Hi,
I am new to this so please bear with me if I sound overtly ignorant....
After buying a very "original" 1960s "semi" I found that even with the horrible storage rads disconnected the electricity consumption was suspiciously high...
I was astounded to find that the water heater was on the normal "socket" circuit and so was maintaining 60 degrees C all day and at horrendous cost!
I thought that immersions were by default on the "ECO7" and the flex outlet in the airing cupboard suggests a bodge...
I have now put a single gang socket into the situation and used a relatively cheap digital timer to turn the water on for one hour each early morning and might do the same with the storage rads or more modern replacements...
A question I would ask is; are these timers regarded as OK for this purpose? If not I would like to know of an inexpensive 1KW heater to lessen the water-heating load and which will serve to be usable from PV electricity...?
Any ideas?
I am new to this so please bear with me if I sound overtly ignorant....
After buying a very "original" 1960s "semi" I found that even with the horrible storage rads disconnected the electricity consumption was suspiciously high...
I was astounded to find that the water heater was on the normal "socket" circuit and so was maintaining 60 degrees C all day and at horrendous cost!
I thought that immersions were by default on the "ECO7" and the flex outlet in the airing cupboard suggests a bodge...
I have now put a single gang socket into the situation and used a relatively cheap digital timer to turn the water on for one hour each early morning and might do the same with the storage rads or more modern replacements...
A question I would ask is; are these timers regarded as OK for this purpose? If not I would like to know of an inexpensive 1KW heater to lessen the water-heating load and which will serve to be usable from PV electricity...?
Any ideas?