Storage Heaters

Reed_Richards

I do agree with @matelodave .  Without knowing the detail of how you use your current storage heater and whether you use supplementary heating it's impossible to say if you would achieve any saving in electricity costs at all by replacing them with newer ones.

matelodave

I've just done a comparison with my present single rate Neon reef tariff against both Octopus and Bulb and I would end up paying around £435 a year more with Octopus and a whopping £450 extra with Bulb. 

I've not tried it with an E7 tariiff but I reckon you could probably trim £100+ a year off your bills by finding a more suitable tariff with another supplier rather than lashing out a couple of grand on new heaters to save about the same..

Swipe

matelodave said:

I've just done a comparison with my present single rate Neon reef tariff against both Octopus and Bulb and I would end up paying around £435 a year more with Octopus and a whopping £450 extra with Bulb. 

I've not tried it with an E7 tariiff but I reckon you could probably trim £100+ a year off your bills by finding a more suitable tariff with another supplier rather than lashing out a couple of grand on new heaters to save about the same..

I'm on on E7 with storage heaters in my new house. I've just switched to EDF away from Bulb (West Mids) and will save about £450 using 1500kWh day and 18000kWh night. That's almost 2p per night time unit difference

talbot103

What make of storage heaters do you have?

Swipe

talbot103 said:

What make of storage heaters do you have?

I have 4 Credas (2 x TSR12MW, 1x TSR18MW and 1x TSR24MW), and 3 very early 1980s Dunlop-Westayr ones in various sizes.

matelodave

I dont have storage heaters, I've got a heatpump and use around 7200kwh a year on a single rate tariff.

coffeehound

@talbot103 why do you want to change your existing NSHs?

MARKMAKAVELI

Hey guys, I thought I'd jump in here and ask my question rather than a new thread.
I'm looking at whether switching to electric radiators (used ones from fischer or dimplex) would be worth it.
I just want on demand heat as planning ahead isn't always possible.
I'm with Octopus on Eco7 now and pay 19.87 on the day rate.
(They can put me on single meter which would be 18.19 day rate but let's stick with the above for ease of calculation)
Are my calculations correct that if for example I use my existing storage heater (Dimplex CLXS 11.9kWh) it would cost £2.36 extra to run it for 1hr on my current tariff? (I know there's standing charges etc but just trying to get an idea of cost/benefit).
If I were to switch to an electric radiator with 2kWh output it would cost me about 40p for that same hour, so about 6 times cheaper?

Ectophile

MARKMAKAVELI said:

Hey guys, I thought I'd jump in here and ask my question rather than a new thread.
I'm looking at whether switching to electric radiators (used ones from fischer or dimplex) would be worth it.
I just want on demand heat as planning ahead isn't always possible.
I'm with Octopus on Eco7 now and pay 19.87 on the day rate.
(They can put me on single meter which would be 18.19 day rate but let's stick with the above for ease of calculation)
Are my calculations correct that if for example I use my existing storage heater (Dimplex CLXS 11.9kWh) it would cost £2.36 extra to run it for 1hr on my current tariff? (I know there's standing charges etc but just trying to get an idea of cost/benefit).
If I were to switch to an electric radiator with 2kWh output it would cost me about 40p for that same hour, so about 6 times cheaper?

You're mixing up kilowatts (kW) and kilowatt-hours (kWh).  They are completely different things.

Gerry1

@MARKMAKAVELI It's considered bad form to hi-jack an existing thread because it can get very messy trying to match the answers to the questions.

You seem to be confused about kW / kWh and also the model number of your heater.  If you are referring to the Dimplex CXLS12N the power it draws is 1.7kW.  If used for seven hours (and the thermostat doesn't switch it off) then it will have used 11.7kWh of energy.

Your electric radiator has a power rating of 2kW (not 2kWh) so it's more powerful and will cost more if operated for the same period.  It's also likely that you'd be using it on the daytime tariff which is more expensive.

Also note that the storage heater has a 900W convector that can be used at expensive rates in the daytime.