dan_m1les
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Registered: 8th May 06
Location: Burnham, Buckinghamshire
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Hi,
In my flat I have an electric boiler with an on off switch only and no timer.
At my parents house that I've just moved out of I've only ever dealt with a boiler on a timer so never needed to get up early to turn the water on so I can have a shower.
Online some people say you are better off just leaving it on the time? But this sounds like a waste of energy?
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oceansoul
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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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Can you connect a timer in parallel with the on off switch? or is the switch actual an integral part of the boiler?
P.S. I don’t really know about boilers, just thinking aloud.
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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If you're talking about an electric hot water tank then usually they aren't on all the time due to having a thermostat in the heating element and/or being fed by cheap-rate/Economy 7/etc which'll limit when it's on any way.
[Edited on 01-09-2014 by Dom]
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Or it could be an on demand/tank-less heat exchanger which heats the water as soon as you start using a hot tap. Try searching the model number online and try to find the instruction manual for it - should explain it all 
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