Energy Efficient Heating & Glazing Specialists
infraNOMIC Energy Solutions Limited, Oak Mill, Topcliffe Lane, Morley, LS27 0HL ©Copyright 2009
Infranomic or Night Storage Heaters
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It is commonly perceived that Economy 7 (Storage Heaters) are the most efficient form of electric heating available, and indeed for many years this has been true – Until Now!
It's Only Going To Get Colder...
Wintertime Remaining
Storage Heaters operate using a low rate electricity tariff which is only available during the early hours of the morning, during this operation time (7 hours) they charge-up heat retaining materials so that they can release heat throughout the day and evening.
“With Infranomic heaters 100% of the electricity is used to directly heat you and your surroundings.”
Storage Heaters are good in principle however there are drawbacks...
To ensure enough heat that in theory lasts 17 hours storage heaters actually use a lot of electricity, normally between 2500-3500 watts per hour - You might be paying less for the electricity but you are using considerably more than is actually needed in order to keep your house warm.
A 3000 watt (3.0kW) storage heater actually uses a massive 21,000 watts (21 kW or units) every night!
“Infranomic only uses electricity when needed and all our heaters are designed around your room size ensuring the absolute minimum of power usage to maintain constant warmth.”
The largest Infranomic heater uses an average of 5600 watts (5.6 kW or units) in a 24 hour period.
That is a massive saving of 15,400 watts (15.4 kW or units) per day or in other words you can run an Infranomic Heater for nearly 4 Days for the same electricity as a single Storage Heater charge-up.
Storage heaters must charge prior to giving out any heat, this can often leave people in the cold especially during the summer months when then heating is turned off but a cool rainy day happens. Without charge in the heater people are forced to use alternative and expensive to run heating as a temporary solution.
“Infranomic give you heat on-demand, no need to predict the weather and no risk off being left in the cold. A simple flick of a switch gives you all the heat you need.”
Many of our customers who have changed from storage heaters to Infranomic have reported that storage heaters during winter when they are used on maximum output run out of heat during the evening and therefore other means of heating have to be used. This seems to be a known problem as some models of storage heater now have a convector fan heater built in purely for that situation, however running at a minimum of 2000 watts (approx. 32p/hr) it is a very expensive and noisy solution.
“Infranomic will never run out of heat no matter how cold the weather, why have a heating system that needs backup!”
You might be drawn by the fact of paying less on your night-time tariff
but is it really saving you money?
In the following examples we have used an average Economy 7 price per unit tariff (6p night & 11p day).
"This means I'm actually paying more for the electricity that Infranomic heaters use so how can I be saving money?"
It is fact that you will save money and in our example below it a very possible fact that you could be over £140 per month better off, that's over £500 for a single winter; money we're sure that could go to a better use.
Let's look at the maths
In our Infranomic house we have based our heater sizes on our customer database; this gives us a trend in what heaters are used in an average sized home.
As Infranomic give on-demand heat we are able to independently operate each room with temperature and the time they operate. This means we don’t have to heat rooms that aren’t in use hence the operating time varies per room.
In our storage heater house we have a range of different sized heaters subject to their location. We know that these heaters operate on a fixed 7 hour period every night at a cost of 6p/unit, so the running cost are as follows..
These totals don't include for any additional heating that maybe used for reasons mentioned above.
All calculations are based on the following criteria
Month = 30 days
Quarter = 30 days x 4
So, are you still thinking of using Storage Heaters this Winter?
Other things to consider
The green issue
Are you concerned about the environment?
Our Storage Heater house will produce 10kgCO2 per hour
Our Infranomic house will produce 2kgCO2 per hour
That’s an 80% reduction
Sustainability
You maybe considering solar panels to help with our growing energy prices. Being able to sell your electricity back into the grid is a very positive step to take.
With the Infranomic house you could potentially sell an additional 462 units per month compared to that of the Storage house giving you a much better income from your investment.
