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    From Smolley@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 8 07:44:55 2025
    Thanks folks and Theo for the 'heads up'. I had misjudged the off peak
    time slot because of the switch to BST and turned the water heater on too early. All checks out ok now, back with 3 kW/h reading for day rate. Off
    peak time 1:30am to 8:30am.

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  • From Max Demian@21:1/5 to Smolley on Tue Apr 8 11:22:14 2025
    On 08/04/2025 08:44, Smolley wrote:

    Thanks folks and Theo for the 'heads up'. I had misjudged the off peak
    time slot because of the switch to BST and turned the water heater on too early. All checks out ok now, back with 3 kW/h reading for day rate. Off
    peak time 1:30am to 8:30am.

    Why isn't the water heater switched on by the same mechanism that
    switched the rate? It did when I lived in a place with Economy 7: the
    tank had two immersion heaters: the top one on a ring main, and the
    bottom one on the same circuit as the storage heater. (There was a time
    switch with a clockwork reserve.)

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    Max Demian

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  • From Smolley@21:1/5 to Max Demian on Tue Apr 8 10:47:53 2025
    On Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:22:14 +0100, Max Demian wrote:

    On 08/04/2025 08:44, Smolley wrote:

    Thanks folks and Theo for the 'heads up'. I had misjudged the off peak
    time slot because of the switch to BST and turned the water heater on
    too early. All checks out ok now, back with 3 kW/h reading for day
    rate. Off peak time 1:30am to 8:30am.

    Why isn't the water heater switched on by the same mechanism that
    switched the rate? It did when I lived in a place with Economy 7: the
    tank had two immersion heaters: the top one on a ring main, and the
    bottom one on the same circuit as the storage heater. (There was a time switch with a clockwork reserve.)

    The water heater is part of the heat pump system.

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  • From nib@21:1/5 to Max Demian on Tue Apr 8 13:10:36 2025
    On 2025-04-08 11:22, Max Demian wrote:
    On 08/04/2025 08:44, Smolley wrote:

    Thanks folks and Theo for the 'heads up'. I had misjudged the off peak
    time slot because of the switch to BST and turned the water heater on too
    early. All checks out ok now, back with 3 kW/h reading for day rate. Off
    peak time 1:30am to 8:30am.

    Why isn't the water heater switched on by the same mechanism that
    switched the rate? It did when I lived in a place with Economy 7: the
    tank had two immersion heaters: the top one on a ring main, and the
    bottom one on the same circuit as the storage heater. (There was a time switch with a clockwork reserve.)


    My Economy 7 just changes the charging rate, it's all the same wiring. I
    have to use separate timers to make good use of it overnight.

    nib

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