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Fischer electric heating local engineer

sheffieldeagle
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Hi

Unfortunately my parents have Fischer electric heaters. Just wondering if anyone has used local engineers to sort out problems?

Many thanks

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  • QrizB
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    They're pretty simple devices, really.
    What sort of problems do they have?
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  • MWT
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    It would be good to share details of the problems before paying anyone, as some issues they may be experiencing are inherent design features, rather than problems that could be fixed... 
  • WiserMiser
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    The problem is likely to be that, like any heating that uses daytime electricity, they're extremely expensive to run.  Unfortunately the only solution is to rip them out.
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