Off peak electricity

[Tony Bryer]

I suppose bypassing a meter would by definition be gas work for gain

[Michael McNeil]

I have used my storage heaters for the first time since moving in here a few years back. I just have the one small one in the tiny hall on. It warms up about 5 or so am. Then it is radiating all the heat out when I am at work and has substantially cooled down by the time I get home. I wouldn't consider that economic. I wouldn't use it if I had a choice.

I don't really need the effing things on until about 9 or 10 pm and that is near enough bedtime on a working day. As far as I am concerned they are just ugly odd looking useless articles that have to be lived around. Damned council!

[T i m]

The one I have in our main bedroom seems to do it's job pretty well? It's one of the 'automatic' (we leave it on all year round), intelligent (it preempts how long it can wait into the E7 period before turning on and still gaining enough 'charge'), thermostatic (so won't let all the heat out at one go) , silent and fairly slimline ;-)

I believe the 'key' with these things is that they are big enough for the space you are trying to heat. "You say you have a small one in the tiny hall". Halls tend to be fairly cold places, often with an outside wall and lots of openings to the other rooms, the front door and upstairs to the landing?

My daughters bedroom is in the rear addition of our 1897 , solid 9" brick walled house and faces North. A 'smaller' version of what keeps out South facing and bigger bedroom warm, couldn't cope in the Winter in her room so I replaced it with a smaller balanced flue gas heater (Baxi Brazillia (?)). Now it's cozy now on 2 of the 3 settings on even the worst days?

There are days where the rad in our bedroom get's 'caught out' ,, like a warm night followed by a cold day but that's not that often.

Horses for courses etc.

All the best ..

T i m

[Wanderer]

Could be fairly antiquated storage rads. The older ones needed an afternoon boost to be effective. Those tariffs were discontinued many years ago. When a property has a change of tenancy, only current tariffs are available to the new tenant.

So ask the council if they are modern storage rads. My daughter had them in her place, kept it nice and warm.

[PoP]

I did some work for a water company a few years back. I recall them telling me that they get 20% plus wastage from leaks and natural environmental situations.

I suppose there would be a similar problem with the waste side of things. Can't imagine anyone stealing it though - they'd have to be taking the p!ss! ;)

PoP