We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.
This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide
Calor gas heater - pilot light left on or off.
ukjoel
Posts: 1,468 Forumite
We have a calor gas heater (a 4kw calor hotspot).
To turn it on you need to open the back, rotate the gas switch on the coupler, shut it, and then press the ignition button to get the pilot, before upping the gas to get the required heat level. Its quite a fiddly process and I dont think it is doing the housing any good being opened and closed 3 or 4 times a day.
Do other people go through this long process all the time or is the norm to leave the pilot light on and not open the back at all.
My online research suggests it would be approx £1 a week (which for the 12 or so weeks we will use it I can live with). It appears to have a safety mechanism for stopping the gas if the light goes out.
Many thanks
To turn it on you need to open the back, rotate the gas switch on the coupler, shut it, and then press the ignition button to get the pilot, before upping the gas to get the required heat level. Its quite a fiddly process and I dont think it is doing the housing any good being opened and closed 3 or 4 times a day.
Do other people go through this long process all the time or is the norm to leave the pilot light on and not open the back at all.
My online research suggests it would be approx £1 a week (which for the 12 or so weeks we will use it I can live with). It appears to have a safety mechanism for stopping the gas if the light goes out.
Many thanks
0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 354.4K Banking & Borrowing
- 254.4K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 455.4K Spending & Discounts
- 247.3K Work, Benefits & Business
- 604.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 178.5K Life & Family
- 261.6K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.7K Read-Only Boards