Electric heating

Paddymcc

Ive recently moved into an apartment with electric convection style heaters.

They're now about 5years old and was wondering what are the most energy effecient electric heaters on the market today?

Sparky

Well they really arn't energy efficient as such, but If you ever did want to reduce your bill, you could use them less often or get in a Night saver meter so that you could maybe switch them on at night and use them for a 1/3rd of the cost than during the day.

I'm supprised the appartment doesn't have night storage heating, as atleast they are better than convectors.

antoinolachtnai

The inefficiency and expense of electric heating has nothing much to do with the heater - all electrical heaters are pretty good at turning electric into heat. The problem is that electrical generation at the power plant is not very efficient at turning chemical energy into electricity. So changing the power station might help, but changing the heater probably won't.

I would be surprised if a modern apartment didn't at least have storage heaters.

Paddymcc

Perhaps the are storage heaters ill have to get model numbers and things from them when im down finishing the decorating this week.

Sparky

You may have a combi heater where the front part of it is a convector and the rear is a storage heater.
If the system is properly done you should have two switches beside each heater, one for the NSH and the other for the convector.
If you also have 2 dials Input and Output then you have a storage heater.

One other thing to check is if the power to these units only come on at night.
Convector heaters are usually slim and hang on a wall, where as a storage heater is bulky and has two feet underneath it to hold it up, aswell as being screwed to the wall.
Also check your MCB board for a contactor (relay) to see if its marked night storage heating.

Paddymcc

Sparky-s wrote:

You may have a combi heater where the front part of it is a convector and the rear is a storage heater.
If the system is properly done you should have two switches beside each heater, one for the NSH and the other for the convector.
If you also have 2 dials Input and Output then you have a storage heater.

One other thing to check is if the power to these units only come on at night.
Convector heaters are usually slim and hang on a wall, where as a storage heater is bulky and has two feet underneath it to hold it up, aswell as being screwed to the wall.
Also check your MCB board for a contactor (relay) to see if its marked night storage heating.

It sounds very much like they are storage heaters from your description.