Wondering what to do with old storage heater bricks after an upgrade? MPC Energy offers some suggestions for repurposing or recycling. Heated to 1500C one brick stores 0.278*2.3*1500=959Wh of heat. $0.5/.959=$0.52/kWh (t) storage capacity cost.
Compare this to $100/kWh (e) storage cost for batteries. Bricks can be assembled into a cube with internal channels to run coiled up nichrome wire to run electric current for heating the brick. Has anyone used them as a BBQ, or similar, or found a use for storage heater bricks in the past? - other than in a storage heater! These ones are five years old, and still in good condition.
I recently discovered these Ecombi "smart storage heaters;" they basically have electric heating elements and a pile of bricks inside. Sophisticated controls fire up the heaters at night when the electricity is cheap, and mete out the heat all day with fans as required. In summary, adding bricks to an energy storage electric heater significantly enhances its efficiency.
The process encompasses careful selection of bricks suited for high temperatures, diligent preparation of the heater's environment, and strategic placement to optimize heat retention and distribution. Water has a much higher heat capacity, meaning you'll be moving a lot more heat to the other room with the same weight of material. Thanks for the reply.
Not overly keen on the idea of buckets of water. Small house, big dogs, hot water. Does anyone else stack old storage heater bricks around the wood burner We usto to this on site to keep the office warm longer bricks stayed warm for hours after the fire had Gone out.
Re: Storage heater bricks. diggernotdreamer Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:36 pm If you have a greenhouse or polytunnel, you could build a coldframe (or even outside), if they have heat retaining properties they might be useful for raising plants and seedlings with glass over the top, would be even better with a soil warming cable as a large propagator. Next, we bought some high temperature mortar mix, designed to be used in brick kiln ovens and cemented the first layer of bricks together and then buried the electric heating wire in a layer of cement before sticking down the second layer of bricks on top.
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