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Originally Posted by Neil
Economy seven does not store electricity. Coal fired power stations can't be switched off quickly so there is often an excess of power at night so they encourage people to use more at night and less during the day by selling it to you cheaper. You pre heat storage heaters and hot water cylinders at night and use that heat and hot water during the day.
Storage heaters have always been rubbish in my opinion, I have lived in a few houses with them.
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Well, that explains it then....I have never lived in a house which had this kind of heating, but when I was working I had colleagues who used this form of heating.