are electric boilers any good?

[syncmaster]

i have three bed semi going to be putting in 6 rads with combined output of 14241 btu's . how good are the electic boilers. any one installed or has one.

 

[ChrisR]

Fine, no issues really. They come in multiples depending on the mfr, like 6kW. (They seem a bit expensive - I mean you could have a row of £6 11" immersion heaters... )
Have used for underfloor where they timed it for off peak. Not sure how successful that aspect was, but it was much simpler than a gas installation would have been.
Expensive to run for a whole house?

 

[Fluffster]

No way near as good as gas heated remember you pay for electricity that has used gas to produce it

However in terms of maintenance and reliability they are alot better.
Pete

 

[gas4you]

I fitted an Amptec 6Kw heated small flat very well, but don't forget that when not on off peak it will cost around 16p/Kw/hr = 6 x 16 =96p/hr. Work that out over a week