Immersion or Kettle?

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I used the kettle for hot water after my water heater kicked the bucket, but it's nice having hot water on tap again now I have a new boiler.

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PasturesNew wrote: »

I never understood why they didn't simply have little electric wall-mounted water heaters, like you used to see more often years ago. Free up the airing cupboard for storage purposes, far more useful.

They're still available (Google Redring and Heatrae Sadia), but they're slow because of limited power. My combi boiler is 28 kW, nearly ten times the power of a 3kW electric heater, so that's ten times the flow rate available.

Ilona

I never let my dirty pots/crockery/cutlery stand around, the food on them goes hard. I swill them under the cold tap as soon as I have finished with them.Then leave to dry on the drainer. I never fry food, or roast, or bake. I boil a kettle if I want to wash up in the bowl.

Ilona

Norman_Castle

Depending on how far the tank is from the tap you will be leaving heated water in the pipe and using extra water waiting for hot water to arrive at the tap.
I've used a kettle to wash up for years. No wasted heat or water.

Norman_Castle

PasturesNew wrote: »

I never understood why they didn't simply have little electric wall-mounted water heaters, like you used to see more often years ago. Free up the airing cupboard for storage purposes, far more useful.

A friend fitted one over his kitchen sink to avoid having the immersion heater switched on. I think he likes it but as most kitchens have an electric kettle they're an unneeded expense. His was bought for his business and written off against tax and fitted for free by a friend.

AndyPK

Fiona1408 wrote: »

Yes it is dual, there is a small section at the top of the tank, I assume this is to only heat a small volume of water?

Yes. You only need to heat the whole tank for bath/shower but as you have elec shower that's not needed by you.

How you you turn on the top 'sink' immersion? Switch, 15min+ timer? or ?

Owain_Moneysaver

Fiona1408 wrote: »

Yes it is dual, there is a small section at the top of the tank, I assume this is to only heat a small volume of water?

That's more likely to be the cold water header tank.

A dual immersion heater(s) will have a sink/bath switch.

baroley

Thank you for this thread. I have economy 7 and an electric shower. I have just this week decided to switch off the immersion heater and just boil a kettle when on cheap tariffs for washing up. I will monitor use and decide which is best, but I think this must prove cheaper!?