Moved into a place a couple of years ago and there was no manuals or instructions of what settings and how to use things like storage heaters/water heater etc, the LL just told me what settings he used when living in an identical property.
After getting a few highish electric bills i decided to look into what was supposed to be switched on and what did not need to be on.
My question is about the wiring to the water immersion heater. -
My electric immersion heater is a Santon TP120E, there are 2 hard wired sockets next to it on the wall in the 'airing cupboard', someone has written on the wall above one of the sockets "Top", i think i am right in thinking that this water heater has 2 heater elements, the primary element at the bottom and the 'boost' element at the top, there is also a switch in the kitchen with "H/W Boost" written on it.
Now the socket on the wall that feeds the lower element is live during my cheap rate electric periods, - 01.00 - 06.00, 13.00 - 16.00 and 20.00 - 22.00(economy 10, Heatwise), and will heat the water when it is cold, that's fine i get that.
But the other socket marked "Top" is live all the time, if the water is cool and i switch it on(i have it off at the moment), then i can hear it start to heat the water, this is at times outside of my cheap rate electric periods, so it appears to be using normal daytime electric to heat the water at the top of the tank.
The other strange thing, is that i understood the H/W Boost function, as in pushing the switch in the kitchen if i had used up all my hot water should heat up the water straight away for a limited amount of time, what happened was when i pushed the switch is that the socket for the lower(primary) element became live again for about 45 mins, i tested this outside of my cheap rate electric period, which is how i discovered the socket had became live.
So my question is has my immersion water heater been wired up wrongly when this house was built about 8 years ago, it appears to me that the boost switch in the kitchen should have been wired up to the top element socket near the water heater, as if you ran out of hot water, then pressed the boost button it will heat the water at the top of the tank giving you a 'boost' of hot water rather than trying to heat the whole tank by the lower element.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Mark.
After getting a few highish electric bills i decided to look into what was supposed to be switched on and what did not need to be on.
My question is about the wiring to the water immersion heater. -
My electric immersion heater is a Santon TP120E, there are 2 hard wired sockets next to it on the wall in the 'airing cupboard', someone has written on the wall above one of the sockets "Top", i think i am right in thinking that this water heater has 2 heater elements, the primary element at the bottom and the 'boost' element at the top, there is also a switch in the kitchen with "H/W Boost" written on it.
Now the socket on the wall that feeds the lower element is live during my cheap rate electric periods, - 01.00 - 06.00, 13.00 - 16.00 and 20.00 - 22.00(economy 10, Heatwise), and will heat the water when it is cold, that's fine i get that.
But the other socket marked "Top" is live all the time, if the water is cool and i switch it on(i have it off at the moment), then i can hear it start to heat the water, this is at times outside of my cheap rate electric periods, so it appears to be using normal daytime electric to heat the water at the top of the tank.
The other strange thing, is that i understood the H/W Boost function, as in pushing the switch in the kitchen if i had used up all my hot water should heat up the water straight away for a limited amount of time, what happened was when i pushed the switch is that the socket for the lower(primary) element became live again for about 45 mins, i tested this outside of my cheap rate electric period, which is how i discovered the socket had became live.
So my question is has my immersion water heater been wired up wrongly when this house was built about 8 years ago, it appears to me that the boost switch in the kitchen should have been wired up to the top element socket near the water heater, as if you ran out of hot water, then pressed the boost button it will heat the water at the top of the tank giving you a 'boost' of hot water rather than trying to heat the whole tank by the lower element.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Mark.