09-02-2012, 06:00 PM
Thanks for the wisdom. This forum is proving such a good resource for informed opinion and I really value it!
Mark, there is no shower here, just an old fashioned enamel bath. I can certainly see how running the immersion constantly could be more economical in the long term. After all it has a built in thermostat, so once it's up to temperature it should switch on and off to top the heat up, rather than having to rev it up from almost cold every day. The cylinder is new with a sealed jacket so it should be efficient. Somehow thought it's still a slightly scary prospect running the immersion constantly. As soon as I flick the switch I have this mental image of an old-fashioned electricity meter whirling around!
Sadly available funds mean that a full c.h. install is probably not going to happen anytime soon, hence looking at a simple water boiler if only as a halfway-house measure.
It is blooming cold in the unheated bits of the house, such as the hall and bedrooms, where you can see your breath. It's actually 6 degrees in the hall as I write. I must say I am looking forward to summer!
I don't know about a rock and a hard place David, more like an iceberg and a snowdrift!
Steve
Mark, there is no shower here, just an old fashioned enamel bath. I can certainly see how running the immersion constantly could be more economical in the long term. After all it has a built in thermostat, so once it's up to temperature it should switch on and off to top the heat up, rather than having to rev it up from almost cold every day. The cylinder is new with a sealed jacket so it should be efficient. Somehow thought it's still a slightly scary prospect running the immersion constantly. As soon as I flick the switch I have this mental image of an old-fashioned electricity meter whirling around!
Sadly available funds mean that a full c.h. install is probably not going to happen anytime soon, hence looking at a simple water boiler if only as a halfway-house measure.
It is blooming cold in the unheated bits of the house, such as the hall and bedrooms, where you can see your breath. It's actually 6 degrees in the hall as I write. I must say I am looking forward to summer!
I don't know about a rock and a hard place David, more like an iceberg and a snowdrift!
Steve
