I have recently moved into a new house and we are still trying to figure out all our heat/hot water settings.
We have solar panels to heat the water and an oil burner which will heat the house and the water. There is a thermostat on the hot water cylinder which is set to 50c.
My question is how do you know what the temperature of the water in the cylinder is now.....by this I mean how do you know if the solar panels have heated the water to an adequate temperature? And also, if we put our oil burner on the heat the water will it continue to heat the water if the solar panels have already done the job?? So am I wasting oil if I have my oil burner on, but the water is already hot?
We have solar panels to heat the water and an oil burner which will heat the house and the water. There is a thermostat on the hot water cylinder which is set to 50c.
My question is how do you know what the temperature of the water in the cylinder is now.....by this I mean how do you know if the solar panels have heated the water to an adequate temperature? And also, if we put our oil burner on the heat the water will it continue to heat the water if the solar panels have already done the job?? So am I wasting oil if I have my oil burner on, but the water is already hot?