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Electric radiators - any + recomended suppliers

Dave Thomas
I've been asked to swap out some old, massive storage rads for slimline ones that can be run during the day. Having worked in a town where mains gas is king this is a new one on me, so I'm after suppliers/manufacturers that other forum readers have used and found reliable.. The ones I've looked at seem to have a maximum power of 2 or 2.5kw, clearly inadequate for space heating a downstairs room in a traditional ( ie, OLD) cottage. Clearly, I can't fill the house with 4kw heaters, but one larger on for the downstairs room may be an option if they are available? Does anyone know?

I'm going to look at the job tomorrow, but it appears to have one decent sized living space that rule of thumb calcs suggest around 4kw heat, 2 small bedrooms and a tiny kitchen. 

Just to be clear, I'm not after any advice on supply or exceeding  maximum demand etc: just the possible availability of  larger heaters than I've seen so far, and reliable products.
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    i'll look at the dimplex quantam ones: as to fitting two heaters in the same room: I'd thought about that but won't know if its practical till I go and look. As to the peak supply as well, I always thought that economy 7 was whole house: i.e, switched over the whole installation at 1am and back at 8. The system i had in my old house was just this, so in theory you could run washing machine on a timer to save money, and boost your hot water or even storage rads during the day. i've yet to see one like that out here in north Wales: the economy 7 meter "turns on" and all your storage heaters come on so its effectively your timer. Tanks tend to have two immersions, one for daytime boost: its an absolute nightmare, live testing of alterations requires either rigging a temporary supply off the main board or  theoretically sitting in the customer's house till 1 am!

    Thanks Guys.
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    i'll look at the dimplex quantam ones: as to fitting two heaters in the same room: I'd thought about that but won't know if its practical till I go and look. As to the peak supply as well, I always thought that economy 7 was whole house: i.e, switched over the whole installation at 1am and back at 8. The system i had in my old house was just this, so in theory you could run washing machine on a timer to save money, and boost your hot water or even storage rads during the day. i've yet to see one like that out here in north Wales: the economy 7 meter "turns on" and all your storage heaters come on so its effectively your timer. Tanks tend to have two immersions, one for daytime boost: its an absolute nightmare, live testing of alterations requires either rigging a temporary supply off the main board or  theoretically sitting in the customer's house till 1 am!

    Thanks Guys.
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