Hi Team,
I need a bit of help / advice from you regarding hot water cylinder.
for past 2 months i have got quite a high power , and we haven't yet started to use the heaters yet for winter.
So i talked to a few people and figured it must be the hot water cylinder so got the Electrician in, who said the thermostat was faulty and changed it.
There has been a slight improvement but not that much. So i carried out monitoring for a week and this is what i found :
Over night, with no appliances used, the power consumption was aprox 15kwh ( for night duration approx 6-8 hrs )
after changing to new thermostat , no appliances used, over night is now stable at 9kwh ( same as above for night duration approx 6-8 hrs )
Now, Day time when there is again no appliances being used, usage is average 10-11 kwh ( for std 8hr working day )
I did another test with hot water switch off at MAIN Elec Board, and all appliances switched off ( apart from fridge, cellphones ) , power usage was 1kwh
So I kinda have figured out that the issue is hot water. I feel that the "standby " power consumption by the current hot water cylinder is way too high, which is approx 9 +10 = 19-20 kwh for 1 day.
But i just need to confirm that is my conclusion corrrect. What do you think , am i on the right track assuming that the hot water is the cause of this situation.
What would a average hot water cylinder consumer whilst on standby / what would a brand new one consume.
Could any one perhaps take a small reading when they go to office , and one when they come back and tell me whats the consumption.
Reason being this will immensely help me to decide, if its time to get a new cylinder - as this quite a expensive affair. It could cost me upto say $2k for getting new one done.
Appreciate your help,
Cheers !!