Best option to replace Economy 10 old storage heaters?

Kid_Icarus

I’ve ripped out old storage heaters in two properties (mine and a rental) and about to do a third.   Replaced with Dimplex Quantums in both, third will be the same.

They are brilliant, so much better than the old box of bricks they replaced.  The rental has a smart meter on an Economy7 tariff and the traditional 24/7 and off-peak/night consumer units.  Works very well and the tenants are very pleased with them.  I’ve provided the tenants with a Dimplex Hub and setup the app on their smartphones so they can control their heating from anywhere (it is also easier to program the heating times via the app rather than use the control panel on each heater).  No issues with the quantums running out of heat.

In my home I have Quantums but wired slightly differently as they are all on a single 24/7 supply as I removed the off-peak board a few years ago.  I have a smart meter on Octopus Cosy - which has a 3 hour cheap afternoon period from 13:00-16:00 (peak rate from 16:00 to 19:00 is expensive however) - this suits me as I am almost always out until 8/9pm.  Am considering switching to Octopus Snug.

I’ve looked into other panel heating systems incl Fisher and Rointe - but these use expensive peak rate power Not off peak.  May not apply in your situation but if you install panel heaters in a rental - these Will worsen your EPC score.

So in short - no problems at all with Dimplex Quantum, big thumbs up from me.

tamste

Replace the storage heaters with HHR (Dimplex or Elnur), or if too expensive SSH models (Again Dimplex or Elnur). When I replaced my 1990's storage heaters I found out (though its not easy to find the info) that the HHR's hold ~50% of the input heat for 24 hours whilst the SSH's ~40%, but the SSH's are cheaper. I used a combination of Elnur HHR's and SSH's (area dependent)  and have found them both pretty good.

Rosie1001

You can still buy the older style heaters that only use one power cable , 

I got one last year , I didn’t want to rewire my property to install quantum’s 

the new heater is fab , much better than the older one I have as well 

I do have the name of the company I bought from , they were fab , very helpful and knowledgeable but not sure I can post it  on here 

ChaunceyGardiner

Rosie1001 said:

You can still buy the older style heaters that only use one power cable , 

I got one last year , I didn’t want to rewire my property to install quantum’s 

the new heater is fab , much better than the older one I have as well 

I do have the name of the company I bought from , they were fab , very helpful and knowledgeable but not sure I can post it  on here 

New ones, like Quantums, can also use one power cable, except it must be configured to be permanently energised.