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Boost versus Timer

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  • 02-09-2013 10:16pm
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    El Inho
    Registered Users Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭


    Hey guys, just looking for a quick bit of advice.

    Living in a house with a Horstmann E7 timer. First time depending on such a system.

    For a small apartment looking to heat enough for maybe two showers a day and one wash up, is it more economical to boost for half an hour rather than depend on the over night timer?

    As I said, all this stuff is foreign to me

    Cheers!


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    adrian92
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    If your electricity tariff has a night rate meter and if the water tank is well insulated I'd recommend setting the timer to heat for several hours during the night (e.g. 2am - 8am to heat up the entire tank... use the 30 minute boost if necessary during the day.

    If you are on a single tariff then perhaps set the timer for an hour or two only before you normally have a shower and use the boost 30 minute as required


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    Haithabu
    Registered Users Posts: 180 ✭✭Haithabu


    Another question on this topic : Does using the boost itself use more energy than the timer or does it only make use of the cheap night tariff ?

    I have such a timer in my new apartment but apart from the morning I do not need hot warm water. I typically get up early and night tariff stops at 8am, by that time I am out of the apartment already on my way to work so even using the boost would use cheaper night energy. Is that correct ?


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