An immersion heater would be silent, as it's like a kettle element in the water tank.
£1,000 electric bill :(
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An immersion heater would be silent, as it's like a kettle element in the water tank.
Wouldn't you hear it bubbling?
This is what it says on the tin:
"Telford Stainless Products"
"TEMPEST"
"Mains pressure domestic hot water cylinder"
No gas at all in the property
Only if it was set to 100c. Most likely its heating to 60 so no you won't hear it bubbling.
Here's what I have (or pretty much it):
http://www.thermsaver.co.uk/tempest-300ltr-indirect-ss-unvented-cylinder.html
http://www.thermsaver.co.uk/tempest-300ltr-indirect-ss-unvented-cylinder.html
So you have an electric immersion heater. This is costing you £1000 PA. Turn it off
Yes but I want to prove 100% without doubt that this is indeed the issue. That's why I'm gonna try and be scientific in my readers over the next few days
Doesn't it have a control box like to set temperature and/or operating hours?
Seems a bit naff to just have something like that with an on/off switch.
Lodger my arse.
Not that I can see, just has a mains plug. I suppose it's because it's electric based?
Probably does, but sounds like he has just left it on constantly. I made this mistake in my first renter for about a month. Cost about £80 leccy.
Being electric based has no bearing on how the heater is controlled.
Fair enough. It's just all the gas boilers I've seen have dials where you can turn the flow of gas up or down. I've never seen an eletric one where you can do that, but I really don't know much about boilers.
I've checked again and there are no means of controlling the heat level. The wall panel heaters all have controls, just not the main boiler
Nope nothing like that. If indeed it is the boiler causing the stupid amount of electricity usage I'll just switch it off and then only switch it on before I get ready, so I'd go from 24 hours usage down to about 1. Should help
You will find that you'll never have hot water if you do that!
What you should do is turn it on for a couple of hours until you get hot water (dont run the tap too much or it will take much longer!) and then leave it off until when you come to run the hot tap it starts to feel luke warm/cold. That way you'll know roughly how often you need to turn it on and how long to leave it on for when you do.
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Where is the switch to heat your water located and what does it look like?
A boiler running 24/7 is fine, however the immersion part is only to be used when you run out of hot water. A boiler will provide enough hot water per day to satisfy the needs of a couple of people, but large families who have multiple showers or baths may need a boost from the immersion. If you live by yourself you shouldnt ever need the immersion, and if it is an immersion on 24/7 that will definately be causing your high elec costs.
A boiler running 24/7 is fine, however the immersion part is only to be used when you run out of hot water. A boiler will provide enough hot water per day to satisfy the needs of a couple of people, but large families who have multiple showers or baths may need a boost from the immersion. If you live by yourself you shouldnt ever need the immersion, and if it is an immersion on 24/7 that will definately be causing your high elec costs.
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Just a standard wall socket job. Like the type you plug your kettle into. Oh and it's right beside the boiler itself
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You dont have one of these (or something similar) in your kitchen then? Apart from the fridge and oven ones?
