I have gas that runs my central heating system and it also will heat the water if I set it to do so.
The upstairs and downstairs heating and water are on three separate timer settings for the boiler, so I can put them on at any time that suits.
But my plumber told me that I am better off using the immersion to heat the water rather than gas.
He said that the immersion heater uses electricity to heat the amount of water I need using the Sink setting.
If I was to use the gas, it uses electricity to run the boiler, plus gas to heat the water, plus it heats the whole tank.
What he says makes sense.
My question is, where I have the gas heating the radiators in the early morning, would it be better to use the boiler to heat the water at the same time as the heating is running, as it will then be doing the two jobs at the same time?
Then use the immersion at certain intervals for a top-up.
Or is it better to use the immersion always, regardless of when I have the heating running?
The upstairs and downstairs heating and water are on three separate timer settings for the boiler, so I can put them on at any time that suits.
But my plumber told me that I am better off using the immersion to heat the water rather than gas.
He said that the immersion heater uses electricity to heat the amount of water I need using the Sink setting.
If I was to use the gas, it uses electricity to run the boiler, plus gas to heat the water, plus it heats the whole tank.
What he says makes sense.
My question is, where I have the gas heating the radiators in the early morning, would it be better to use the boiler to heat the water at the same time as the heating is running, as it will then be doing the two jobs at the same time?
Then use the immersion at certain intervals for a top-up.
Or is it better to use the immersion always, regardless of when I have the heating running?