Electric Storage Heaters

[Valo]

My Mum lives in a flat with Dimplex Electric Storage Heaters, which are becoming increasingly temperamental to keep operating. She is on an Economy 7 Electrical Tariff with Scottish Power (Duel Meters)

She’s keen to get the storage heaters replaced with something that is more energy efficient and crucially gives her more control as to when and how her flat is heated.

Currently the storage heaters produce and store heat during the night using the cheaper rate electricity, provided on Economy 7 and expel the heat during the following day regardless if your in the flat or not. Ideally she would like thermostatic control over the system to produce heat when she wants it and shut it off when she doesn’t.

Has anyone gone down this route themselves or got any advice?

 

[Valo]

She's either going to have to accept the additional cost of flat panel convector heaters for the convenience or look at more modern storage heaters with a thermostat and instant convector heating

http://www.dimplex.co.uk/products/domestic_heating/installed_heating/duoheat_radiator/index.htm

She has come back to me with this: http://www.economy-radiators.com/ as a way of giving her thermostatic control over the heating. I'm not to sure about it if I'm honest, but I have no idea about electric heating as I'm on Gas.

Depending on what level of installation your Mum would accept you could look at some of the wet system electric central heating. We've used megaflow systems before by http://www.heatraesadia.com/373.htm and they are very good especially in flats where there is no gas supply. They will allow you to install a traditional wet system with radiators or underfloor heating if that's achievable. They aren't cheap though.

Other than that its as macca above.

Thanks for the advice but that's a non-starter in this instance.