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Should my water heater be on 24/7??

longwalks1 · 2016-02-10 08:39:36

Recently moved into an old 1930's semi with copper cylinder in the airing cupboard and tanks in the loft (my old flat had a combi boiler = nothing to understand, immediate hot water on tap :j ) Had a fair bit of work done indoors recently including a powerflush as the sludge knackered our CH pump, and a surrey flange…

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benjus Posts: 5,433 Forumite

11 February 2016 at 11:52AM

J_B wrote: »

You are sadly incorrect with your 'advice' - there's even an article on MSE about it somewhere.

The MSE article was responding to some people who claimed that it uses less energy to keep the heating/water switched on 24/7 compared to using a timer. That is not what is being claimed here. Here we are saying that if the hot water cylinder is well insulated it does not use significantly more energy to keep it on 24/7.

Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
And you're Peter Duncan; I gave you fair warning
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