Storage Heaters

[bugz67]

I have just signed up to a Solar Panel installation and was wondering if anyone has thought of using such an installation in combination with electricity produced by solar panels. Normally cheaper electricity (economy 7) is used during the night to 'charge' the heaters: the heat to be then released during the day. My thought was to use free electricity produced during daylight hours to 'charge' the heaters, then release the heat during the evenings when we're home from work.
Is anyone doing this and is it working?

 

[Steve]

Not sure if it'd work, to be honest. Storage heaters would consume up to 20kw of energy (large house), your solar panels probably only produce 2kw at full sunshine.

If you must have storage heating, charge it as per usual at night (when you know you are using low rate power), but use all your solar energy to power constant items such as fridge, computer, tv. Not sure if you can get a feed-in eco7 tarrif though.