Gas used in summer

Southend1

Zero for me. I don't bother with HW in the summer as I have an electric shower and a dishwasher. Though my boiler isn't a combi, I have a tank in the loft.

zeupater

Cardew wrote: »

I have a combi with a pilot light in an annex; and an older floor standing boiler with pilot light.


I wonder when pilot lights were phased out in favour of auto ignition?

Hi

Probably phased in by manufacturer and model range over quite a long timescale. What I do know is that the floor mounted boiler (with pilot light) we used to have was installed in 1983, whilst at around the same time (1984) we installed GCH in a previous property which included a fan-assisted wall mounted boiler with auto-ignition .... I find it quite interesting that both boilers were from the same manufacturer ...

HTH
Z

zeupater

Hi

Zero Summer gas usage here too ... we usually use no gas at all from May to September (having solar thermal DHW) - last year was exceptional and none was used from March to September ....

HTH
Z

vuvuzela

I've a combi boiler (no pilot light), in the summer gas is only used for for cooking and hot water (inc daily shower/bath). From 1st June to 1st Sept (3 full months), 54m3, so approx 600KWh.

zeupater

vuvuzela wrote: »

I've a combi boiler (no pilot light), in the summer gas is only used for for cooking and hot water (inc daily shower/bath). From 1st June to 1st Sept (3 full months), 54m3, so approx 600KWh.

Hi

So just under 7kWh/day .... How many people is that for ??

Z

vuvuzela

zeupater wrote: »

Hi

So just under 7kWh/day .... How many people is that for ??

Z

Sorry, should have said. It's for 2 people in a 2 bed terraced house.

Martyn1981

jannowretired wrote: »

I know most people will be using their heating just now but how much gas do use use in the summer for cooking and hot water when using a combi boiler?

I use 18 kWh of gas a day when my heating is off with my present HWC.

2 people in the house.

2 people and a combi here.

From 1/4/14 to 30/9/14 we used 803kWh of gas for DHW and cooking (but probably a little bit of GCH in there too). Oven is gas, but hob is electric.

Mart.

lstar337

3 bed terrace, 2 adults & 1 5 year old.

Hot water via Ideal Logic+ Combi & Cooking with 4 ring gas hob.

628kWh Jun - Sep

zeupater

vuvuzela wrote: »

Sorry, should have said. It's for 2 people in a 2 bed terraced house.

Thanks, two people is what I expected ....

The reason I asked was that on other threads we're seeing quite a few members with phenomenal gas usage on DHW, particularly related to showers. It's quite refreshing to see usage which falls into line with expectations ... I was starting to think that everyone was using far more energy on DHW than us (and most of ours is free) and I was going loopy by thinking that there must be plenty of waste ...

Z

matelodave

I think a lot of people don't realise that standing in a shower for 10 minutes or more can get through 100-150 litres of water -at least half of which has to be heated.

Most combis are going at full rate (25-35kwh) to heat the water so a couple of ten minute showers everyday can soon use a lot of energy.

Reducing it to 5 minutes will halve the energy consumption and fitting a flow restrictor or eco shower head could save another half.

Rinsing or washing stuff (or your hands) in hot running water also uses up a lot more than you realise especially if you run off a gallon or two before it gets hot. That leaves a gallon or two of wasted hot water to cool down in the pipework. It might aid the heating in the winter but it's a waste of energy in the summer.