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Storage heaters: Old vs New efficiency

  • 01-03-2017 10:55AM
    #1
    lostinNaas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭


    We heat a holiday home with storage heaters.
    On the night rate, it costs €900-1000/year to run three of them.

    Two of them are very old - over 40 years. My question is, are modern storage heaters likely to put out the same heat with less power consumption?

    Thanks for any advice.
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  • #2
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,568 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    lostinNaas wrote: »
    We heat a holiday home with storage heaters.
    On the night rate, it costs €900-1000/year to run three of them.

    Two of them are very old - over 40 years. My question is, are modern storage heaters likely to put out the same heat with less power consumption?

    Thanks for any advice.

    No.


  • #3
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,519 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Can you put in a stove burn wood and coal?


  • #4
    TheChizler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    They might be better at distributing the stored heat over a longer time period but in terms of overall efficiency no.


  • #5
    lostinNaas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭lostinNaas


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Can you put in a stove burn wood and coal?

    It's not an option, as we're only there occasionally. The storage heaters are mainly to ward off the damp. Very old house, no damp proofing in walls.


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