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Hot water bill - why so high?
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Both bill and meter seem to be metric.
I had presumed the control on the hot water cylinder upstairs was only for the immersion heater - but i have now adjusted these from the highest setting to the minimum. Hopefully this will make some difference!0 -
The minimum might be too low to kill off bacteria, 55-60 is the norm.
min or max, you still seem to be using too much gas to heat water if the figures are correct, 17 days should use about 350-400kwh gas, unless you use a lot of hot water (baths/power showers).!!
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Think it was set to around 60 before I reduced the temp. Probably best if I give Scottish Power a call tomorrow to see if they can offer any explanation!
Thanks all.0 -
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Put it back to between 55-60c unless you want to be very ill, or die.stateofplay wrote: »Think it was set to around 60 before I reduced the temp. Probably best if I give Scottish Power a call tomorrow to see if they can offer any explanation!
Thanks all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionellosis0 -
Are you sure you are reading your meter properly. There is no way you could use all that gas running the boiler for a couple of hours each day .
Assuming a 30Kwh boiler, 2 hours / day for 17 days = 1020 Kwh.
That would mean the boiler is running flat out during all that time which seems unlikely.
You do have a hot water tank? Is it insulated, there should be a thermostat on it.
What is the make and model of your boiler?
Have I missed something?
I thought the OP is claiming to have used this amount of gas in just 1 hour per day?stateofplay wrote: »...My bill for the last 17 days - in which no central heating has been used and hot water only 1 hour daily - was £65 . That was based on 100khw electric and 1392khw gas. ..0 -
I wondered who would be the first to spot that!!!!!
Sooo its worse than we thought.That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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