Heating

billythefish66

Hi,
Has anybody had any dealings with 
Sunflow regarding electric heating?
If yes would you recommend them?

Gerry1

I'd recommend electric heating at daytime rates (typically five or six times the pence/kWh rate of gas) for anyone who wants to go bankrupt.

matelodave

Please search the forum for info on Fischer  and other similar heating systems filled with magic dust, super clay, fairy oil and other exotic materials and you'll find that they are all extremely expensive to install but and even more expensive to run. They are not storage heaters insofar as they do not use off-peak electricity to store heat for use during peak hours, they require peak rate leccy all the time which is more expensive.

Look here - you dont have to read all 71 pages to see what people think

 https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/76913794#Comment_76913794.
Even though Sunflow isn't a Fischer heater it is still of a similar construction and works in the same way using peak rate electricity

They are no more efficient than a £10 convector heater or oil filled radiator fro Argos or B&Q (although they do look a bit prettier). Even though they profess to have sophisticated electronic controls, wifi and other "energy saving" attributes they will still use the same amount of energy to heat the same space to the same temperature as a cheaper heater and if that energy is costing you 12-15p/kwh (or more) then anticipate sky high electricity bills.

I dont know what you are hoping to achieve or replace but be very very careful - the cheapest way to heat your house with electricity appart from a heatpump is with proper off-peak storage heaters which use lower cost electricity overnight to store enough heat energy to dissipate it throughout the day