Hi all, hoping you can help
I've just had a smart meter installed and can now see that there is an additional draw of c.2.8-3kw randomly being used during the day for periods (can be 5 minutes, can be an hour or more), upon investigation this appears to be the immersion heater (if I use the immersion breaker on the CB then it drops back down). This appears to be drawing more power than I need for the hot water (use case is just for showers in the morning)
I on the control (Siemens) I have this scheduled for 2.30am-4.00am to take advantage of the cheaper electricity at that time. The towel radiators (3) are also on this circuit.
Happy to provide any details of makes/models as I can but not sure what people would need to perhaps help identify why it's doing this as it's driving the energy usage up quite considerably!
I've just had a smart meter installed and can now see that there is an additional draw of c.2.8-3kw randomly being used during the day for periods (can be 5 minutes, can be an hour or more), upon investigation this appears to be the immersion heater (if I use the immersion breaker on the CB then it drops back down). This appears to be drawing more power than I need for the hot water (use case is just for showers in the morning)
I on the control (Siemens) I have this scheduled for 2.30am-4.00am to take advantage of the cheaper electricity at that time. The towel radiators (3) are also on this circuit.
Happy to provide any details of makes/models as I can but not sure what people would need to perhaps help identify why it's doing this as it's driving the energy usage up quite considerably!