Landlord won't agree to Energy 7 meter

Jmoo

For the record this is the electric water heater -

http://www.ariston.com/ww/Electric_water_heaters/SHAPE_Small

[Deleted User]

Hi,

but that's not your hot water tank,

be something like this, maybe got two feeds.



Edit: by the way if you want to post a photie, click on wee postcard type icon, and paste your link.

Jmoo

Sorry for the ignorance, I don't know whether I have one in a small studio flat. I have this under the sink for my kitchen needs, and I'm unaware of much else in the bathroom other than the shower.

Jmoo

This seems to kick in whenever I run the hot water, but it seems to be plugged into a socket with a fuse beside it by the looks of it.

lstar337

So you have direct heated hot water, and a direct heated shower. Not a great situation with E7, but workable if you use little hot water.

Given everything you have told us about this place, my advice is to move asap.

Jmoo

Move from the flat? I've only just got here!

jbainbridge

In summary -
- don't contact the agent about this again - they are not interested
- get the meter changed
- move to a E7 tariff
- set the timer in the consumer unit for the correct E7 time

If most of your electricity is going on the storage heaters you are likely to make a saving