HouseHunter
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I presume you mean don't switch on the convection part of a dual mode storage/convection heater? After all turning up the boost dial/switch of a storage heater doesn't use any additional electricity at that point in time - it just releases heat that was stored overnight while the electricity was being used.Never ever use the booster function on the storage heaters.
Why? Ideally you should use them on the night rate to cut costs but from a fire/safety point of view this is normally not recommended.Try and use washing machine/dishwasher etc during the day.
We never use the bedroom panel heaters as the house retains enough heat to keep the whole place relatively comfortable. If we do need a boost then we use an oil filled electric heater instead as I think it's more economical (although I've never analysed this locally).Don't have your bedroom heaters on all the time...2 hours morning, 2 in the evening and an hour at bedtime is enough.
Could doing this (releasing more of the stored heat by turning up the output dial for a boost) cause the heater to use up more electricity the following night when it's building up heat again, since it's starting from a colder state (less remaining heat)?After all turning up the boost dial/switch of a storage heater doesn't use any additional electricity at that point in time - it just releases heat that was stored overnight while the electricity was being used.
OK - that makes more sense alright. But bear in mind that it is generally not recommended that you use heavy load appliances such as washing machines/driers etc. at night for safety reasons (assuming you are in bed and not around to keep an eye on them). The same way it is generally not recommended to put these on during the day when you are not around.Sorry, I meant use those appliances at night!
Yes - often storage heaters are combination heaters with a storage heater part (which "charges up" and stores heat overnight on night rate) and a convection heater part that can be switched on on demand to supplement the "background" heat provided by the storage heater. I agree that it's best to avoid the latter as far as possible.I meant don't use the instant heat function of the storage...is that called the convection part?
Ah - I was just wondering that mself. I don't really know but in my own experience whether or not the "boost" dial is turned up at all the heaters often lose most of their heat anyway during the day so I'm not sure that it makes much difference. Remember that the boost control on most (all?) storage heaters merely opens/closes vents in the heater over the heat storage bricks and is no more sophisticated than that. (Unless more modern storage heaters are fancier?).Could doing this (releasing more of the stored heat by turning up the output dial for a boost) cause the heater to use up more electricity the following night when it's building up heat again, since it's starting from a colder state (less remaining heat)?
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