economy 7 storage heater replacement options

Richie-from-the-Boro

The green deal guys who came out advised to keep my old heaters till they fell apart, which will be soon, but surely there must have been some improvements in 30 years?

Lifespan long past a human lifespan. Lick ~o~ paint usually all that's required every 40-50 years or so.

As for the Fischer suggestion, better read the 533 posts on this thread. Ditto the adjudications in here.

footyguy

vivatifosi wrote: »

I bought new storage heaters a couple of years ago to replace my twenty year old ones. Why? One caught on fire, fortunately contained in unit but v scary. Fire Brigade said thermostat had failed.

My new storage heaters are remarkably similar to the old ones, with the exception of the fact that the thermostats are a little better and they have a second thermal cut out for safety. I wouldn't have replaced mine either were it not for the fire.

The small heating wires in a NSH will never produce enough heat to set fire to either the heat brcks, not the metal case that surrounds them.

The only way a fire could occur is if you ignored the clear warning on all electrical heaters not to cover them (or something otherwise fell onto them by accident)

Otherwise a nice scare story, but halloween was over a week ago now

Good luck!