| Storage heaters are designed to take advantage | | | | when compared to gas or oil-fired heating |
| of lower energy rates during off-peak hours. The | | | | systems. Storage heaters are of course invaluable |
| heater runs overnight, when energy is cheaper, | | | | in areas where natural-gas distribution systems |
| building up heat and storing it inside a material like | | | | are not available. In such areas, homeowners are |
| brick, clay or ceramic. The heat is then released | | | | forced to pay high utility bills for their electric |
| during the day instead of using on-peak electricity | | | | heating. Storage heaters which use the cheaper |
| the way a conventional heater would. | | | | electricity are the answer to this problem |
| Storage heaters offer several advantages; If | | | | â they also allow electrical heating without |
| incorporated into your buildingâs | | | | incurring the operating costs of other systems. |
| floor-plan, the storage heaters take up less area | | | | |