Help with storage heaters!

[Deleted User]

Hi,

this white meter has two readings, low/night and normal/day, is this it?

lstar337

TheHoneyBadger wrote: »

I think really it will be a lot cheaper to use fan/oil heater. I didn't realise the storage heaters wrre 24kwh as opposed to the 1-3 of a plug in!

No, if you use the installed storage heaters on E7, it will be much cheaper than fan/oil rads.

Don't base your decision on the kWh rating, it doesn't tell the whole story. 24kWh is the storage capacity.

TheHoneyBadger

No the meter doesn't look like that, I'm almost 100% sure that its a single rate. Only has one display and no buttons at all.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

ok, well if that's the case it will be very expensive using the heater.

lstar337

How many consumer units do you have?

I find it hard to believe that somebody would install storage heaters throughout a building that only has a single rate meter.

If you have 2 consumer units, but still only a single rate meter, I would see about getting your meter changed.

Have you contacted your supplier to see what tariff you are on?

TheHoneyBadger

We have 4 units, 1 big and 3 small, we are on a single rate tariff I suspect its one of the rasons the house is £395pm

HappyMJ

TheHoneyBadger wrote: »

We have 4 units, 1 big and 3 small, we are on a single rate tariff I suspect its one of the rasons the house is £395pm

How much are you paying per kWh?

lstar337

TheHoneyBadger wrote: »

We have 4 units, 1 big and 3 small, we are on a single rate tariff I suspect its one of the rasons the house is £395pm

So are the heaters all on one unit?

If so, just get your meter swapped and go on a E7 tariff.

basill

To be sure watch the meter display for a minute or so, ours is a white box with a singe line display, there are no buttons but the display cycles showing low rate, high rate then total readings.

Or if the electricity bill is in your name sign in online and check your tariff there.

B

[Deleted User]

Hi,

lstar337 wrote: »

So are the heaters all on one unit?

If so, just get your meter swapped and go on a E7 tariff.

swapping the meter might be ok, but you will need the heaters wired into the night rate/ cheap rate circuit, which, sounds like you don't have, so could be expensive.