Editing Storage heater (section)

{{short description|Electrical heater that stores thermal energy}}
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[[File:Acumulador dinámico.JPG|thumb|right|A domestic storage heater which uses cheap night time electricity to heat ceramic bricks which then release their heat during the day.]]

A '''storage heater''' or '''heat bank''' (Australia) is an electrical [[heater]] which [[thermal energy storage|stores thermal energy]] during the evening, or at night when electricity is available at lower cost, and releases the heat during the day as required. Alternatively, solar storage heaters are designed to store solar energy as heat, to be released during the night or other periods where it is required, often making it more cost effective than selling surplus electricity to the grid and buying it back at night.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heatpac – Solar and Smart Storage Heaters|url=https://heatpac.com.au/|access-date=2021-06-04|language=en-AU}}</ref>