going away - turn off hot water?

suffolkb

Sorry if this is a silly question. I am going away for a week. Should I turn off the hot water tank?. We are on economy 10 . What I am worried about is will I upset any timing systems if I do so, or will it just be back to normal when I switch back on next week?.

patwa_2

Um, what's Economy 10 if you don't mind my asking? Heard of Eco 7.

Anyway I shouldn't think you'd have to turn off the hot water, certainly not something we've done in the past, but there may be something I'm missing.

H.

shammyjack

Switch it off . It will not effect the timing as this is controlled by your meter .

shammy

suffolkb

Thanks. Eco10 is the same as Eco7 except you get a top-up in the afternoon. I thought it would save a bit of money if I wasn`t keeping a tank of hot water when I won`t be here for a week.

espresso

patwa wrote: »

Um, what's Economy 10 if you don't mind my asking? Heard of Eco 7.

:doh:

Err! Three guesses, I'm sure that you can work it out!

Anyway I shouldn't think you'd have to turn off the hot water, certainly not something we've done in the past, but there may be something I'm missing.

H.

Why pay to heat up hot water while your not there for a week! This is MSE.

:rolleyes:

Millennium

I was under the impression that it was cheaper to keep water 'topped' up than to reheat from cold.

However, after some experimentation, some web surfing and a wonderful device (albeit a bit expensive an around £85) called Electrisave I discovered that it's cheaper to only heat the water you need for the day at cheap rate and no more. And when away - switch the immersion off!

Also - turn off lights when leaving the room for more than a minute or so, it's not true that it costs more for them to start up than to leave them on.

I had a tremendous bill a few months a ago, and it turned out that the immersion was on 24hrs a day! (Left on by the electrician it turns out.) This prompted me into action and I have now reduced my electricity consuption by around 50%. With just the basics running, fridge, freezer etc, I was running at about 6p per hour. By going around the house and turning off all those devices that weren't needed or shouldn't have been on (telly/Freeview on standby in spare room, a computer, transformers etc) I got this down to about 3p per hour.

The Elecrisave shows you how much electricty you are using at any one time in either pence per hour (you tell it your rate), Kw/h or carbon emmisions.

The display is in my kitchen. Did you know that putting the kettle on pushes the pence per hour rate up by about 20p!

espresso

An expensive gadget like an Electrisave in not needed to save money - common sense is all that is required.

This is MSE not MWE!

:rolleyes: