I assume you have gas fired or old central heating?Hi
We have 3 zone heating in our house.
Zone 1: Heating downstairs - connected to nest
Zone 2: Water - connect to nest
Zone 3: Connected to EPH timer based system ( 3 zone, but 2 zone are not connected since i got nest installed) - upstairs
For water we are using nest time schedule to turn on/off and specific times but we find it frustrating as water heating schedule does not match our life style so we have to turn on water on demand during the day. We have been recommended that we should keep the water heating on all day and there is a thermostat installed on the water cylinder which will only heat water when it drops below the thermostat specified value ( currently set to 65 degrees)
Is this correct? Should we keep water on all day?
Thank you
4 KWh a day would be roughly an extra 500 euro per year.We inadvertently left the immersion on bath for 4 days last week. It increased our daily usage by approx. 4 units a day. Our cylinder is less than 6 months old and insulated.
Just under €400 on my current rate. Plus I don't really have a requirement to have piping hot water the whole time. Question is how much are people spending to heat hot water via electric showers or boiling kettles etc. to wash dishes.4 KWh a day would be roughly an extra 500 euro per year.
Neither of these are cheap either. I suppose what you demonstrated was that a) you don't use all that much hot water and b) you have a well insulated hot water tank.Just under €400 on my current rate. Plus I don't really have a requirement to have piping hot water the whole time. Question is how much are people spending to heat hot water via electric showers or boiling kettles etc. to wash dishes.
Whatever way my plumbing runs to the kitchen sink, 6 litres of water flows from the hot tap before the hot water from the tank arrives. So running that hot tap leaves up to 6 litres of hot water behind in the pipes that slowly lose heat to the environment. Boiling the kettle is certainly going to be cheaper for me.Question is how much are people spending to heat hot water via electric showers or boiling kettles etc. to wash dishes.
Those Quooker taps are awful. We have them in our work kitchens and most people struggle to use them, unless they have changed wildly in the last 4 years since ours were installed.Have the same issue with running hot water tap in kitchen. Exactly six litres too.
Was thinking of getting a Quooker hot water tap or similar.
I heat my tank in the morning for showers. By late afternoon I usually have no hot water left, so I boil the kettle if I need to wash pots etc.
Recently changed by my plumber as the element was failing.Neither of these are cheap either. I suppose what you demonstrated was that a) you don't use all that much hot water and b) you have a well insulated hot water tank.
I don't have a wet central heating system & replaced my timer recently with one that shows actual time used and kwh consumed - its quite a lot even though the tank is factory (foam) insulated & I don't use all the hot water I heat. Electric showers and kettle boiling are basically the same thing so again its down to exactly how much hot water you are actually using as well as the size of the tank.
I do know from my reports in the app that about 1/5 of all my electricity usage is just to heat this tank.
An earlier version of them was installed in my own work place about 10 years ago. They gradually disappeared over the following year.Those Quooker taps are awful. We have them in our work kitchens and most people struggle to use them, unless they have changed wildly in the last 4 years since ours were installed.
We have the Zip ones in work, simple to use but too much so for use in an environment where you may have kids.Those Quooker taps are awful. We have them in our work kitchens and most people struggle to use them, unless they have changed wildly in the last 4 years since ours were installed.
You can actually change the element yourself most of the time! But its a bit of a jobRecently changed by my plumber as the element was failing.
Certain things are best left to the pros. I've learnt some things the hard way unfortunately.You can actually change the element yourself most of the time! But its a bit of a job
Those older copper tanks with the green factory foam aren't actually great for insulation.its quite a lot even though the tank is factory (foam) insulated
I had my doubts about them. Mind you a previous plumber told me it was useless putting a lagging jacket on one of these and unnecessary. I should have went with my gut.Those older copper tanks with the green factory foam aren't actually great for insulation.
Wrap an old duvet around it. It saved me roughly 0.5 KWh a day.
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