Old boiler consumes unbelievable amount of gas

beardiedog

Sorry you felt you had to get angry about my post. I wasn't trying to offend you in any way.

I do understand your point. I won't make any further comments

CashStrapped

I am sorry that you are sorry that you felt I felt angry about your post .

I think that made sense .

An angry reply was not my intention.I did not intend it to come across that way.

It was more furstratration that my post was picked up for a point I was not even making.

As I said, I did not mean any offence, make all the comments you wish!

AndyPK

The problem is the AGA. They run 24 hours a day.

They were designed decades ago when fuel was cheap.

Easily burn £5 a day.

Pincher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGA_cooker




AGAs have recently been criticised for their high energy consumption and inefficiency.[4] A small, traditional two-oven AGA running on gas will use approximately 425 kWh per week (22,100 kWh per year; perhaps half that if switched off during the summer months). The average standard gas oven and hob uses 580 kWh during a year, only 2.62% of the AGA's consumption.[5] AGA's own figures for expected energy consumption for their two-oven AGA support this criticism,[6] suggesting a weekly consumption of 40 litres of kerosene or diesel, 60 litres of propane gas, 425 kWh of natural gas or 220 kWh for the electric models. This would indicate that the smallest traditional two-oven gas AGA providing simple cooking functions (i.e. no water heating or central heating) consumes almost as much gas in a week as a standard gas oven/hob does in nine months.










Even so, the OP's consumption seems excessive. I think the metric meter mix up is still more likely.

thozza

We had a similar set up to the OP in this house when we moved in, the AGA boiler operated 24/7, 365 days a year, there was no control over it, once the cylinder got hot (very hot), the AGA still boiled the water, and the result was that the header tank boiled as well, and the water coming out of the taps was scorching to the point of danger.

It is a very strange system from a time where energy was cheap. I understand that some installers put a small radiator in the AGA hot water system to 'dump' some of the heat, but it is still a very inefficient system.

We had our AGA modified, and the boiler removed (AGA AIMS system fitted), our household gas consumption dropped from 45,000kWh to 35,000kWh after we moved to heating hot water with the system boiler.

The OP's AGA will probably be using a significant amount of energy, possibly more than 30,000kWh/year.

Cardew

thozza wrote: »

The OP's AGA will probably be using a significant amount of energy, possibly more than 30,000kWh/year.

I agree that the huge consumption of an AGA is well known. However even if it did use 30,000kWh that heat has to go somewhere and the OP has used an additional 42,000kWh for a 3 bed house.


As suggested earlier, I would check the meter to see if it is Metric.