Is it worth using night time meter heating?

masterboy123

So I have dual day and night time meters.
Got electrical based storage heater in living room. Usually I don't use the storage heater as I am away from 8 am until 6 pm daily. But I am off work for Christmas and using heater in living room during day time.

So i am wondering if I could save electricity bill by using night time heater this week and next week?

Thank you

ercork

Yeah, I would say so. Assuming they are set up correctly, storage heaters will switch on at 11pm and start storing up heat in the bricks. They switch off at 8am the next morning and will then discharge whatever heat they have stored over the coming hours. your rooms should be warm throughout the morning and afternoon but by evening time you will probably need to switch on an additional electric heater. When this is needed will depend on how good the storage heaters are, how cold the weather is and how well insulated your property is. In any event, most of your heating for the day should be covered by the night rate electricity.

They may take a couple of days to get up to full capacity so the sooner you switch them on the better. It takes a bit of 'fiddling' with the controls to get the right setting for your needs too.

masterboy123

Thanks, will try it from tonight.