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Need Help Asap! Huge Electric Bill!
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As a temporary solution until you work out how to use the boiler, you could turn the daytime "boost" off at the fuse board. If you go to your fuse board, you should have it split between "Peak" and "Off peak" - if they are labelled look for the one in the "Peak" section saying "Immersion heater" or similar.
If they aren't labelled it will be one of the ones with a high rating, e.g. 32A or similar - try switching them off for a bit and seeing if your water cools down/anything else stops working.
That should hopefully cure your huge bills in the short term until you can programme the boiler properly.0 -
Just do what we do and never use the immersion heater, just use a kettle... Works out cheaper in electrical units apart from the wear and tear on the kettle (which can be replaced for about £5 from tesco anyway!)0
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