Storage Heater Heating Up Unevenly

[Alison Mackenzie]

TSR24AW Creda storage heater problem! This heater is behaving very erratically. About two weeks ago it only heated up a bit on the left hand side and the middle. This continued for a few days and then suddenly for no reason it heated up evenly again and worked beautifully for a week or so. Then, a couple of days ago, it started to heat up only a bit but THIS time on the right hand side and in the middle. Do I need an electrician or an exorcist?

Any help would be gratefully received. The heater is about 10 years old. It's on economy 7.

Many thanks

 

[Blue Duck]

exorcist... all storage heaters are evil.

 

[Andy™]

probably a dodgy connection or faulty elements. either way, best get soeone to check it and replace parts where necessary

 

[Alison Mackenzie]

Thanks for the replies. Are storage heaters usually fixable or is this probably the end of the road?

 

[Andy™]

repairable

 

[Blue Duck]

but beware some are complicated to dismantle and parts can be expensive so a replacement can sometimes be more economical.

 

[Doc Hudson]

If you can find the actual model number you can use sites such as this one to get an idea about how much spares cost. http://www.storageheater.co.uk/creda-1.html The TSR code covers a range of models, see note from website link:-

All CREDA heaters have a model number which has (generally) five numbers usually starting with a seven and sometimes followed by one or two letters e.g. 79144C CREDA also used a generic code for their heaters e.g. TSR24 However this code spans different models and cannot be used to definitely identify a particular heater

Doc H.

 

[Evans Electric]

Its quite modern so yes , repairable as Andy says .   Probably as simple as a baked spade  connector   .

 

[Alison Mackenzie]

Thanks to you all for your help, what a brilliant forum! I've found the model number. Will phone the electrician tomorrow and get it sorted.