Hi all,
I have recently moved into a rented flat and am having trouble with both by immersion water heating and my electric underfloor heating. My landlord's electrician has not filled me with confidence that he knows what he is talking about so I am hoping someone here may be able to arm me with some better info to go back to the landlord with.
Here's what I know:
The flat is connected to an eon heatwise meter which is an eon-specific economy 10 meter. It means that i have two feeds for the flat - one designed for hot water and central heating and one for other energy consumption. Both have different on and off peak times and rates.
The feed from the water/heating meter is disconnected so all electricity consumption is recorded on the second feed, including the immersion heater and heating unit.
The immersion heater is controlled by a grasslin eco timer. From the digging i have done online it seems to me that this controller should have some default off peak times and/or it should be governed by the eon meter in terms of knowing when the off peak tariff kicks in. I should only have to use the manual timer if i want to turn the heater on at other peak periods. Is this right? And should the meter feed affect this?
Likewise my underfloor heating is connected to a pactrol weather watcher heating storage system. The landlord and electrician have been unable to explain how this works and i have had no end of trouble trying to moderate the temperature of the flat as a result. Is the feed likely to be causing trouble here?
Greatly appreciate any advice.
I have recently moved into a rented flat and am having trouble with both by immersion water heating and my electric underfloor heating. My landlord's electrician has not filled me with confidence that he knows what he is talking about so I am hoping someone here may be able to arm me with some better info to go back to the landlord with.
Here's what I know:
The flat is connected to an eon heatwise meter which is an eon-specific economy 10 meter. It means that i have two feeds for the flat - one designed for hot water and central heating and one for other energy consumption. Both have different on and off peak times and rates.
The feed from the water/heating meter is disconnected so all electricity consumption is recorded on the second feed, including the immersion heater and heating unit.
The immersion heater is controlled by a grasslin eco timer. From the digging i have done online it seems to me that this controller should have some default off peak times and/or it should be governed by the eon meter in terms of knowing when the off peak tariff kicks in. I should only have to use the manual timer if i want to turn the heater on at other peak periods. Is this right? And should the meter feed affect this?
Likewise my underfloor heating is connected to a pactrol weather watcher heating storage system. The landlord and electrician have been unable to explain how this works and i have had no end of trouble trying to moderate the temperature of the flat as a result. Is the feed likely to be causing trouble here?
Greatly appreciate any advice.