I have a Gledhill PulsaCoil Echo system in my new retirement flat which is running on Economy 7. However there is a separate switch in a cupboard which is labelled "On Peak" - should it be on or off please. I have switched all the underfloor heating off on the room switches and have plenty of...
With rising energy costs small differences in cost, are getting larger.
So assuming a well insulated tank & not much water being used during the day Washing up & face wash then a bath in the evening would the immersion heater on Economy 7 be enough & comparison of cost with oil.
Thanks.
Simple question. When installing a dual supply CU for a customer with economy 7 will you now be installing SPDs on both supplies? Yes, the heaters are resistive loads but they also contain electronics.
My grandparents are having problems after the installation of a smart meter (against my advice) and now the circuit breaker trips intermittently during the Day part of Economy 7 with no other discernable pattern.
Sometimes it will switch off after being toggled on again before a few minutes...
I have been living in my two bed apartment alone for three years and can never get the settings on my horstmann boiler so that I have enough hot water.
I don't work so I'm at home 24/7 and use more than the average one person's consumption of hot water, I like to take a bath daily and do lots...
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I have quite an old Horstmann Economy 7 Quartz water heating system in my flat (installed around 2007). It's been working fine until the last month, now the water heater always seems to be 'on'. The clock is set to the correct time, and even when it is the middle of the day when the...
Hi, we have this device in our home and looks like the timer is messed up.
It looks like the timer led is on when not in off-peak hours. I debugged this by just rotating the time dial and the timer led turns off for that 4-5 hours period and the rest of the day when I am turning it is on, so...
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I got Economy 7 and 2 consumer boards, but only want 1 consumer board as it'll look a lot tidier and save me replacing the E7 board as its very old and needs replacing. The E7 board only runs the immersion tank, used to run heaters too but I moved those circuits to the main consumer...
Hi all looking for a bit of advice. I've been asked to price a rewire for a early 70's build 2 bed apartment. The apartment block was built in the very early 70's. It has 2 consumer units (one being economy 7) and appears to have underfloor heating in the rooms, 2 storage heaters & an immersion...
I want to do the following:
There are 2 separate supply circuits in the flat. One is Normal tariff which is available all the time. The other is Economy 7 tariff which is only available between midnight and 7am.
I want to wire a socket so that when Economy 7 is available it draws power...
I recently switched from economy 7 to a single rate smart meter. I have two fuse boards and wondered should these now be on 24hours a day and should they be charged at the same rate?
I got my bill through and it looks like they are charging us at different rates, both of which are higher than...
Is it possible to change the supply to Storage Heater sockets from Economy 7 to normal 24hr supply?
Have disposed of the old storage heaters and need the supply changed so I can use "normal" heaters.
However I do not want to get rid of Economy 7 fully as I have an Immersion Heater and a large...
Hi. Please can someone offer me advise. I have a 1 bedroom flat with storage/comfort heaters (don't know which) that I don't turn on as I can't afford to run them. I have always had really high electricity bills and two metres which are supposed to cover day and night usage. Scottish Power...
I’m doing away with the off peak supply to an all electric flat and going with ‘eco’ heaters that will be off the standard tariff. I’m looking for advice with regards to replacing the water heater control? I’ve attached a possible suitable replacement I think…. Any help will be greatly...
Hi. We have moved into a new build house in Feb this year that has infrared underfloor heating and an economy 7 tariff. For info we also have solar panels (obvs useless in the winter when we use the UFH). Our electric bill was huge and we are trying to work out how best to use the economy 7 with...
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Hope you are well. Firstly I would like to Appologise for my incorrect naming of components, I really don't know alot about this kind of thing. I have an issue regarding my water boiler, for the past few days I have had no hot water. It is powered by a control box and a timer...
Hi everyone, I’m looking for some help.
I’ve just moved into a new flat that uses an economy 7 tariff. It’s all electric. I’ve never used something like this before and am very confused as to how it works and what I should do.
I have 2 switches next to my water heater one that says on peak and...
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I hope you could help me. I have this horstmann economy quartz 7 and it was working fine until last month. It seems I get charged for heating the water during night which should be the off peak time for low rate. My smart meter from my energy supplier is showing too much usage...
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I have just completed an EICR on a new (2017) conversion and noticed the E7 looked unusual.
Is this the norm now to connect E7 to the main board feed from the meter?
There is only 1 appliance in the flat requiring E7 and that's the tank with 2x immersion heaters. Both are connected...
please could somebody tell me how storage heaters are linked/synchronised with the electricity supplier so that they switch themselves off and on to coincide with the timings of the Economy 7 rate. In my case, for example, the E7 timings are allegedly 11.30 to 6.30am but the storage heaters are...
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