Is my Energy Bill too high?

Tallerdave

follett said:

Tallerdave said:

A couple of hours a day should heat the water then. Is it scalding hot? Turn the thermostat down to save a bit.

Your 8kWh with no heating or hot water is still a bit high. Could be the lighting?

There's no option to adjust water heat and no option to adjust time for water either so we'd have to switch it on/off manually. I think it may be worth trialling just having it on a couple of hours a day to see the metre effect and if it stays warm.  

The installation manual says:  Thermostat adjustable 10°C to 70°C. 

That'll be case for both immersion elements (normal and boost).

It apparently takes 3 hours to heat to 60C so uses 9kWh. Setting for 50C would reduce that. But annoyingly if you have it on an E7 off-peak feed, it'll heat up at midnight (or whenever E7 kicks in), rather than a more sensible 4am.  It's a cheap/crap design.

If you've got it on a 24hr feed, it'll be topping up to 60C (or whatever it's set to) all day every day :-(

follett

Thanks, I'm not sure what it's set to or how to change it.
Would you recommend not having it on a 24 hour feed and just flicking it on mnaually for a couple of hours a day?

Hasbeen

follett said:

Thanks, I'm not sure what it's set to or how to change it.
Would you recommend not having it on a 24 hour feed and just flicking it on mnaually for a couple of hours a day?

I would definitely do that. try 2hrs 3 hrs depends on your usage? There is a boost switch for fast heating small amounts? but main switch has to be on as well.

I would trial taking a note of consumption until you get it to suit your needs.

Also look at these 30 lights?

follett

Hasbeen said:

follett said:

Thanks, I'm not sure what it's set to or how to change it.
Would you recommend not having it on a 24 hour feed and just flicking it on mnaually for a couple of hours a day?

I would definitely do that. try 2hrs 3 hrs depends on your usage? There is a boost switch for fast heating small amounts? but main switch has to be on as well.

I would trial taking a note of consumption until you get it to suit your needs.

Also look at these 30 lights?

Yes I will do. 
Thank you very much for all your help, really appreciate it