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electric usage too high

squizz11 · 2022-05-26 13:48:05

posting on another thread it seems my usage is too high, we have a 4 bed detatched house , we have a lizard with a heat lamp and an antiquated boiler which needs 4 hours to run to get a full tank of water, i will be talking to my landlord, also 4 gamers and a hell of lot of gadgets it seems my latest meter reading seems to…

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Ectophile Posts: 8,315 Forumite

26 May 2022 at 5:47PM

It shouldn't take anything like that long to heat a tank of water. My boiler is set to come on for 40 minutes a day. If I managed to run the tank cold the previous day, then it may not be as hot as I'd like, but it's hot enough.

Has somebody turned the temperature control on the boiler itself too low? If so, then it will never heat the water hot enough. But don't overdo it, as setting it too high would waste gas.

If it sticks, force it.
If it breaks, well it wasn't working right anyway.
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