Steven Barnes
one of your hot water imersion heaters should only come on during the night and be wired for economy electric
Hot water causing a power drain?
Posted by Jo king, on
I moved into a 2 bed flat a month ago and am alarmed by the power usage and electricity bills. I am so concerend I have been trackign the meter readings throughout the days. I think the culprit might be the hot water tanks. I set it on timer to come on 2x a day, but when the electricity usuage was becomign an issue I went to once a day. Then I set the timer to 'off' but hot water kept coming and the temperature was very hot. I videoed my tank so my dad coudl see and he thinks there are 2 tanks - one controlled by a timer, and one not. Both have wall switches. He said the one not controlled by the timer will always be on if the switch is on! It has been on since I arrived as I had no idea about this. I'd never come across this before. I can give a link to the video as I uploaded it.
Jonathan Ireland
Sorry to hear about you dilemma! Unfortunately if the HWC's are quite old you will need to renew. Instead of hot water storage, we would suggest installing a small combination boiler to your property to heat the hot water supplies and central heating, you would be looking for a 28kw boiler (and a radiator renewal if you wish to do so). These jobs come in around the same labour/material, so we would advise the latter. More economical to run, more energy efficient and less potential maintenance (if the right boiler is chosen) JIRELAND PLUMBER
