I am lumbered with a LPG Baxi back of lounge fire Heating system,that
does space heating and hot water.
It works just fine,but is NOT cheap to run.
My question is :-Would it be economic for me to fit a timer to the
electric immersion heater and use that during the summer months {no
space heating reqd]?indeed should I use a dual appproach all year?
We have no white meter etc and take our electricity at the standard
tarriff.

robert john wrote:
I am lumbered with a LPG Baxi back of lounge fire Heating system,that
does space heating and hot water.
It works just fine,but is NOT cheap to run.
My question is :-Would it be economic for me to fit a timer to the
electric immersion heater and use that during the summer months {no
space heating reqd]?indeed should I use a dual appproach all year?
We have no white meter etc and take our electricity at the standard
tarriff.

Change to Economy 7 for your electricity and use the immersion heater
at night for most of your hot water. This is what we do through much
of the year with an LPG fuelled CH boiler.

--
Chris Green

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robert john wrote:
I am lumbered with a LPG Baxi back of lounge fire Heating system,that
does space heating and hot water.
It works just fine,but is NOT cheap to run.
My question is :-Would it be economic for me to fit a timer to the
electric immersion heater and use that during the summer months {no
space heating reqd]?indeed should I use a dual appproach all year?
We have no white meter etc and take our electricity at the standard
tarriff.

Change to Economy 7 for your electricity and use the immersion heater
at night for most of your hot water. This is what we do through much
of the year with an LPG fuelled CH boiler.

Doesn't daytime electricity cost more when you're on Economy 7?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Rob Morley wrote:

Doesn't daytime electricity cost more when you're on Economy 7?

Not last I looked, but there is a higher standing charge.

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Alistair Riddell - BOFH
Microsoft - because god hates us

robert john wrote:

I am lumbered with a LPG Baxi back of lounge fire Heating system,that
does space heating and hot water.
It works just fine,but is NOT cheap to run.
My question is :-Would it be economic for me to fit a timer to the
electric immersion heater and use that during the summer months {no
space heating reqd]?indeed should I use a dual appproach all year?
We have no white meter etc and take our electricity at the standard
tarriff.

I suspect it would. Hot water is not the biggest expense in a house, but
throwing heat up a chimney is.

Rob Morley wrote:
In article , "
says...
robert john wrote:
I am lumbered with a LPG Baxi back of lounge fire Heating system,that
does space heating and hot water.
It works just fine,but is NOT cheap to run.
My question is :-Would it be economic for me to fit a timer to the
electric immersion heater and use that during the summer months {no
space heating reqd]?indeed should I use a dual appproach all year?
We have no white meter etc and take our electricity at the standard
tarriff.

Change to Economy 7 for your electricity and use the immersion heater
at night for most of your hot water. This is what we do through much
of the year with an LPG fuelled CH boiler.

Doesn't daytime electricity cost more when you're on Economy 7?

Yes, but not by very much, just 10% or so I think. I'm sure you can
check by going to the web site of your supplier. Even with just a
couple of fridges and freezers going all the time (and a PC on
continuously in my case) it often pays to go to Economy 7.


--
Chris Green