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500 Litres for months of December and January

  • 03-02-2017 10:28am
    #1
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I got 500 litres of oil on the 29th November and just ordered a new fill today......and it got me thiking.
    The 500 litres lasted me about 65 days.
    I only have the rads turned on in the rooms we use, there is 17 rads in the house and I have only 8 turned on. TRV's are only installed on 2 big ones. We dont take the p1ss and and leave them on all day or anything.

    The house is a 5 bed 2 storey (RENTED so I cannot really look at improiving insulation etc mysef) , big enough house, about 2200 sq ft. There is no back boiler. There is a standalone pellet stove in Kitchen and a Gas fire in sitting room.

    Question is, does using 500 litres of oil in 2 months seem excessive?


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  • #2
    antoinolachtnai
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,815 ✭✭✭antoinolachtnai


    Not really, it is the coldest part of the year. It is a big house, so it is going to need a fair bit of heat.


  • #3
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭obi604


    antoinolachtnai wrote: »
    Not really, it is the coldest part of the year. It is a big house, so it is going to need a fair bit of heat.

    fair enough, thanks. was just trying to figure out if I was p1ssin through oil.


  • #4
    Tom44
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 951 ✭✭✭Tom44


    A lot depends on the make & model of boiler, some are more efficient than others .
    And if it was properly serviced to produce best (mpg)



    5 hours a day X 60 days X 2 litres per hour = 600 litres
    With this rough calculation your consumption is normal.


  • #5
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,870 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Tom44 wrote: »
    A lot depends on the make & model of boiler, some are more efficient than others .
    And if it was properly serviced to produce best (mpg)



    5 hours a day X 60 days X 2 litres per hour = 600 litres
    With this rough calculation your consumption is normal.

    Plus it's probably a 90/110 boiler. That's heating 8 rads which means it's probably short cycling too and which makes it even less efficient


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