Best Setting for Electric Boiler?

Amnesia180

Hi All,

I've recently been looking at my boiler and have noticed it has been set to "on" constantly. Since November we have been paying £30 per month and I've used approx £29 more than I've been billed for.

I've changed the DD to £35 to make up for this.

Now, I have made sure the boiler is not constantly heating up the water and am putting the timer to come on for an hour before we wake up and 3 hours before I come home from work.

There are 2 of us living in the flat, and we have a bath and a shower. We use the shower most evenings and occassionaly have a bath if we are not showering.

We do the washing up for the day in the evening also.

Do you think I will save money by having the boiler only heat at certain times during the day, or is it cheaper to keep topping up the hot water by leaving it constantly on?

We also have central heating that is linked to the boiler, so I do not yet know what affect that might have.

Thanks in advance,
Amnesia

Amnesia180

Just a polite bump - does anyone have any tips on how they configure theirs?

Swipe

It will be cheaper to use it on the timer rather than leave it constantly on.

dannymccann

Electric boiler...do you mean an immersion heater? If you do, when we rented our all electric place with an immersion 30 mins a day was fine for washing up, we didnt have a bath and the shower was an electric unit that heated water when you wanted it. I could imagine 1 hour's worth would be fine for a bath and some washing up. Try it and see, the only way you will find out because everyone's system is different with regards to size and insulation