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Heating and hot water situation idea
jayuk022002
Posts: 27 Forumite
in Energy
The bungalow im renting has a 9kw wet electric system that does both the heating and hot water tank.
I am on economy 10 with the hours
00:00 - 05:00 off peak
13:00 - 16:00 off peak
20:00 - 22:00 off peak
My timer has 2 on offs that can be set that control the heating and hot water at the same time.
Heating and water set to
04:00 - 05:00
15:00 - 16:00
We are at work from 08:00 - 17:00 weekdays
We then put the heating on manually if we feel we need it.
Question is....
The hot water tank does have an imersion heater on it.
I wonder if i would do better turning off the hot water on the elec boiler and using this imersion with a timer and set that timer for off peak hours in the day?
Anyone have any thoughts?
Seems silly heating the hot water up to temp twice a day or will it not really make any difference?
I am on economy 10 with the hours
00:00 - 05:00 off peak
13:00 - 16:00 off peak
20:00 - 22:00 off peak
My timer has 2 on offs that can be set that control the heating and hot water at the same time.
Heating and water set to
04:00 - 05:00
15:00 - 16:00
We are at work from 08:00 - 17:00 weekdays
We then put the heating on manually if we feel we need it.
Question is....
The hot water tank does have an imersion heater on it.
I wonder if i would do better turning off the hot water on the elec boiler and using this imersion with a timer and set that timer for off peak hours in the day?
Anyone have any thoughts?
Seems silly heating the hot water up to temp twice a day or will it not really make any difference?
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