Communal heating

Chrisw030290

Okay if it is a immersion heater what will be the best way to keep costs down

have it on a few hours a day turn it off at night 

MikeJXE

Is there solar panels on the roof ? Did you check to see if you have an immersion heater/electric feed to your tank ?

Chrisw030290

No I didn’t check I know it’s the water tank using the electric as when I turned it off at the mains The meter cost per a hour went down to almost a quarter of what it was 

Chrisw030290

There’s no solar panels the building is a 1970s one 

MikeJXE

So now you have switched that off see what tomorrow brings as in will you get any hot water, it's a learning curve trial and error 

cymruchris

You could also take some photographs of the switches, cables and anything else that looks like it's related to the water system, and post them for us to see the setup - that might make it easier to comment if someone recognises the system you have. 

Chrisw030290

Ok I’m upload some now 

Chrisw030290

Here are some pics 

Chrisw030290

There is no mains gas into the property 

MikeJXE

Thats a timer to set the times you want heating and or water to be on, the water is heated by an immersion heater on top of the cylinder, on the last but one photo marked water heater keep that off, it's the immersion heater in case the communal doesn't heat the cylinder up enough. On the timer you can set what time of day you want the heating and hot water on and off. Somewhere in the house is a thermostat that you can set for the temperature