Which is cheaper / most efficient - Dad Argument
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This is boring but I'm bored so thought I'd see what PH thinks.
My Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
My Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
jonamv8 said:
This is boring but I'm bored so thought I'd see what PH thinks.
My Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
Find out how many KW you boiler uses when on max, find out how many his uses on low, and work out the KWh figuresMy Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
As Above. Heat loss (and thus input energy) is proportional to temperature difference.
Your Dad may have a point though if the boiler output is close to the heating requirements. The house will take a long time to heat up, and give the impression of more cost / lower efficiency.
Best of luck with the argument - I suspect you won't change his view.
Your Dad may have a point though if the boiler output is close to the heating requirements. The house will take a long time to heat up, and give the impression of more cost / lower efficiency.
Best of luck with the argument - I suspect you won't change his view.
ChemicalChaos said:
jonamv8 said:
This is boring but I'm bored so thought I'd see what PH thinks.
My Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
Find out how many KW you boiler uses when on max, find out how many his uses on low, and work out the KWh figuresMy Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
A house is a leaking bucket of energy, the more energy in the bucket the faster it leaks. If you stop topping the bucket up when you don't need it, then the flow reduces.
ChemicalChaos said:
jonamv8 said:
This is boring but I'm bored so thought I'd see what PH thinks.
My Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
Find out how many KW you boiler uses when on max, find out how many his uses on low, and work out the KWh figuresMy Dad has his heating on all the time, maybe kills it a little through middle of night, but most of day anyway with his radiator setting on very low on the boiler.
I've got an hour button on my heating with rad setting on max a few times a day when I think it's gone a little cold I press it and the house warms up.
My Dad and I were speaking about which is more cost effective and better for environment etc I don't know whether to switch mine to how he does he... Proper first world problems here
A house is a leaking bucket of energy, the more energy in the bucket the faster it leaks. If you stop topping the bucket up when you don't need it, then the flow reduces.
Strange argument because you're not including the subjective element - does he feel the cold more than you? If you both felt the cold at the exact same point and had the same outside temperature then it would be the same consumption as you would just turn the heating on manually when his thermostat clicked on. Like others have said, if he likes it hotter than you or can't take the cold as much then your way will be more efficient but it's not exactly like with like
We used to have the boiler on for a few hours hot and high, morning then evening. Then we needed to keep the heating on all day last November for around four months. Mr boiler maintenance man had said that run it low and long so went for that, bill was a tad down on the year before.
Upshot is I am running the boiler at its most efficient low and long, keeping it at 50 edge or so. I think. Bills back it up anyway. Heat is more comfortable as well.
Upshot is I am running the boiler at its most efficient low and long, keeping it at 50 edge or so. I think. Bills back it up anyway. Heat is more comfortable as well.
hi house has an extra 2 bedrooms and was built circa '75, mine '35.
I'd say he may feel the cold slightly more than me as I walk in his house and think it's warm.
I've no idea what he pays a month or what he's on and I think we'll agree to leave the discussion where it is rather than go the maths route but appreciate the comments
I'd say he may feel the cold slightly more than me as I walk in his house and think it's warm.
I've no idea what he pays a month or what he's on and I think we'll agree to leave the discussion where it is rather than go the maths route but appreciate the comments
I live in a well insulated chalet bungalow and run the heating 24x7 for about three months of the year. Scared me stless the first time I did it but the bill is broadly similar and it just feels so nice. As most of it is brick and block internally it seems to retain the heat very well.
GF runs hers for a couple of hours in the morning and three in the evening and pays about the same as I do.
GF runs hers for a couple of hours in the morning and three in the evening and pays about the same as I do.
Used to leave the heating on 24/7 at a lower temperature as I was told it was more efficient to do this; I did it for a year.
The following year I set it to come on and off to reflect when the house is occupied and off completely from 10:00pm till 7:00 ish, my gas bill was a damn site less using this method.
The following year I set it to come on and off to reflect when the house is occupied and off completely from 10:00pm till 7:00 ish, my gas bill was a damn site less using this method.
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