Worth paying £150 to have two rate meter installed?

The_Walker

Gerry1 said:

That's not a storage heater, it's just a convector.  It uses daytime electricity, so nothing is more expensive !  All you can do is damage limitation which means forgetting all about E7, just use the cheapest single rate tariff you can find.

And move before winter kicks in, assuming you are renting.

Oh ok, I was mistaken then. The word "stone" in the name made me think they were storage heaters.

So in theory they should be capable of heating at any time, without having to charge overnight.

They have a ridiculously complicated programming interface which I'm still getting to grips with. Our little plug-in electric heater is so much simpler.

Gerry1

The_Walker said:

Gerry1 said:

That's not a storage heater, it's just a convector.  It uses daytime electricity, so nothing is more expensive !  All you can do is damage limitation which means forgetting all about E7, just use the cheapest single rate tariff you can find.

And move before winter kicks in, assuming you are renting.

Our little plug-in electric heater is so much simpler.

It'll cost exactly the same for the same amount of heat, it will be equally expensive. Time to start a switch of tariff and then time to move I'm afraid.

Reed_Richards

Gerry1 said:

That's not a storage heater, it's just a convector.  

£175 from B&Q: https://www.diy.com/departments/electric-2000w-white-convector-heater/3663602884651_BQ.prd 

macman

It contains 'a stone heating heart'. That's a new one on me. 
But, seriously, £175 for a 2kW convector? They're 'aving a laugh, aren't they?

Mister_G

Probably made from fossilised snake oil!

macman

One of these will do it:
https://www.toolstation.com/2kw-convector-heater/p77317?store=PP&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=CjwKCAjwtdeFBhBAEiwAKOIy51Wlajavef1dam2k1KmkHiD3J2iwKZnBP-xZzgmPrDY5SrTWqDSzKRoCimIQAvD_BwEhttps://www.toolstation.com/2kw-convector-heater/p77317?store=PP&utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&gclid=CjwKCAjwtdeFBhBAEiwAKOIy51Wlajavef1dam2k1KmkHiD3J2iwKZnBP-xZzgmPrDY5SrTWqDSzKRoCimIQAvD_BwE