SUKA RADS ANYONE???

cathy01

Hi yas , Im thinking of getting these and would love to hear of anyone that has them as to how it is going for them.Id also like to hear any thoughts on it.The link is http://www.suka.ie/
thansk,Cathy

antoinolachtnai

It is an electric radiator, not much different from the many available at Power City or in the Argos catalogue. It is not any more efficient than any other. If you like the styling or the price, that is a good reason to buy it.

cathy01

antoinolachtnai wrote: »

It is an electric radiator, not much different from the many available at Power City or in the Argos catalogue. It is not any more efficient than any other. If you like the styling or the price, that is a good reason to buy it.

Price is a bit mad, about 500 a rad, its supposed tohold the heat so for an hour of heat you only pay for 45 mins .Thats the theory.

antoinolachtnai

A 2kw heater will use 2kw of heat and produce 2kw of heat whilst it is on. It may emit the heat immediately like a blower heater or it may release it more slowly like an oil-filled electric radiator. But it is still the same amount of heat.

cathy01

ok the guy said it heats up an element and does this for 15 mins but heats the rad for 60 mins, the cost of the rad is about 600 euro EACH:eek:
Thanks for the advice,Cathy

cathy01

Kitchen 5.42 x 3.81 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 1.98 1 no SU61/20A €579.00
Sittingroom 3.73 x 4.04 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 1.45 1 no SU61/16 €533.50
Hall 1.87 x 4.01 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 0.72 1 no SU61/08 €489.50
Bathroom 2.09 x 1.95 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 0.40 1 no SU61/05 €489.50
Bedroom 1 3.59 x 3.12 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 1.08 1 no SU61/10 €533.50
Bedroom 2 3.07 x 3.42 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 1.01 1 no SU61/10 €533.50
Bedroom 3 3.00 x 2.10 x 2.4 x 0.04 = 0.60 1 no SU61/08 €489.50

Total Cost Heaters €3648.00

Installation cost based on 220V point being available
Adjacent to each heater €555.50

Total €4203.50
Plus Vat @ 13.5% € 567.47
Total Cost €4770.97


Heaters Key

Sittingroom = 1.6KW A = Total Kw for heaters
Hall = .80 B = heating hours
Bathroom = .5KW C = Suka energy usage (15 mins per hour)
Bedroom 1 = 1kW D = work rate – estimated 56%(21degrees C temperature)
Bedroom 2 = 1kW E = ESB Tariff rate
Bedroom 3 = .8kW

Total KW = 7.70


A B C D E

7.7 x 12 x 0.25 x 56% x €0.186 = €2.41 per 12 hour day

180 days per annum = €433.80

Above are expected running costs assuming house has good insulation with double glazing

antoinolachtnai

Is there any other heating in this house already?

I am not a plumber but i am guessing you could plumb a small gas heating system in a house for that price. The bill for the same amount of heat would be about a third.

Or you could just buy some electric radiators in Power City and put timers on them. This would cost a lot less than 700 euros for the lot. An electrician will put in some extra sockets for you for a few hundred euros.

Joey the lips

From what i have read and seen of the suka rads so far they are very impressive. The sales pitch is 15min of power gives an hour of good heat.

slavetothegrind

anto is right, from what i can gather it's selling point is room temp control, it is not magic, power in is the max that can be gotten out and not likely achievable.


for those prices i think you could do better with a good sparks and some room stats and cheap dimplex units.

cathy01

I plugged one of the radsinto a thing that measures the usage and for one hour it was 2kw, ?What do yous think, thanks Cathy

DGOBS

This thread is suspiciously sounding like a 'sales pitch' rather than seeking advice.

IMHO and other so far, is to steer you away from these, and maybe price heating the house by some other 'traditional' methods to the highest standard to SAVE you on running cost.

Whatever heating method is used, they ALL benefit from the insulation property of the building.

cathy01

I didnt mean for it to sound like a sales pitch.I was just saying what the guy told me.
Thanks for the help.I think Ill go with the gas.Cathy