Heatrae Sadia Electromax 9kW Electric Combi Boiler- any advice?

pokadot

does anyone have any advice / experience of an electric water system with standard wet radiators? i am looking at this

Heatrae Sadia Electromax 9kW Electric Combi Boiler

and to use economy 10 which a friend of mine had installed last year- he only pays £600 a year for all his electric/ hot water/ heating for a 4 bedroom house etc

the village we live in doesn't have any gas and we are night storage heaters which are very expensive to run and i am looking for alternatives other an oil and electric panel heaters

any views would be much appreciated! :T

HappyMJ

pokadot wrote: »

does anyone have any advice / experience of an electric water system with standard wet radiators? i am looking at this

Heatrae Sadia Electromax 9kW Electric Combi Boiler

and to use economy 10 which a friend of mine had installed last year- he only pays £600 a year for all his electric/ hot water/ heating for a 4 bedroom house etc

the village we live in doesn't have any gas and we are night storage heaters which are very expensive to run and i am looking for alternatives other an oil and electric panel heaters

any views would be much appreciated! :T

E10 is more expensive than a good competitive E7 tariff. Once on E10 you can't shop around for a better tariff as they all charge about the same. There is no competition. I have never seen a usage profile where E10 is cheaper than either E7 or just having a standard tariff and using heating whenever required. I also doubt it's a combi...9kW won't provide enough hot water on demand. Does your friend also have an electric shower or maybe has a cylinder of hot water heated by an immersion heater?

Cardew

Whilst your friend might only spend £600 in a 4 bed house, that is atypical.

The average annual energy consumption in UK is 16,500kWh gas and 3,300kWh electric. Given that a gas boiler is not as efficient as electric, it would be reasonable to assume that an all electric consumption would be around 16,000kWh pa.

On E7 or E10 you would be lucky to get that for under £1500, probably closer to £2,000.

gas4you

My limited experience of electric wet heating is that it is way too expensive to use as you would gas.

Avoid at all costs.