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Temperature of Domestic Hot Water

Aeneas · 2009-08-04 20:03:09

I am thinking of installing a solar system to heat my domestic hot water. The manufacturers give various temperatures that can be obtained depending on the time of year, time of day, no of panels etc. To enable me to assess these - could anyone let me know what temperature domestic hot water is normally delivered by an…

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04-08-2009 9:03pm

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Aeneas

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I am thinking of installing a solar system to heat my domestic hot water. The manufacturers give various temperatures that can be obtained depending on the time of year, time of day, no of panels etc. To enable me to assess these
- could anyone let me know what temperature domestic hot water is normally delivered by an electric immersion or oil fuelled central heating system?
- what temperature needs to be reached (and how often, per day, per week) to prevent legionaires disease?

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#2 04-08-2009 9:58pm
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Search this forum for loads of different ideas on this question.
Look here
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055638853
and
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055577463

Hot water at 60 C all the time is generally okay for LD

You will get loads of different opinion here on this:)

Immersion usually at 65 C controlled by immersion stat

HW by CH system depends on boiler setting and whether there is a separate tank stat

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