In message , Bob Eager
writes
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:04:28 UTC, Ben Blaukopf
wrote:

John wrote:
Out of curiosity I calculated how much gas my boiler pilot light
consumed and took a meter reading at 9pm and again at exactly 9pm the
next day. The heating & water have been off all that time with just the
boiler pilot light lit. I included the 2 red decimal numbers in the
meter readings and in 24hrs it had used 0.18 unit, which over a year is
65.70 units. If my sums are correct (Calorific Value of 39.4) I work
that out to be around 2081kWh. Is that amount of consumption about
right for a pilot light? On 2p per kwh that would be around œ41 a year.
The boiler is a Potterton Prima B about 6 years old.

http://www.jobnut.co.uk/services/uti...ectricity.html

It may be old and due for replacement, but there's something to be said
for a Netaheat!

The Prima does have an electronic ignition version too

(it uses the same control as the Profile)

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geoff