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No, I'm not misunderstanding at all as I've lived with the joy of economy 7 for 14 years and am pretty good at making sure over 70% of our electricity usage is during the 2 sets of low times.I had to get the electrician in because 2 of the storage heaters in the new property do not come on at the Economy 7 times. Instead they heat up immediiately when you switch them on. This is not normal - unless they are the using the booster fan, which these 2 storage heaters do not possess. That's when he investigated and told me that the 3 circuits here were wired differently and only 1 was wired to the economy 7. He showed me the three different wires in the meter cupboard. He reckons it was wired that way originally as the builders anticipated putting in panel heaters instead. Both the washer/dryer and dishwasher all have the delayed timer function - they were purchased specifically with this in mind. He told me these sockets weren't on econ 7 - the same as the 2 storage heaters - but that can't be right as I checked with meter readings. So it's hard to tell which are on which circuit.
No, I'm not misunderstanding at all as I've lived with the joy of economy 7 for 14 years and am pretty good at making sure over 70% of our electricity usage is during the 2 sets of low times.
I had to get the electrician in because 2 of the storage heaters in the new property do not come on at the Economy 7 times. Instead they heat up immediiately when you switch them on. This is not normal - unless they are the using the booster fan, which these 2 storage heaters do not possess. That's when he investigated and told me that the 3 circuits here were wired differently and only 1 was wired to the economy 7. He showed me the three different wires in the meter cupboard. He reckons it was wired that way originally as the builders anticipated putting in panel heaters instead.
Both the washer/dryer and dishwasher all have the delayed timer function - they were purchased specifically with this in mind. He told me these sockets weren't on econ 7 - the same as the 2 storage heaters - but that can't be right as I checked with meter readings. So it's hard to tell which are on which circuit.
