New to Storage Heaters

[Scoby_Beasley]

I wish people wouldn't install cu's in the vertical position. If nothing else the electrickery can fall out!!

 

[Lectrician]

Looks like the larger meter is recording THREE seperate loads - The convectors, storage rads and the water heater.

Three main switches in the big consumer unit, and three 'out' tails from the larger meter seem to indicate this.

The meter should be switching the outputs to the storage rads, what times this occurs depends on the tariff, the water heater may also be switched.

The little meter appears to be for your general lecky usage in your top consumer unit.

 

[wcavanagh]

Here is todays usable on the Big meter.

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• wcavanagh
• 13 Mar 2013
• 1

 

[gazfen]

Phone your supplier and ask what tariff you are on, it looks like a heat wise meter , I think it's 10hrs off peak a day

 

[wcavanagh]

And the 15th

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• wcavanagh
• 16 Mar 2013
• 1

I switched off the Water Heater this time,

 

[David1983]

Hi,

You might well be on a tariff called 'Total Heat, Total Control'. We were on it and when I switched to Economy 7 they advised me that THTC is only really appropriate for houses that aren't fully dependent on electric heating - we are, therefore THTC was inappropriate.

Otherwise, you might be on Economy 10 which has some bizarre timings!

Hope this is of use...

 

[David1983]

Hi,

You might well be on a tariff called 'Total Heat, Total Control'. We were on it and when I switched to Economy 7 they advised me that THTC is only really appropriate for houses that aren't fully dependent on electric heating - we are, therefore THTC was inappropriate.

Otherwise, you might be on Economy 10 which has some bizarre timings!

Hope this is of use...

 

[wcavanagh]

Thank I have sent an email to the provider to get some info.

Cheers,
Will