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please could somebody advise me on the most efficient way to use the hot water on this system. I've just moved into a house that has a megaflo heatrae sadia tank & a Worcester greenstar 24i boiler. The megaflo can also be operated with a back up electric switch. I live alone & need to keep my gas water elec bills as low as possible.
At the moment I boil a kettle to provide a washing up bowl of hot water to do the dishes once a day ..... Because I suspect that boiling the kettle once is cheaper than the 3 bowls of cold water I waste waiting for the hot water to come through plus the cost of heating that water. For showers I flick the electric switch for abt an hour which seems to heat enough water for one shower ....... But I never know if the hot waters going to go cold when I'm in the shower ..... Or how many days worth of hot water that will give me.
I have now started to use the central heating .... I turn on the boiler, then select 'on' at the control unit & turn the valves on at the radiators in whatever room I'm using ..... And then I turn it all off when I don't need any heating.
So far this is the only way I know how to use it. So it costs me one boiled kettle a day, one hour of electric megaflo a day and a few hours of 2 radiators a day (when it's cold). Is this the most economical method for one person .... One washing up bowl & one shower a day ...... Or is it cheaper to heat the water via the boiler & if so how long do I need the boiler on to heat the water & how long will the hot water stay hot???
TBH I find the whole system too confusing to use! I've always had a combi boiler = turn on the hot tap & you get hot water = no waste!!!!! I would be very grateful for any advice/explanation. Many thanks!!!!
At the moment I boil a kettle to provide a washing up bowl of hot water to do the dishes once a day ..... Because I suspect that boiling the kettle once is cheaper than the 3 bowls of cold water I waste waiting for the hot water to come through plus the cost of heating that water. For showers I flick the electric switch for abt an hour which seems to heat enough water for one shower ....... But I never know if the hot waters going to go cold when I'm in the shower ..... Or how many days worth of hot water that will give me.
I have now started to use the central heating .... I turn on the boiler, then select 'on' at the control unit & turn the valves on at the radiators in whatever room I'm using ..... And then I turn it all off when I don't need any heating.
So far this is the only way I know how to use it. So it costs me one boiled kettle a day, one hour of electric megaflo a day and a few hours of 2 radiators a day (when it's cold). Is this the most economical method for one person .... One washing up bowl & one shower a day ...... Or is it cheaper to heat the water via the boiler & if so how long do I need the boiler on to heat the water & how long will the hot water stay hot???
TBH I find the whole system too confusing to use! I've always had a combi boiler = turn on the hot tap & you get hot water = no waste!!!!! I would be very grateful for any advice/explanation. Many thanks!!!!