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Electric Combi Boiler ??

Titleist T100

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Has anyone here got or is having an Electric boiler fitted. I currently have a LPG boiler but the company Calor that provide me with Bulk LPG are having all sorts of problems getting gas out to me (and everyone else apparently). I can do without gas for cooking but not for hot water and heating with my current system, so I was wondering about having an electric boiler.
 
I looked in to getting an electric boiler at home but the cost of running it is too much nearly 5 times as much as a gas boiler so currently I would not get one however in the future if electricity prices came down I would consider one as I think they would be easier to maintain and repair as less requirement for a gas safe engineer and their costly call out charges!!. One love ❤️ Ali
 
We have one at work that supplies hot water to the toilets, in winter we cant get water hot enough as it doesnt heat the cold input enough. I feel your pain re bulk gas. We have a monitored 2000ltr tank. We use circa 5% day with present temps of 8C days 2 C nights. That gives me 20 days supply. If day temps drop to 2c we start using 12% a day which gives me 8 days and usually we run out prior to replen. While we can cope customers tend not to like sitting in 2c while eating and our houseplants find it rather baltic.
 
If thinking of electric heating a combi. would be my last choice.
At lest with a DWH cylinder it can be heated at off peak tariff.
A single phase supply is limited to 15 Kw boiler and from that 5 litres/min will be maximum flow of hot water.
Would be cheaper to install a 10.5 Kw electric shower with a diverter valve on outlet to fill a wash basin and look for an alternative method to heat property.
 
thanks for the comments guys, I'm really in a fix here. Gas has completely run out now, so no heating and only an electric shower and a kettle for hot water and my wood burning fireplace for heating in the living room. Just so annoyed with Calor blaming a lack of drivers for all the supply issues. They delivered to my neighbour only a week ago, so why not deliver to me as well at the same time, we literally live next door to each other.
 
I have spoken to several people who have had massive problems with Calor from ridiculous increasing of DDs to no deliveries,
I don't think a company would market a boiler that so obviously not within reasonable running costs,and I notice new builds are installing them,
Mitch21 😃😃😃
 
I have bulk LPG on contract with flogas. Been here 8 years and never had a supply problem. I think flogas have just created the biggest storage depot in Europe to maintain supplies (this needs fact checking if your really interested). To get the best price I use lpg-save when renewing contract. Contract still with flogas but cheaper than flogas offered me on renewal.
 
An air source heat pump may sort your issues. You won’t need gas and it’ll provide both heating and hot water. Not cheap though initially…..
 
Jay Butts said:
An air source heat pump may sort your issues. You won’t need gas and it’ll provide both heating and hot water. Not cheap though initially…..
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Unfortunately their performance is crap though, when installing into an existing property/ system.
Can be very effective when installing into a purpose designed new property.
 
Titleist T100 said:
Has anyone here got or is having an Electric boiler fitted. I currently have a LPG boiler but the company Calor that provide me with Bulk LPG are having all sorts of problems getting gas out to me (and everyone else apparently). I can do without gas for cooking but not for hot water and heating with my current system, so I was wondering about having an electric boiler.
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LPG is very expensive at the moment.
Instead of going the electric route have you not considered having an oil boiler installed and replacing your lpg tank with a kerosene ?
Will be way more effective and cheaper to run than an electric combi.
 
sagalout said:
Is it any worse than Oil? I'm paying 57p/litre (24,000 BTU/litre??). Don't know how much oil is per litre (36,500 BTU/Litre??)
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Oil is typically cheaper than LPG, costing around 11.8 pence per kilowatt-hour (kWh) compared to LPG's 15.5 pence .
My figures may be slightly out of date- but they are still relative.
 
Do the maths on it, if your drop gas completely then you already have a saving there, get a shed load of solar panels and a battery storage unit also, get an off peak tariff to heat a cylinder of hot water at night, and assuming your rural (because you don't have mains gas) you could even get a small wind turbine to top things up?

I've looked at this, but for me, who has mains gas, it was not worth it, but to you it may be??
 
Oil boilers purchased new, with all the add-ons of supposed efficiency are considerably more expensive than gas boilers.
However, older heat only,floor standing models in working order are being ripped out by those converting to air source heat pumps, seduced by renewable energy grants and the mistaken belief it will save money.
These older boiler can be acquired for little more than scrap value, the heat X descaled and brought back into service.
In the event burner unit is knackered, a new Riello burner at less than £500 will give another twenty years of life.
Coming as a replacement unit, bolting on a new burner is as simple as replacing spring in an air rifle and certainly within the competence of anyone who has replaced a cylinder head on motor vehicle.
 
I think that you would need a very heavy duty electicity mains supply to provide any amount of instant hot water. It seems fine for a tap but that's probably about the maximum. A system heating a tank would be more readily achievable. Some people do have solar water heaters which have roof mounted panels. Not ideal for winter and I don't know about the economics but would probably supply tankfuls of hot water over the summer period.
Oil is an option but some people do have supply problems with that and I imagine Milliband will want to make it illegal if he can. Solar requires a lot of money up front as will a heat pump with all the associated infrastructure and insulation.
Hope you find a solution.
 
Small bank of solar panels 3 batteries and charge batteries on cheap rate from 00:30 to 05:30, dependant on service provider.

I had the GAS Fraud officer around my house because of virtually no gas usage.
 
terry1001 said:
I think that you would need a very heavy duty electicity mains supply to provide any amount of instant hot water. It seems fine for a tap but that's probably about the maximum. A system heating a tank would be more readily achievable. Some people do have solar water heaters which have roof mounted panels. Not ideal for winter and I don't know about the economics but would probably supply tankfuls of hot water over the summer period.
Oil is an option but some people do have supply problems with that and I imagine Milliband will want to make it illegal if he can. Solar requires a lot of money up front as will a heat pump with all the associated infrastructure and insulation.
Hope you find a solution.
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I have a 100A mains supply fuse. You do need to check house wiring before asking for 100A fuse. This charges 2 EV cars and a bank of solar batteries over night. I also have an instant hot water tap on 13A supply. Instant hot water for a shower is no problem. Instant hot water for a bath is done by my solar panels being wired directly to my immersion tank heater.

In winter I rely on my solar batteries being charged from the mains at cheap rate overnight electricity,
 
MoggyM said:
I have a 100A mains supply fuse. You do need to check house wiring before asking for 100A fuse. This charges 2 EV cars and a bank of solar batteries over night. I also have an instant hot water tap on 13A supply. Instant hot water for a shower is no problem. Instant hot water for a bath is done by my solar panels being wired directly to my immersion tank heater.

In winter I rely on my solar batteries being charged from the mains at cheap rate overnight electricity,
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Sounds like you have a good system in place. I think the hot water taps are 2.5/3.0 Kw and a shower around 7 which is fine in most modern properties. It's probably necessary to have a tank if you need enough water for a bath etc rather than the instant hot from a combi boiler.
 
I have an oil fired boiler and from a 1200 litre tank it lasts months. Oil is around 62p per litre at present.

The gas one mentioned above seems quite thirsty but I know nothing about them.
 
Wood pellet boiler is also an option. Also quite expensive up front and requires space for the pellet storage. If you think oversized garden shed, that is about the equivalent size.
 
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