Boilermate ov - house is hot hot hot

[Rossnch]

Hi

I need guideance as I am a little concerned.

I have a boilermate ov, it's upstairs in my airing cupboard and I have a slave ideal boiler downstairs.

As we are getting into summer, my house is hotter as the amount of heat which is being kicked out of the airing cupboard is so intense. This is amazing in winter but in summer its not so good.

I have a dial style timer on the front of it for the heating, the question I have is should I have a digital timer fitted in the house to control water and heating? Or is there another way. Or should I not be having this unit on a timer for hot water.

The heat in the house will be unbearable in the summer and the gas bills will be daft. What is the best way to operate? I would rather spend money on a digital timer set up if this is the right thing to do now and save overtime and keep myself a little cooler in the summer. Please advise.......

 

[St0rmer66]

They were quite often put in with no timer for the hot water because they were designed to be kept hot all of the time (it does both heating and hot water on demand). Can you take a photo of it so we can see exactly which model? The non-timed ones usually have a temperature dial on the front with "winter" and "summer" settings because it doesn't need to be quite as hot when there isn't going to be a heating demand.

 

[Rossnch]

Hi

I have attached an image of the control panel

I understand the one lol the time element, but if I'm not in the house for 12 hrs a day I don't want it doing anything all that time. I would prefer setting a timer program allowing it to fire for say 7 hours intermittently.

In winter this was never an issue but in summer I don't want to waste money on gas and cook myself in the house....

 

[Rossnch]

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• Rossnch
• 12 May 2015
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[St0rmer66]

You have the biggest, most expensive, boilermate they ever produced which provides an electric backup for both heating and hot water (common to have for hot water but not for heating). Obviously it goes without saying that the "Mode" should be on "Normal" and not "Switch".

Other than that I'm afraid that's the way it's supposed to be. Worth noting on the actual boiler downstairs you should have the temperature control at MAXIMUM at all times to ensure that the store actually reaches it's set temperature. Lowering the boiler temperature will actually cause it to run on forever, firing intermittently and using more gas than just heating it once at a high temperature and being able to switch off once it hits the target. Keeping it warm is really not wasting as much gas as you'd think if everything else is working correctly.

That said... Any that I've come across I haven't noticed giving off an excessive amount of heat and I've never had a customer complain about it. If yours really is as hot as you say in the cupboard (and you need to be realistic, it is a big tank of hot water after all) then there could be something wrong which could need investigation.

 

[Rossnch]

Just so I can get this right then....

When British Gas came out they said to put the downstairs boiler on E but you are staying the higher up it is the better?

Thanks

 

[St0rmer66]

Yes, as high as possible. The boilermate instructions clearly state this. The goal is to heat it as fast as you can so it can switch off.