Electric heating - what's my best option?

markandrew

Looking for the wisdom of the hive mind on this one.

I live in a two-bed flat, all electric, no gas. The meter is Economy 7 but I'm using next to none of my cheaper rate units. There is a hot water tank, which I don't turn on because the shower and washing machine don't use it. The heating is electric heaters, not NSH, bafflingly. Specifically, they are Creda TPRIII (MT) heaters which I don't really like for a number of reasons, even if I were on single-rate electricity. The thermostat goes from 1-6, which are not recognized units of temperature as far as I'm aware. There is only a 24-hour timer, rather than seven-day. And I'm not convinced they disperse heat throughout the room ... although that could just mean that I have the wrong size heaters for the room.

So, my options are:
1. Keep the heaters and change to single-rate electricity
2. Keep on Economy 7 and change to NSH
3. Change the heaters and change to single-rate electricity

I'm leaning towards option 2 at the moment. If anyone agrees, could they point me in the direction of recommended NSH makes/models? And is there a recommended website to assess the size/number of heaters required for each room?

Thanks in advance!

molerat

Fitting NSH may involve a major rewire and new consumer unit, each heater will require its own dedicated circuit and the existing wiring may not be sufficient.

Those heaters seem to be no better or worse than any other wall mounted thermostatic electric heater. The user instructions state that * is 5 dec and 6 is 30 deg, you just need to figure out where the dial needs setting to with the aid of a thermometer - that is how I figured out how to set the TRVs on my radiators.

You need to input your current kWh usage and split into a comparison site and then do the same with the overall number to see if swithing to single rate would be advantageous - some suppliers will give you a single rate with an E7 meter.