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S Viemeister wrote:
On 3/10/2016 10:24 AM, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

My main complaint would be that the reliability isn't as good as a system
boiler. And with a storage system you can have an immersion as a backup
for not much money.

Easy enough to heat a room with a fan heater or whatever if the boiler
fails, but getting enough hot water by boiling kettles etc a real pain.

We have a combi, and our backup is an electric shower.

Ah - right. My shower is an ancient Aqualiza low pressure high flow type.
Lovely shower - but not exactly energy efficent. But then the shower
cubical is lit by halogen. ;-)


The dishwasher
heats its own water, so not many kettles of water needed in the kitchen.

I don't possess a dishwasher. Do it all by hand. ;-) But different for a
family.

A few oil-filled radiators and the fireplace in the living room, can
keep the place warm.

Yes - generally not expensive to get electric heaters for an emergency.
Running them, a different matter. I've got fan heaters as they're small to
store.

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