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A storage heater or heat bank (Australia) is an electrical heater which stores thermal energy during the evening, or at night when electricity is available at lower cost, and releases the heat during the day as required. Alternatively, solar storage heaters are designed to store solar energy as heat, to be released during the night or other periods where it is required, often making it more cost effective than selling surplus electricity to the grid and buying it back at night.

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    I have some storage heaters for sale

    Hi All, I have some storage heaters for sale. Never been used but some cosmetic damage. No bricks. Attached pictures of one. Can't find the stands & no right side bracket. Left side bracket is a little bent. Anyone interested? I know they're pretty expensive on google but someone offer me a...
  2. G

    Electric Storage Heaters (off gas - 1-bed flat)

    Hi Guys, My brother in law is buying a flat at moment that has old style storage heaters. He asked my advice but it's not something I've ever actually dealt with. He can't get gas and it's only a small 1-bedroom first floor flat. I thought maybe get off Economy 7 and put a new style electric...
  3. S

    Oil to storage heaters in large house.

    My aunt has bought a large 3 bedroom house and has removed the oil tank and is also wanting to remove the oil burner and change from oil to electric storage heaters. I've been trying to advise her against this because the running costs of storage heaters can be more than oil. Does building regs...
  4. R

    Space Heating Calculations - replacing electric storage heaters with central heating

    Hi there, I am needing to design a heating system to heat a flat that was converted from the upper half of a barn around 40years ago (downstairs is still used as a woodshed etc with no heating.) The wall construction is varied and unknown as the farm and building is centuries old, so...
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  5. Bettyboo

    Most economical heating to replace storage heaters - no gas, seafront flat

    Hello Can anyone help me please by advising on the best alternative to storage heaters for heating a victorian flat on the seafront without any access to gas Many thanks Betty
  6. P

    gas fired storage heaters

    anyone fitted or maintain a andrews gas fired storage cylinder. where about is the sacrificial anode located so i can check it for serviceing and replacing if neccasary.
  7. J

    cylinder

    hey guys got one doinmy head in a bit storage heaters with basic cylinder for dhw bath working fine plenty of hot water but kitchen tap hot tap cold any ideas no the hot is not tapped into the cold
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  8. I

    electric wet central heating

    Hi - Looking for advice please. Just installed a heatrae sadia electromax wet central heating system after having night storage heaters for many years. Gas/Oil not an option. The confusion I have is I thought this would work on an off peak tarriff for my CH. I am currently with scottish...
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  9. R

    Noisy Emersion tank!

    My heating runs on an economy 7 system. Our hot water tank and storage heaters run off this. Recently the e7 emersion heater broke and we had to have it replaced. Prior to the replacement, the tank used to make a noise during the night about every 10-15 mins for about 10 seconds, i assume during...
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  10. E

    PV powered Central heating

    hi guys, i looked at a job yesterday, the customer currently has a coal fired boiler, pumped heating and grav hot water, he also has a large array of photovoltaic panals, he is normally over producing between 2 and 5 kw, and instead of selling bk to the grid for the fraction of what he is...
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  11. O

    Thermal stores and photovoltaic panels

    Got asked to a property today to advice on an issue/idea the owner had. Currently he runs a coal fired boiler and doesnt like humping coal any more, hes 83, and he has had a photovoltaic panel installed. therefore he concludes he can bin the boiler and heat his domestic hot water and CH with an...
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  12. S

    heating options (no gas)

    Hi im moving into a new place soon and the heating solution there is 2 storage heaters, one in the downstairs entrance and one on the upstairs landing. there is no mains gas in the property at all so what electrical options are there ie. rad elements or electric boilers?? any suggestions...
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  13. K

    Hot Water Cylinder Tank

    Hope you guys can help?? I have just bought a very old, one bedroom flat and only require a Hot water cylinder to purely supply Hot water to the Bath and Sink, can you please tell me can I just buy a standard cylinder and have this piped up from the mains cold water supply and run by an...
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  14. M

    gas main.

    hi guys, another question for ya. My pal has just brought a house which has no gas supply to it. The previous owner had storage heaters to heat the house and must've had the meter removed. My pal now wants central heating put in the house and was supposed to be havin a meter put in today but...
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  15. L

    Water Tank in cupboard disaster

    Hi, can anybody help? Just before Christmas I heard bubbling noises coming from the hot water tank that sounded like a kettle boiling. I ignored it for couple of hours untill i smelt something like steam in the hallway. When i went out into the passage all my hallway was like a sauna!! I opened...
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    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  16. P

    Heating & Hot water

    I have a small property that only has mains electricity. I want to put in about five small heaters and have hot water, preferably on supply. The electrical combi boilers all seem massive. Are there any small electrical combi's or can anyone give me suggestions on how I get heating and hot water...
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    • Replies: 4
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  17. G

    made me laugh

    Thought I had to share this with others, today i went to a job which had a U6 meter with 15mm pipe coming out of it then tee'd of again all in 15mm to a 5kw space heater aprox 3mtrs away(house is heated with electric storage heaters.), tee'd off to a 4.5kw ilfe fire aprox 6mtrs away from the...
    • gakmonkey
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  18. I

    dodgy wiring on a storage heater

    six months ago a housing association put some storage heaters in my friends house and they have run a wire under the carpet from one side of the hall to the other in normal electric 3 core cable surely this isnt the correct way of doing things having to trample on it everytime you come through...
  19. M

    sad

    i have been thinking lately how interesting my life is! sat watching tv with the missus, coronation street this time, (yawn) (except becky...un yawn) anyway im house watching, and have just realised i spend most of the time looking at the plumbing installations. that thermostat shouldnt be...
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  20. C

    where is timer on water heater?

    Hi, Now the clocks have changed I have to keep remembering to get up early to switch off the water heater by 7 am to keep inline with economy 7 as otherwise it carries on till 8. I just cannot see a timer anywhere on or around the water heater...could it be in a different place entirely? The...
    • chris555
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    • eco heater storage heaters store switch timer water water heater where
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