Storage heaters

Cheetah Designs · 12 Mar 2013 at 14:22

How do I set these to only draw energy during the night (Economy 7 tariff)

I only see 2 knobs on the actual heater. An input and an output, which are numbered 1-6.

I assume input is related to how much they store and output will be the speed at which its released....but how do I set it to only draw during my economy hours?

Cheers.

Cheetah Designs · 12 Mar 2013 at 14:25

DiscoDave said:
As far as I know your storage heaters will draw energy overnight at hours specified by your electricity provider. Mine are the same as yours, input/output dials and I don't have control when they charge. I'm with nPower.

Give your electricity supplier a call - they should be able to tell you the times your heaters will be drawing power from.

If this is true, there must be some local (ie...related to my flat specifically) that dictates this.

Cheetah Designs · 12 Mar 2013 at 14:37

DiscoDave said:
Yes, they are.

In my meter box I have two readouts - one is my day/normal electricity consumption and I have a separate one for night/economy. The latter is used by the storage heaters.

Ah right, gotcha...so it will only ever draw from that circuit when the energy provider lets it.

Anything on the normal circuit can draw day or night, but if it draws during the economy period, it is only charged at the economy rate....correct?

Cheers

Cheetah Designs · 12 Mar 2013 at 15:04

DiscoDave said:
Tell me about it.... This winter has been very harsh on my wallet. Definitely going to avoid storage heaters when/if I sell my place and move on .

Surely if you can't control when these are charged, the bills dont change?