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Hello,
63 and disabled, living in a ground floor flat, one bedroom, electric only!
Hot water is economy 7, immersion heater!
paid more for night rate than I did for the day rate.
Could I get a new boiler that is cheaper than the immersion?
2 taps and one shower
Economy 7 meter going!sorry used more electricity at night, than I do in the day
Paying 21p for the day rate, economy 7 is for hot water only, mixer shower and 2 taps, immersion heaters have been tested, but still, look like they are running for 7 hours1All electric heaters are equally efficient at converting heat into electricity. Having said that, if you use very little hot water, you may find you would use less electricity by using electric showers and/or a small point-of-use electric water heater rather than heating a whole cylinder and having it slowly go cold over the day. Though if your house is also heated electrically, you will probably only notice the difference in the summer months as the heat lost from that cylinder is currently heating your flat.
Also bear in mind having economy 7 is a mixed blessing, because you pay less for night rate and then they charge you more for the day rate units.
If you are on a pre-payment meter, contact the electricity supplier Ebico and see what they are charging, as they used to be one of the cheapest for this payment method.
What you have in your photos is called a hot water cylinder. Immersion heaters are usually used to heat a cylinder as a backup to a gas boiler. So no, you don't have a boiler. What you have is a cylinder with two immersion heaters, and nothing wrong with that.The pipe goes vertical through the ceiling!
Now, most are saying how great it is to have the immersion as a reserve, Boiler packs up and you still have hot water!
Which means I do not have a Boiler!!
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