totallytoast
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I've been looking up tips to keep energy costs down in my new apartment but I'm a bit unsure on how a gas setup works as we've only ever had oil in the past.
I have my hot water set for ten minutes in the morning and evening and that seems to give us constant hot water. Minus the service charge from the management company (they do the gas bills) it costs about 20 euro a month to do this.
Today was the first time it got chilly enough to use the heating and the radiators heated up almost instantly.
There's a timer where you can set both the heating and water and in the sitting room there's a thermostat which I set to 21 and it made the boiler go off as soon as the radiators went on so I don't know if it goes by the room temperature or the radiator temperature.
What is the most efficient way to run this system? If I put the heating on for an hour will it burn gas for the entire hour or does it just heat it up to the right temperature over the hour? Should I just pop the heating or water on for ten minutes as needed or is the biggest cost at the beginning when it heats up anyway? And should I have the water and heating on at the same time or does it not matter?
Sorry if these are really dopey questions but I just don't have a clue when it comes to gas.
I have my hot water set for ten minutes in the morning and evening and that seems to give us constant hot water. Minus the service charge from the management company (they do the gas bills) it costs about 20 euro a month to do this.
Today was the first time it got chilly enough to use the heating and the radiators heated up almost instantly.
There's a timer where you can set both the heating and water and in the sitting room there's a thermostat which I set to 21 and it made the boiler go off as soon as the radiators went on so I don't know if it goes by the room temperature or the radiator temperature.
What is the most efficient way to run this system? If I put the heating on for an hour will it burn gas for the entire hour or does it just heat it up to the right temperature over the hour? Should I just pop the heating or water on for ten minutes as needed or is the biggest cost at the beginning when it heats up anyway? And should I have the water and heating on at the same time or does it not matter?
Sorry if these are really dopey questions but I just don't have a clue when it comes to gas.