Immersion Heater programmer

[Buller44]

Hello, i have a customer who has asked me if i could supply them with a new Immersion heater programmer with a 5 minute boost facility. She used to be on economy 7 and has recently had solar pv and had the economy 7 taken off. She is very conscious about how much electric she will be using so wanted a programmer to heat her water first thing in the morning and then the option to boost it for 5 mins in a afternoon if she wants/needs to. any ideas please... thanks

 

[chris watkins]

5 minute of boost on a 3kW immersion would deliver not much more than 4 Litres of water (10-60 deg C rise) I think a longer boost time would be wise. Have you explained that as soon as it gets up to temp the stat will turn it off.

 

[Buller44]

Hi Chris,
Yes i have tried to explain this to the customer. the only problem i have is she is the sort of person that the only form of heating she has is a coat and if she is still cold then she just puts on another layer. Doesn't own a television and has squirrels, Pheasants and badgers as pets. i think i may be able to convince her to have 15 min boost but thats about it. Yes i have explained about when it heats up it will turn off on its stat but she wants what she wants 🙂

 

[AWheating]

fit her a low heat loss modern cylinder and she wont have to turn the heater back on in the afternoon as it will still be the same temp, well maybe one or two degrees lower. 🙂

 

[Dotty]

Try her with one of these.



24 Hour / 7 Day GP / Immersion Heater Timeswitch - Electronic

She sounds interesting.........