Panel and storage heaters

heaters

How storage heaters work

You will have a heater in certain rooms in your home. You can adjust each heater to suit your requirements for the room it is in. You can also set it to have an additional boost of heat in the afternoon or evening.
The heaters use electricity at night when it costs less.
The heat is released during the day and the heater cools off at night.
When you change the setting for a heater, it does not happen immediately. It will take 24 hours to come into effect.
Most of the heat comes from the whole surface of the heater but there is also a grille at the top of the heater where any ‘boost’ heat comes from.

There are two controls on the top of the heater under a hinged cover.

OUTPUT sets when the heat is released. You can set it to be the same all day (gradually cooling
off in the afternoon or evening) or you can set it to have a boost in the second half of the day.
INPUT controls the level of heat released by the heater. It controls the amount of heat you need to build up in the heater overnight.

Panel heaters are different from storage heaters. They use electricity whenever you have them on so you do not benefit from ‘economy’ fuel rates. You need to make sure you use the heaters efficiently.
You set the temperature you want by using a dial you can find on the top corner of the panel.
You can also set a switch to ‘full’ or ‘half’ heat. Half heat uses less electricity and reduces the heat on the surface of the panel.
Some panel heaters also have a timer which you use to set when you want it to come on and go off.