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Storage Heaters

  • 02-11-2014 7:50pm
    #1
    tracey1098
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭


    We are thinking of renting a 4 bed room house that has storage heaters. Just concerned over the average cost, what would an average electric bill be with these in a house?

    Any advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    Dardania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    tracey1098 wrote: »
    We are thinking of renting a 4 bed room house that has storage heaters. Just concerned over the average cost, what would an average electric bill be with these in a house?

    Any advice appreciated.

    what's the house's BER? It should give a kWh/m2 figure per year for space heating, water & lighting... - multiply that kWh/m2 figure by the floor area in metres, and then by say €0.15 (an average cost for a mix of day rate & night rate electricity) and you should have your typical cost


  • #3
    Helpmefarm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Helpmefarm


    I could bore ya with figures if ya want but they silly expensive. And very little heat from my the heat store after 4 in the evening. So then using expensive boost heaters after that. I'd give it a miss.


  • #4
    tracey1098
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 137 ✭✭tracey1098


    Il have to find out the energy rating of the house. Is there any way to adjust the settings to make the heaters throw out heat in the evening instead of during the day?


  • #5
    Dardania
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,612 ✭✭✭Dardania


    The advert when the property is offered for rent has to have the BER on it (so that potential tenants have a chance to guesstimate how much it'll cost to live there)

    The electric heaters can be controlled to give their heat in the evening, but it's an imprecise art - they charge heat into bricks at night (when electricity is cheap) to then give it out during the day - there are flaps you open & close - see manual page 3/4 here: http://www.dimplex.co.uk/assets/kb/operating_instructions/0/XLN_XLSN_GDC_Operating_Instructions_Issue_1.pdf

    When renting a house I find the heating system while important isn't the whole picture - location, shops nearby, space, parking etc.. all come into play. electric space heating will cost a bit more than gas, and is more suited to people that are in the house all day rather than the evening, but if all the other factors are important, and the rental rate is okay, maybe electric heating will be okay for you...

    Just make sure that it's all working before you move in / agree with landlord that it'll be brought up to working order... storage heaters burn out over time and the control contactor in the switchboard sometimes can stick - the cheap landlord fix is to throw in a few oil electric rads but they cost a fortune to run rather than storage heaters...


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