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Posted by ransley on April 11, 2008, 9:11 pm
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> > > I've been reading about devices made by Tekmar and Beckett will either=
> > > of them do what I want? My boiler heats my hot water and these days I
> > > hear it cycling all night just to keep the water hot enough in case I
> > > decide I want to take a bath at 2am. Is there any way I can tell my
> > > boiler to take 6 hours off at night while I'm sleeping?
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> > Yes, probably. Assuming you have a domestic coil in your boiler, and not=
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> > indirect hot water maker, you could rig a time clock to interrupt the
> > aquastat circuit , which is maintaining tank temperature. I doubt there
> > would be a huge savings though. If it comes on a few times during the ni=
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> > and only runs for a minute or two, to keep the set temperature, it would=
> > probably come on at the end of the timer cycle, in the morning, but have=
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> > run for a longer period of time to make up for the greater reduced
> > temperature in the tank.
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> I guess what I'm worried about is that last summer I calculated that I
> used about a gallon a day of oil for hot water. That's going to
> translate into over $100 a month with oil prices where they are. I'm
> wondering if getting an independent hot water heater will be more cost
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A gallon a day, your figures or mine are way off Ng might cost you
10$ a month with a tankless at most.
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