Sorry i wasn't clear it's 20kwh for the whole house for the whole day. Of that, I think the immersion heater is responsible for about 5-6kwh of that. Friday's figures were 13kwh when I lowered it to 50c instead of 65C. And without doing anything different Saturday has shot up to 20Kwh again.
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Sorry i wasn't clear it's 20kwh for the whole house for the whole day. Of that, I think the immersion heater is responsible for about 5-6kwh of that. Friday's figures were 13kwh when I lowered it to 50c instead of 65C. And without doing anything different Saturday has shot up to 20Kwh again.
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Soldato
The immersion normally has a switch by the tank if recently modern called water heater.
Its almost always one with a led light as well so its clear when its switched on.
You need to start listing what you have consuming energy
eg fridge, freezer, permanent hot tap
2x Tv, sky box, xbox, ps5, router
hot tub
fish tank, reptile vivarium (?), heated dog kennel
washing machine, tumble drier, combined washer drier
once you know everything it should be fairly easy to identify which are most likely and work down from there
Soldato
Would make sense since the temp would have fallen slowly, it really sounds like the immersion is constantly topping up the tank temp
Top is the month of August so far, bottom is a typical day.
You can see the spikes from the immersion heater because that's almost exactly the same time either me or the wife takes a shower
I've started taking drastic changes since the 20th but it seems to have made sweet FA different at all.
True, I forgot about the EV thing as well. Is odd how Surveyor jumped on me, with that going on also. I wont mention as advice again given how much he was offended.
Soldato
I think its as what you were proposing was basically fraud.
They are generally cautious about this kind of thing for obvious reasons
Soldato
Top is the month of August so far, bottom is a typical day.
You can see the spikes from the immersion heater because that's almost exactly the same time either me or the wife takes a shower
I've started taking drastic changes since the 20th but it seems to have made sweet FA different at all.
You deffo need to make sure the immersion is off, if you have as I think you said a gas boiler as well
Its no different to a kettle in effect, they are typically 3kw and if its permanently switched on as soon as it sees water below x temp (x being what you set) it will come on again to reheat, utterly inefficient!
Yeah I thought I turned it off at the mains, like I said the switch itself by the tank is broken, I did play with the idea of pulling the fuse but I didn't want to risk it just in case what I turned off at the mains was mislabeled and I go electrocute myself.
Soldato
You shouldn't have your hot water taken at 50C. You need to pasteurise the water occasionally, and that needs 60C AFAIK.
Thats pretty good, I might try and get on GO when my agile expires, someone on here got GO without been checked for an EV not long ago, so I might get lucky.
Soldato
You said switch by the boiler not tank which confused me.
Is the switch labelled?
Normally switch failures result in it not working as opposed to being stuck on, but it is possible. If you have isolated from the mains then you can pull the fuse. But you should get that switch fixed.
Are you certain you have the right switch?
Soldato
There isn't much point in GO unless you have a high demand for units you can draw in that 4 hour slot. (IE EV or batteries)
When you work it out the extra cost to day units works out around the same as a 24 hour same rate when you take the average, assuming a fairly flat usage curve across the 24 hours.
Sorry, just to clarify, there's a rocker switch by the tank upstairs that when you try to set it to the off position is pushes back at you and stays on. It's labeled as immersion and there are two thick white wires, one goes to the thermostat which is attached to the tank, and the other wire goes to a circler lump attached to the tank which looks like the head of the heating element itself. There is no light on the switch box itself.
Downstairs is the bank of main switches under the stairs, one is labeled Heating Tank, which I set to the off position on Saturday
Also its sold on open market.
Soldato
Thats deffo it then and it does sound like its broken. Yep isolate the mains and ideally get it replaced. Once you have mains isolated you can unscrew it and take a look, its an unusual thing to be wrong.
A basic immersion switch is cheap. If your ok with electrics just get a replacement and swap it over, just make note of and understand the wires before you disconnect.
Eg https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-20a-...VhCdLBaEtZZcMVaqpGBoCUIoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Edit its worth a look as resistance is unusual, it could be obvious internally something is wrong, such as a piece of insulation stripped has fallen stopping the switch working, or a pinched wire but its most likely its a dodgy switch and it may always have been broken.
Caporegime
Speaking of business costs.
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My usage is steady 24/7 pretty much depending on sleep pattern.
I am well outside the norm usage pattern. Plus the day rate is way behind the other tariffs, here is the current GO rates for my postcode.
Code:
Unit rate (04:30 - 00:30):
39.35p/ kWh
Unit rate (00:30 - 04:30):
7.50p/ kWh
Standing Charge:
44.48p/ dayPlus I could buy battery storage to cover me on day time use.
Soldato
Go is going to go up though sooner or later its just a matter of time