleted by MSE Forum Team] you can (I hope) cancel if the contract allows a cooling-off period, and you are still in that period. If not you will be in breach of contract.
How much deposit did you pay?

jalexa

Padoli wrote: »

Neither my gf or I know anything about heaters

Get a £20 convector and/or a £40 oil-filled radiator and get a feel for the effectiveness and energy cost of keeping your cottage "not cold" with day rate electricity.

Hope you are able to cancel, you can do a lot better with £5k+.

What is the energy performance rating of the cottage BTW?