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Cheapest to run...electric shower or emersion (sink option switch)with booster pump?

  • 11-02-2013 10:52pm
    #1
    Howjoe1
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    trying to cut ESB bill. family of 5 using shower daily.


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  • #2
    Cereal Number
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 329 ✭✭Cereal Number


    Shower together or get them to cut down


  • #3
    Howjoe1
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    Cereal Number wrote: »
    Shower together or get them to cut down

    I'll suggest it to the wife;)


  • #4
    dathi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,422 ✭✭✭dathi


    electric shower as you are only heating the exact amount of water you use as immersion heats an unknown volume of water in the cylinder that is not always used. can you not heat the water in cylinder with oil or gas?


  • #5
    Howjoe1
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    dathi wrote: »
    electric shower as you are only heating the exact amount of water you use as immersion heats an unknown volume of water in the cylinder that is not always used. can you not heat the water in cylinder with oil or gas?

    i was thinking that, especially since the emersion gets left on a lot by mistake. the oil in the winter takes the chill out of the tank, but might it be cheaper to you the oil to he.at in fully? i think we have valve to switch to that option


  • #6
    Dtp79
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    Howjoe1 wrote: »

    i was thinking that, especially since the emersion gets left on a lot by mistake. the oil in the winter takes the chill out of the tank, but might it be cheaper to you the oil to he.at in fully? i think we have valve to switch to that option
    There's a problem there if the oil only takes the chill out of your cyclinder. If your oil heating is heating rads and cyclinder for say 2 hours it should easily have your cyclinder top to bottom the same temp as the rads


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