Ceramic heaters

yellowb

Hi Can anyone help I have been trying to find out how much it will cost to run a 1500 watt ceramic heater per hour, we are on old ugly storage heaters which are working with aconemy 10 electric, would it be cheaper to change to the ceramic can't seem to get any info on running costs, would I be able to use the ceramic heaters the same has night storage ie: use them on my cheaper night time and day time economy 10 system, would they hold the heat the same as the old storage heaters, I think I understand that you should leave the ceramic heaters on all the time but this would cost an arm and leg
please can anyone help

yellowb

windup

that would depend on how much you pay for electricity, the temperature of the room, and the temperature setting of the thermostat

if you pay 11p/kwh, the maximum (costs nothing if the thermostat turns it off) it will cost is 1.5 times that ie 16.5p/hr

they don't hold heat, so no, but you could plug it and use cheap electricity the same.

matelodave

A ceramic heater is no different than a fan heater in that it produces heat from an element which is made from ceramic instead of a coiled wire and then blows it around with a fan.

1500watts will cost exactly the same when being used by a ceramic heater, ordinary fan heater, convector heater, oil radiator, infra-red type or even a super-duper Fischer one that costs £100's.

All of the above heaters consume electricity as they are producing heat - they don't store it and therefore don't take advantage of E7 or E10 rates unless you only use them during the off-peak period, which means they'll cost even more to run during peak rate periods which is when most people need heating.

As said above just multiply your cost per kwh by the rating of the heater and you will get a rough idea of the hourly cost - if you are on E7 or E10 then you'll have two costs to calculate, the off-peak and on-peak rates.

macman

Go ahead, as long as you are happy to pay approx. 300% more for all your heating and hot water. You may also need a switch to a single rate meter, typically £60.