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I'm trying to make sense of the hot water system in my new (second hand) apartment.
It's not like anything I've seen before. I know it's unvented, and the hot water comes out at mains pressure
Question 1: there are 2 mains boxes (heating elements) powered by different plugs - one feeding into the lower half, the other feeding into the upper. Wonder why, and what purpose each has.
Question 2: what's the small cylinder at the top for?
Question 3: the capacity of the cylinder says 210 liters. That's a lot for a small one bed flat - seems very wasteful for me to heat 210 liters everyday when all I do is wash about 3 dishes and take a short shower. There seems to be no option to only heat a small volume of water (no sink option).
Should I look into replacing this system with something else , this system was installed 5 years ago.
I'm trying to make sense of the hot water system in my new (second hand) apartment.
It's not like anything I've seen before. I know it's unvented, and the hot water comes out at mains pressure
Question 1: there are 2 mains boxes (heating elements) powered by different plugs - one feeding into the lower half, the other feeding into the upper. Wonder why, and what purpose each has.
Question 2: what's the small cylinder at the top for?
Question 3: the capacity of the cylinder says 210 liters. That's a lot for a small one bed flat - seems very wasteful for me to heat 210 liters everyday when all I do is wash about 3 dishes and take a short shower. There seems to be no option to only heat a small volume of water (no sink option).
Should I look into replacing this system with something else , this system was installed 5 years ago.