GledHill Pulsacoil A Class

follyfoot

Hi I have the above water heater in an all electric flat. I am trying to cut down on my electricity bill which seems quite high. Has anyone successfully put a timer switch on the water heater and found it cut their bills significantly - from what I understand this water heater cuts out once the water reaches a certain temperature. However at the moment i do not have any heating and i still find my monthly bills are about £70/month. I am not sure what else could be making the bill so high.

David_Bagshall

HI,

I have a PulsaCoil A Class and just cant seem to get it working, I have read other posts about time clocks, but from what I can see I dont have a time clock, just three switches on the wall.

This morning I have woken to no hot water and the red light on the front is flashing! What does this mean?

David

yangptangkipperbang

I think a lot of these type of water heaters are not installed correctly and are not really suitable for the type of hot water system they are sometimes used on, which means that they cost a lot more to run than they should.

The first thing you must understand is that these units do not supply their hot water from the hot water tank inside the unit - cold water is passed through a coil inside the hot water tank and then goes to your hot taps. As the hot water coming from the unit can be VERY hot, it also passes through a mixing valve to ensure that the hot water at the tap is not dangerously hot.
Another "advantage" is that you don't suddenly "run out" of hot water - the hot water gradually gets less hot....

They are designed to operate on E7 (or similar) rate power and have a manual boost facility (full rate power) if you use an awful lot of hot water at a particular time.
Mine has no timer, it just heats up overnight during the E7 period - have never had to use the boost facility. I have found it to be very effective and not expensive to run. It uses about 6 units of E7 power a night @ 6.8p per unit.

My first question is: are you on cheap rate overnight electricity ?

follyfoot

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

I think a lot of these type of water heaters are not installed correctly and are not really suitable for the type of hot water system they are sometimes used on, which means that they cost a lot more to run than they should.

The first thing you must understand is that these units do not supply their hot water from the hot water tank inside the unit - cold water is passed through a coil inside the hot water tank and then goes to your hot taps. As the hot water coming from the unit can be VERY hot, it also passes through a mixing valve to ensure that the hot water at the tap is not dangerously hot.
Another "advantage" is that you don't suddenly "run out" of hot water - the hot water gradually gets less hot....

They are designed to operate on E7 (or similar) rate power and have a manual boost facility (full rate power) if you use an awful lot of hot water at a particular time.
Mine has no timer, it just heats up overnight during the E7 period - have never had to use the boost facility. I have found it to be very effective and not expensive to run. It uses about 6 units of E7 power a night @ 6.8p per unit.

My first question is: are you on cheap rate overnight electricity ?

Hi does your heating run on E7? I have creda panel heaters which means they are like a standalone electric heater. I was told by EON not to bother with the E7 rate since it would work out more expensive in the long run when the heating is on during the day

follyfoot

David_Bagshall wrote: »

HI,

I have a PulsaCoil A Class and just cant seem to get it working, I have read other posts about time clocks, but from what I can see I dont have a time clock, just three switches on the wall.

This morning I have woken to no hot water and the red light on the front is flashing! What does this mean?

David

Some of the tenants that live in my building had the same problem and were forced to call an engineer I think some panel eventually burns out. To be honest Gledhill have replaced mine a few times.

yangptangkipperbang

follyfoot wrote: »

Hi does your heating run on E7? I have creda panel heaters which means they are like a standalone electric heater. I was told by EON not to bother with the E7 rate since it would work out more expensive in the long run when the heating is on during the day

Yes, my heating does run on E7 - but I rarely have to use it. I have Dimplex slimline radiators.

I find your comment about EON to be more that a little ironic. I was on EON when I moved in. I phoned and asked if I was on their cheapest tariff - of course I wasn't ! After a few weeks I changed supplier - since then I have had 'phone calls (which I ignore !) and letters (which I bin!) pleading with me to come back to them.
I wouldn't believe a word that EON say - if they said the sun rose in the East - I would have to have a long hard think about that !

When I moved in my "day" rate with EON was 16.51p, my current (Pun !!) supplier charges me 12.8p
So EON say not to bother with E7 do they ? - not b****y surprising !!!! :mad::mad:

Wywth

David_Bagshall wrote: »

HI,

I have a PulsaCoil A Class and just cant seem to get it working, I have read other posts about time clocks, but from what I can see I dont have a time clock, just three switches on the wall.

This morning I have woken to no hot water and the red light on the front is flashing! What does this mean?

David

According to the instructions (and you are referring to the red LED indicator), it means there is a fault - attention required.

yangptangkipperbang

David_Bagshall wrote: »

This morning I have woken to no hot water and the red light on the front is flashing! What does this mean?

David

May help ?

http://www.pulsacoil-repairs.co.uk/pulsacoil-A-Class.html