electric heating help

m0nkeylover

Pingu2807 wrote: »

Hi does anyone have any tips on how to reduce spend on electric heating? I am in a rented one bedroom cottage, house is insulated and I have curtains on doors etc and not prepared to live in a sleeping bag, but also can't afford the current £285 monthly electric bill. I have a heatrae sadia amptec boiler which is on a useless tariff for me (economy 10) as I only have it on when I come home from work or getting ready for work in the morning. This is still the cheapest on peak electric rate though. Any suggestions, already considering moving.

Most household electric supplies are far too small to accommodate a decent size electric boiler, so smaller output boilers are fitted instead (6kw-14kw), which end up being on continually as they struggle to get / keep the central heating water at the required temp. Which ends up costing a small fortune.

Turn it off and just use a couple of convector heaters on timer plugs, or better still install a woodburner, if you're allowed.

My uncle owns an electrical installation company, they were contracted by the council to fit a load of electric boilers in a row of council houses, 6 months later they were contracted to take them back out because they turned out to be astronomical to run :shhh:

Olivia - I agree with whats already been said, get a halogen heater.

lstar337

m0nkeylover wrote: »

Most household electric supplies are far too small to accommodate a decent size electric boiler, so smaller output boilers are fitted instead (6kw-14kw), which end up being on continually as they struggle to get / keep the central heating water at the required temp. Which ends up costing a small fortune.

They are all 100% efficient, so if you have a low power boiler on continuously, or a high power boiler switching on and off, they will cost the same to maintain the same temperature.

I agree that they cost stupid money though.

The only way to heat a place using electric for a sensible amount of money is with Night Storage and appropriate tariff, or with a heat pump system.