Completely confused, EON, Help!

Scottish_Dorset

I feel we are fixated on how the hot water is heated!  Regardless, nothing has changed but my usage has gone down dramatically, that's what I'm asking advice about.  No buttons have been pressed, adjusted, switched on/off 

jimjames

Scottish_Dorset said:

I feel we are fixated on how the hot water is heated!  Regardless, nothing has changed but my usage has gone down dramatically, that's what I'm asking advice about.  No buttons have been pressed, adjusted, switched on/off 

It's not fixated but it is something that uses a huge amount of energy. If the immersion heater has broken then it would cause a big drop in use.

3-4 hours seems a very long time to have it on for, mine was 20 mins and it heated enough water.

Solar generation has been very good over the last few months, could using that have reduced what you consume?

Scottish_Dorset

jimjames said:

Scottish_Dorset said:

I feel we are fixated on how the hot water is heated!  Regardless, nothing has changed but my usage has gone down dramatically, that's what I'm asking advice about.  No buttons have been pressed, adjusted, switched on/off 

It's not fixated but it is something that uses a huge amount of energy. If the immersion heater has broken then it would cause a big drop in use.

3-4 hours seems a very long time to have it on for, mine was 20 mins and it heated enough water.

Solar generation has been very good over the last few months, could using that have reduced what you consume?

Thank you.  It is not on for 3-4 hours, 3/4 of an hour in the morning, same in the evening.  It has always been this since we moved in last year.  The house is a new build so the boiler is reasonably new.  

QrizB

Scottish_Dorset said:

Thank you.  It is not on for 3-4 hours, 3/4 of an hour in the morning, same in the evening.  It has always been this since we moved in last year.  The house is a new build so the boiler is reasonably new.  

If you have gas water heating (do you? you've got a gas boiler, so you should) there's no reason for the immersion heater to be on at all.
As to why your electriciy use dropped so suddenly in Jul/Aug, I have no new ideas. If you'd asked in June "why is my electricity use so high?" we could've gone through the usual faultfinding process but "why isn't my use so high any more?" is a much more diufficult question to answer!