how do you use creda automatic storage heaters?

just fixed a Creda 79161.Before you replace the fuse link check the input thermostat - I bought a new link and found that the thermostat had blown.The new kit can with a new link so I have now got a spare fusible link.At least the heater works.

Diamond Dave
May 2013

My creda storage heater is set at minimum for output and 4 on input my cheap tariff starts from midnight to 7 am as doon as it gets to midnight the heater kicks in but even though output is on minimum the heater is hottish is this ok or is there a fault

maria
March 2013

1 have just moved into a flat with an old style electric heater could you tell me how to set it to night storage only- there are only 2 switches- night -and -night + dayboost

lee
March 2013

I require a book ? of how it should work

P STANMORE/MAJOR
September 2011

i have got a reference to know the function about storage heaters.


http://www.youtube.com/user/CNMOnlineUK

Garath Jones
January 2011

I have lived in my house for 5 years and I am just getting used to my old creda storage heaters I have found its trial and error but would say compared to oil central heating which I have always had ( I believe it now costs roughly £500.00 to fill an oil tank ) these are the cheapest form of heating Ive had if you get it right, in saying that they dont seem to be able to manage a really cold spell especially as they dont cope so well in the evenings as they are running down then, but apparently the newer fan assisted models are really good toss up for me for economy? storage heaters.

juey
October 2010

I just moved into a Flat also with storage heaters. It seems though that I have a range of storage heaters for the flat, so I thought I'd pass on my experence of them.

In the living area I have a Combe Storage Heater. One side says Storage, then other Convector.

Storage is how much heat one will need for the next day. I normally set this to 3, as I feel comfortable with it and gives me the heat I need.

The Convector button is a second heater which acts as a Top Up for for when the storage is running out or you need to get a little more heat. This I mainly keep off, as stored heat is enough for my needs.

Secondly depending on your electricity settings the convector would come on Mid Afternoon as a top up, but you'll be charge more, as you'll be using standered charge and not Economical 7.

Others would be that the convector can come on as needed.

In any case never use both, as it will be like running two heaters for one room.

Another of my storage heaters has and Output button. This is a standerd storage heater that would store the heat and slowly let it out.

Output should be set to Min, so that the heater can store heat. You will still get heat from the heater from this setting, but only open when your in the home. I normally open to 1 or 2, but when leaving the flat for 2 to 3 hrs turn output to min. Enough heat will leak out, but most will be kept in for the evening. There is also a metal bar in these types of heaters which opens and closes to the output setting you need which is why output should be set to min, to lock the heat in.

All thats left to say is if your heaters have Convector buttons, keep these off untill needed, thus you should have cheaper billings, as you'll not be using two heaters at a time.

Craig Humphries
March 2010

Blimey these things are complicated - I also have just moved into a flat with these heaters and a silly prepayment meter for the electric and my god it's going down fast.

Best advice I can give at the moment when it is really cold is to turn the "auto set" control up to 5 or 6 and LEAVE IT THERE - NO FIDDLING!!! Then the next day there should be heat in there for you to use as you see fit. Use the "room temperature" control to regulate the heat you want during the day but remember it can run out!!

Whatever you do, do not and I repeat DO NOT turn on the red switch that allows the heater to work during the day too. I put £10 electric on my key and without using much else other than the damned heater, it all went in 2 days. Seriously, buy a jumper or something :-)

These are not good heating systems and you may be cheaper buying a portable heater if you need heat quickly and just be prudent with how often you put it on. I am a single man in a one bed flat so I don't mind being cold and putting on three jumpers!!

Paul
March 2010

I have now found an updated phone number, 0845-604-2399, which as enabled me to order a storage heater mannual direct from creda. I think it will be easier for me to be able to refer to the mannual untill I feel confident I am using my heaters correct

Ann Spencer
February 2010

http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/71D38653-66ED-416D-BDBC-37470E0B0364/0/HSG070077.pdf

I found this very useful on the South Glos coucil website, also the Creda Info line if you want t order a 'Creda storage heater manual' is 01733 456789

Erica Jones North Wales
February 2010

Does anybody know, if you just put the switch on the wall 'off' will the heaters still use electric? I know it might be a silly idea but I don't understand the system properly!

E Jones
February 2010

The right hand dial on the right (temperature dial): use this as you would use a normal heater i.e. depending on how much heat you want the heater to release at the present time.

The first dial (thermostat dial) is probably the one you haven't come across before, if you've not used storage heaters before. It's pretty simply, you just need to predict how much heat you will need for the next day.

The heater uses electricity (off peak) in the night to store heat inside it. This takes time, so if it's been switched off, you have to wait a whole day for the bricks inside to heat up - (I have a 79151 model, not the same as yours, but it's the same principle).

The colder you THINK it will be the next day, the higher you would turn the left dial (Thermostat dial), to ensure you have enough stored heat in readiness for tomorrow.

The disadvantage is (and difference) from a normal heater is: if you don't have enough stored heat in there, it can take a day to heat up. I've been away for a week just got home, 6 hours ago - turned it on straight away but it's still stone cold.

Also, you stored too much heat, it will still release heat despite even if you switch it to the lowest setting or completely off.

Susan
November 2009

i wonder way my eletricity bill got too high for only two bed flat got only two automatic storage heating!what usage of eletricity can use per month in money?

giuseppe
October 2008

Hi - Did you work out how to use your 79161? I have just moved into a flat with the same heater and would like to know too

mel
October 2008

Hi - Did you work out how to use your 79161? I have just moved into a flat with the same heater and would like to know too

mel
October 2008

You have to regulate the heat yourself by setting the room temperature dial to 1 for a low heat (say for the daytime if you are out) and a higher setting in the evening - Make sure you switch it back to the lower setting before you go to bed. This should make the heat last for most of the day - the other dial is to regulate the heat that is stored so in the summer set it to 1 and the winter store at a higher setting -hope this helps

Shaz
September 2007

PS.
the one with the red switch is normally on the one in the living area/ sitting room. If you switch it on, that means that you are now using electricity during the day as the bricks are now switched to warm up.

The one I have in the living area has two switches, one for day and one for night. To know which is which, one should go off during the day when economy seven no longer applies and that is the night one. At least that is how mine works.

Shade
February 2007

hi,

they are storage heaters and they have bricks in them. They get heated during the night (economy 7), that starts according to what has been set on the system (there shd be a cum 'boiler' room where the economy seven is). Anyway they heat up from the evening say 8 pm to around 6 am. And because the bricks are hot they slowly release heat during the day depending on what level you have set your room temperature to. The overnight charge does what it says on the tin, in that the brick will heat to a level you have set it at. the higher it is the hotter it gets and the more heat you can have during the day.

Shade
February 2007

I have a 79161 and need to know how the input and output dials work and what the difference is. However, if yours are not working at all, it may be because clothes etc. have been placed on top to dry which causes a fusible connection inside to fail. This is a big blob of solder which, is designed to heat up and melt and stop a connection to stop the rest of the heater overheating I guess. This happened to me last winter.

Sarah
January 2007