how much gas can a 24kw boiler use in say an hour? - in m3.

I've got the technical data but it doesn't say how much gas it will take,
just heat output, burner pressures, injector pressures and power
consumption, but the latter is in watts.

I think the gas meter isn't set correctly - i've got all the data and
figures from 6th June to date and I used 150 m3 from that date to 4th
November and from then to now i have used 155 m3....the house is below 16C
almost all of the time, except for an hour per night before I go to bed,
just to defrost myself so to speak.

It's very cold today and so I've craked up the roomstat and the boiler
kicked on at 11.30, in that time my meter is showing .75 of a cube used, in
another 10 minutes it will have used a full cubic metre.....I estimate that
the boiler has only been actually burning for 80% of that time.

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Phil L" wrote in message
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how much gas can a 24kw boiler use in say an hour? - in m3.

I've got the technical data but it doesn't say how much gas it will take,
just heat output, burner pressures, injector pressures and power
consumption, but the latter is in watts.

Approx 2.3 cu m/hr at approx 90% efficiency.

Try putting more insulation in the house.

Doctor Drivel wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in message
news
how much gas can a 24kw boiler use in say an hour? - in m3.

I've got the technical data but it doesn't say how much gas it will
take, just heat output, burner pressures, injector pressures and
power consumption, but the latter is in watts.

Approx 2.3 cu m/hr at approx 90% efficiency.

Cheers


Try putting more insulation in the house.

I have worked for several insulation companies, I think my house is probably
better insulated than any other in this area ;-)

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

On Dec 5, 6:22*am, "Phil L" wrote:
how much gas can a 24kw boiler use in say an hour? - in m3.

I've got the technical data but it doesn't say how much gas it will take,
just heat output, burner pressures, injector pressures and power
consumption, but the latter is in watts.

I think the gas meter isn't set correctly - i've got all the data and
figures from 6th June to date and I used 150 m3 from that date to 4th
November and from then to now i have used 155 m3....the house is below 16C
almost all of the time, except for an hour per night before I go to bed,
just to defrost myself so to speak.

It's very cold today and so I've craked up the roomstat and the boiler
kicked on at 11.30, in that time my meter is showing .75 of a cube used, in
another 10 minutes it will have used a full cubic metre.....I estimate that
the boiler has only been actually burning for 80% of that time.

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

And you dont have gas cooking, water heating, clothes dryer. BTU input
is stated for boiler, Ng is metered here in Cu.ft, Google a chart.
Insulation is half of it, did you do a blower door test and get a
printout, do you have a written lod calculation on the home. Meters
rarely over read, its the oposite, Here I can demand a new meter. Is
boiler set right, is temp low in the efficency range.

On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:22:59 +0000, Phil L wrote:

how much gas can a 24kw boiler use in say an hour? - in m3.

24 units.
i.e. about 2.2 m³.




I've got the technical data but it doesn't say how much gas it will
take, just heat output, burner pressures, injector pressures and power
consumption, but the latter is in watts.

I think the gas meter isn't set correctly - i've got all the data and
figures from 6th June to date and I used 150 m3 from that date to 4th
November and from then to now i have used 155 m3....the house is below
16C almost all of the time, except for an hour per night before I go to
bed, just to defrost myself so to speak.

Plausible.


It's very cold today and so I've craked up the roomstat and the boiler
kicked on at 11.30, in that time my meter is showing .75 of a cube used,
in another 10 minutes it will have used a full cubic metre.....I
estimate that the boiler has only been actually burning for 80% of that
time.

1 m³ /hour is a plausible load i.e about 11kW averaged out. The boiler is
likely a combi and has spent most of the time modulated down.


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