N Price: Heating – Common Myths

Some more common central heating myths

Leaving the heating on low constantly is more efficient than turning it on and off (38 per cent of people think this)

According to the Energy Saving Trust, this simply means “these homes are heated when no-one is there to benefit and then the home is too cold when people are in the home”.

Much better to use a thermostat programmer to control the timing of your heating – keeping you warmer when you are at home, and saving you money when you’re not.

You need to keep your water heater on all day to make sure hot water doesn’t run out (31 per cent of people do this)

A lot of people seem to think their hot water will run out easily, so leave their water heater on all day. This “could be costing far more on their energy bills than necessary”, the Energy Saving Trust says.

Households with electric heating could be paying through the nose

“You want to make sure your hot water tank is properly insulated. If you’ve heated water in the morning and your tank is well insulated that should remain warm until midday,” Mr Shreeve advises.

Keep electric storage heaters on all the time (only 38 per cent people with storage heaters fully understand how they work)

“Households with electric heating could be paying through the nose by not taking advantage of cheaper night rate electricity,” the Energy Saving Trust says.

Electric storage heaters are designed to work by using cheaper, off-peak electricity to “charge up” overnight and then releasing the heat during the day.

But many people don’t really understand how they work.

Mr Shreeve says many storage heaters also have in-built electric panel heaters. Leaving the heaters on all the time with incorrect settings could result in them using the panel heaters not the storage ones – costing you far more.

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