Economy 7 hot water mis-wired?

poppasmurf_bewdley

Do you need a full tank of hot water every day?

If you do, then get the wiring swapped over.

If you don't need a full tank of water every day, then leave it as it is.

I have a similar set up to you, and in a normal day only require hot water for morning wash, washing up in the evening and quick wash before bed. My shower is a separate electric unit.

If I want a bath, I flick the boost switch on for half or three quarters of an hour.

pixeltrasher

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

What I meant was no one would have any other reason to swap in the first place unless the

All I can find out was that both elements where replaced in 2007. Which may or may not be the last time they were replaced, that is just the only information I’ve been able to find. I do not have a controller, I just have the switches in the wall (the ones that look like a regular plug socket but without the plug holes in it (sorry for such a female explanation!).

pixeltrasher

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

Do you need a full tank of hot water every day?

If you do, then get the wiring swapped over.

If you don't need a full tank of water every day, then leave it as it is.

I have a similar set up to you, and in a normal day only require hot water for morning wash, washing up in the evening and quick wash before bed. My shower is a separate electric unit.

If I want a bath, I flick the boost switch on for half or three quarters of an hour.

That would be convenient but the kids have baths in the evening and the shower also runs off the hot water mains. And the boost is wired into the econom 7 so I cannot choose to turn it on during the day (same way storage heaters work), just the main element will allow me to do that but it won’t heat the tank up in such a short time and I’m worried it’ll cost a lot heating the full tank during peak hours.

pixeltrasher

jk0 wrote: »

It's easy enough to do yourself. Just open the controller and swap the wires that go the the immersions, surely?

Asked a friend about this and he seems to think it is illegal to change the wiring on these switches? Is that right???

molerat

pixeltrasher wrote: »

Asked a friend about this and he seems to think it is illegal to change the wiring on these switches? Is that right???

No it is not.

EachPenny

pixeltrasher wrote: »

Asked a friend about this and he seems to think it is illegal to change the wiring on these switches? Is that right???

It would be illegal to change the wiring on the meter and any timeswitches associated with that - maybe that is what your friend is thinking of?