High Electrical Usage.. high?

[Simon0211]

those heaters are great to keep you nice and warm at night ,but when during the day the heating in the house drops off .
Buy your self portable heaters ,and not the oil ones .gel ones .

Surely the storage heaters store up and night and release during the day...as they do currently, as opposed to the other way round??

 

[telectrix]

they do, but about mid afternoon they get cold. stock up on logs and coal.

 

[Intoelectrics]

We’ve moved into a property with Dimplex Quantum storage heaters as no central heating.

After a couple of nights and having an energy monitor setup I’ve noticed the current hourly hourly useage first thing in the morning at approx 6.15 (during economy 7 hours) when I get up is about £1.50. I assume from the days total usage this is the same through the night when the storage heaters are ‘charging’. This seems an extreme amount to me and can’t be right??

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

I assume the energy monitor is reasonably accurate as I’ve setup the 2 tariffs and sc on the monitor and in the evening it shows a ‘normal’ level?

Thanks

Have you inquired about either oil fired or propane fired central heating boilers? Obviously you need some outside space to store either fuel, but maybe its worth the initial investment in the long run?

 

[Simon0211]

Have you inquired about either oil fired or propane fired central heating boilers? Obviously you need some outside space to store either fuel, but maybe its worth the initial investment in the long run?

Sadly not, they’ve just finished a complete refurb and central heating wasn’t an option. I agree tho in the long run it would be far beneficial for the people that live there...yours truly!

 

[GeorgeCooke]

With this day and age would you think some body would come up with better idea on heating houses .

They have many years ago. Gas central heating. Gas costs a third of the price of electricity.

 

[Silly Sausage]

They have many years ago. Gas central heating. Gas costs a third of the price of electricity.

It's a rental refurb.
Storage heaters were obviously the cheapest option.
The owners won't care a fig about how much they cost to run

 

[PEG]

But,to be fair,this is mitigated by the fact the OP says there are two stoves and an open fire...so stop looking at Newlec's catalogue and get the Stihl one out