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by kavelot
Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:40 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Automating water tank with an immersion heater switching
Replies: 7
Views: 2298

Re: Automating water tank with an immersion heater switching

It indeed stay warm (with my insulation I noticed it loses 1-1.5C per hour), but when 1 person takes a shower, it's like pouring 50L of water (at 18C) in the tank.
by kavelot
Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:51 pm
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Automating water tank with an immersion heater switching
Replies: 7
Views: 2298

Re: Automating water tank with an immersion heater switching

I have the night tariff and daily tariff coming to the immersion heaters already, everything is already working. Currently, it works like this: The lower heater turns on based on a timer: from 3:30am to 8am The top heater turns on for a couple of hours just when I manually turn a "boost" d...
by kavelot
Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:19 am
Forum: Electrics Forum
Topic: Automating water tank with an immersion heater switching
Replies: 7
Views: 2298

Automating water tank with an immersion heater switching

Hi! I just moved to an apartment that has a water tank with an immersion heater. If you're not familiar with how it works, basically there are 2 heating elements inside a water tank; one is connected to a live wire (240VAC) and the other is connected to another live wire (also 240VAC), with the diff...
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