2 boiler madness

wertert · 19 Mar 2012

Hi All

Had a google and can't find an answer.

I've got a house with 2 boilers. Stupid but true.

Any ideas how I can monitor the amount of gas used by each boiler ?

Obviously I've got my main meter from which I take regular reading but that's it.

I'm thinking some kind of mini-meter installed in front of one of the boilers to give me an individual counter. Not sure if this even exists....

Any ideas ?

Thanks

wertert · 19 Mar 2012

how about.

switch off boiler A for 24 hours and monitor gas used on main meter.
switch A back on
swithc off boiler B for 24 hours and monitor gas used on main meter.
switch B back on

Ignore children and wife complaining about lack of heat and water.

Onetap · 19 Mar 2012

If they're not modulating boilers, then fit hours run meters. Each boiler uses a known amount of gas per minute whilst running, which you can measure at the gas meter.

If they're modulating, ignore this.

dcawkwell · 19 Mar 2012

There may be good reasons for this.
Advise what sort of boilers they are and what their function is in the house.

OLLIE20 · 19 Mar 2012

Don't see what's stupid about it, some houses have 3, 4 even more

wertert · 26 Mar 2012

dcawkwell said:
There may be good reasons for this.
Advise what sort of boilers they are and what their function is in the house.

Hi All.

Sorry for the slow response - been away.

Top Boiler (2006) is an ideal icos HE24. It covers the top 2 floors of the house. 5 bedrooms 3 bathrooms. 3 x 120L? hot water tanks.

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Bottom Boiler is Worcester (2009) Greenstar 30CDi. It covers the bottom 2 floors. 2 bathrooms & kitchen. 1 x 270L hot water tank. Provides heat to Uponor UFH manifold.

Not sure if they're modulating....

Interesting in the comments about 3-4 boilers in a house. I have always assumed that running two small boilers costs more in gas then 1 larger boiler. Is this not strictly true ?

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dcawkwell · 26 Mar 2012

seems reasonable.
Big house with big water demand = big gas bill.

croydoncorgi · 26 Mar 2012

Total heat available is too much for the building as a whole. The lower-floors boiler is definitely too big. But overall, taking account of the benefit of not having to run long primaries top to bottom of the building, not too bad a design.

The main upside is that if one boiler goes down, then you've still got heating and hot water in half the house.

doitall · 26 Mar 2012

If it's designed and installed properly, several small boilers is much more efficient than one large one.

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