Hi,
I was looking at my girlfriend's hot water system the other day to try and work out why her bills are so high. I've only ever had gas boilers so I'm not familiar with electric only systems.
I was quite surprised to find that it is simply an unvented cylinder (Heatrae Sadia Megaflo) with two immersion heaters. Both rated at 2.76kW and on their own switch (didn't notice if they were fused tbh.)
She leaves the bottom one on all the time, and calls turning the top one on "putting on the immersion". There are no timers that I can see, and there's only one meter so no Economy 7.
So, is this a typical type of install? (This is a block of flats converted in an old mill.)
What is the most efficient way to run this system?
Bottom line: can she save any money!?
Thanks,
Orval
I was looking at my girlfriend's hot water system the other day to try and work out why her bills are so high. I've only ever had gas boilers so I'm not familiar with electric only systems.
I was quite surprised to find that it is simply an unvented cylinder (Heatrae Sadia Megaflo) with two immersion heaters. Both rated at 2.76kW and on their own switch (didn't notice if they were fused tbh.)
She leaves the bottom one on all the time, and calls turning the top one on "putting on the immersion". There are no timers that I can see, and there's only one meter so no Economy 7.
So, is this a typical type of install? (This is a block of flats converted in an old mill.)
What is the most efficient way to run this system?
Bottom line: can she save any money!?
Thanks,
Orval