How to switch on the immersion???

Nala

Hi i'm in my new house on my own and really need a shower before work, we had a power shower in the old house so i din't know how to use our immersion!!! It is the same as the one in the photo. Which button do i press? The shower is in the bath.

Thanks!!!

havana

As it is in the picture is what you need to heat enough for a shower or bath. If you switch the right button you will heat less water ie: enough for dishes etc. If you swith the left button you turn of the system.

Ciaran500

Women :rolleyes:

Sink turns on the small heater and bath turns on the big heater. It just depends how much hot water you want.

mikemac

Others have answered the question so here's a tip

Obviously, you don't select bath if you only don't need all the hot water and NEVER leave the immersion on and then leave the house for a few hours. Your housemates will lynch you for this, especially if they are poor students. That's if you have housemates though

zAbbo

press the buttons the same way as the photo.

wimmin!

havana

Hey I'm a woman and it makes perfect sense to me!!

Nala

Thanks guys, i am now 1 step closer to becoming a domestic goddess...

biko

No doubt will this inspire more domestic threads.
Washing up - rinsing vs drying etc.

Red Alert

Depending on how you live you might be better off getting rid of the tank and installing what's called an on-demand heater. These are computer controlled and the modern ones have no issues with temperature instability.

Bath doesn't make it any hotter than sink, it just heats more - you have two heaters for the price of one.

Nala

I don't mind washing but don't like drying!!!

Thrill

Hah. Doing the washing is for suckers. Drying's the way to go.

mike65

Always use the sink setting - bath uses much more energy and you'll not need all the water.

Mike.

astrofool

Use bath unless you're a weirdo who takes about 20 seconds in the shower (and comes out as dirty as they went in).

Also, you'll also have to set a timer, usually for it to come on for between 6 and 8 and usually a boost between 4 and 5 in the afternoon (adapted to when you use it).

Karoma

biko wrote:

No doubt will this inspire more domestic threads.
Washing up - rinsing vs drying etc.

I've been meaning to ask how to use a light switch...

Sparky

Hey get back to that kitchen biatch

biko

Karoma wrote:

I've been meaning to ask how to use a light switch...

I have difficulties with American doorknobs. Why can't they use door handles like the civilised world goddammit.

o1s1n

Karoma wrote:

I've been meaning to ask how to use a light switch...

Don't get me started on light switches. I was staying in a hotel in London. Spent absolutely forever looking for the light. Finally decided after much confusion that there was none.

After several trips taking a p1ss in the dark, it turns out it was one of those dangling chord things.

Or other countries that have stupidly confusing mechanisms for flushing the toilet. They get me every time.

Zaph

biko wrote:

No doubt will this inspire more domestic threads.
Washing up - rinsing vs drying etc.

The dishwasher does both

JPA

Power shower and dishwasher FTW. It is 2007.

Nephew

I've been meaning to ask this question for quite a while. How do you get water out of the tap? I keep clapping my hands whilst saying WATER but nothing happens.

Edit/ Also, how do you flush the toilet? The smell is beyond a joke at this stage.

challengemaster

micmclo wrote:

NEVER leave the immersion on and then leave the house for a few hours

<des bishop> Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! ya left the immersion on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </ >

Earthhorse

My brother once phoned home looking for instructions on how to boil water. I kid you not.