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Electricity used for Combi boiler?!
Hi everyone,
I've recently bought an Owl energy monitor.
When my gas heating comes on (via a combi boiler) it shows a spike of 2p per hour. And it's stays that high for as long as the heating is on.
I thought it might make sense for some electricity to be used when the boiler first starts heating, but I thought the point of combi boilers is that they are gas based?
Any help would be appreciated! I've looked online but can't find a definitive answer.
Thanks
I've recently bought an Owl energy monitor.
When my gas heating comes on (via a combi boiler) it shows a spike of 2p per hour. And it's stays that high for as long as the heating is on.
I thought it might make sense for some electricity to be used when the boiler first starts heating, but I thought the point of combi boilers is that they are gas based?
Any help would be appreciated! I've looked online but can't find a definitive answer.
Thanks
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It heats the water with gas... But it needs an electric pump to circulate that around the heating system!
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Around 100 watts or so to run the pump, plus a little more for the electronics.That gum you like is coming back in style.0
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Thank you! Mystery solved 0
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That will also explain why your gas CH won't work during a power cut...
The portable monitors are notoriously inaccurate at low readings anyway.No free lunch, and no free laptop0
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