Hello
energy prices keep rising, and we are now considering whether there is a disadvantage to turning off the heating completely.
We have a single-family house from the 1970s, shower briefly in the mornings, and the children take baths about twice a week in the evenings. We still have an oil heating system that switches on several times a day to keep the water warm, even when nobody needs it.
Is there a downside to introducing “bath days” and, for example, only heating the water every other day in the afternoon so that everyone can shower and bathe then? Or is the benefit not that great if the heating is off for two days straight?
I think we should save as much oil as possible over the summer because none of us knows what the winter will be like.
energy prices keep rising, and we are now considering whether there is a disadvantage to turning off the heating completely.
We have a single-family house from the 1970s, shower briefly in the mornings, and the children take baths about twice a week in the evenings. We still have an oil heating system that switches on several times a day to keep the water warm, even when nobody needs it.
Is there a downside to introducing “bath days” and, for example, only heating the water every other day in the afternoon so that everyone can shower and bathe then? Or is the benefit not that great if the heating is off for two days straight?
I think we should save as much oil as possible over the summer because none of us knows what the winter will be like.
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WilderSueden6 Jul 2022 23:10Deliverer schrieb:
No, it’s not quite as irrelevant for oil boilers. It’s like with cars. Driving 500 meters (about 550 yards) three times a day is much worse (for the car and fuel consumption) than driving 10 km (6.2 miles) once a week. Good point, I hadn’t considered that.
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Fummelbrett!7 Jul 2022 11:10We have always used an electric instantaneous water heater for our hot water—the oil furnace is turned off in the spring.
My mother-in-law’s hot water is supplied by her oil furnace, which leads to considerable oil consumption every summer. The hot water storage tank is also poorly insulated. So this spring, we decided to take quick action and installed a small electric instantaneous water heater at the shower. Now the heating is off, but she can still take warm showers at any time—hand washing is only possible with cold water, though.
My mother-in-law’s hot water is supplied by her oil furnace, which leads to considerable oil consumption every summer. The hot water storage tank is also poorly insulated. So this spring, we decided to take quick action and installed a small electric instantaneous water heater at the shower. Now the heating is off, but she can still take warm showers at any time—hand washing is only possible with cold water, though.
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