Hot water after 3 days

[opps]

I am currently tarting up a customer's rental property in East India Quay. On midday friday the electricity went off. Turns out that tennant had an app to top up the electricity meter. I did let the customer know that I have no power. She asked me to get the concierge to let me take a photo of the balance on the meter. It showed minus £38. I am still waiting for the customer to open an account so that she can use the app and give me electricity.

Today, I was washing out brushes. I expected the water to be cold. It was hot (I wouldn't say boiling hot, but still hot). Is an immersion heater really able to keep water hot for over 48+ hours?

 

[fixitflav]

Is an immersion heater really able to keep water hot for over 48+ hours?

If the water stays hot, it's not the immersion heater that is due the credit, but the quality of the cylinder insulation!

 

[opps]

So is 48+ is hours normal?

Given that no one is living there, it goes without saying that very little water has been taken out of the immersion heater. And yeah, thanks I am using the term immersion heater to refer to the whole cylinder.

 

[fixitflav]

So is 48+ is hours normal?

I'd expect it to be still warm, just how warm I wouldn't like to guess.

I am using the term immersion heater to refer to the whole cylinder.

I thought you were, I was having a little joke.

 

[Jurassicspark]

I used to have a vented system which kept the water warm in the cylinder for less than two days max.

Insulating it would have made it retain heat for more longer. However, a lot of factors matter not just having it insulated.

 

[opps]

I'd expect it to be still warm, just how warm I wouldn't like to guess.

I thought you were, I was having a little joke.

The water is still hot (today)- not burning hot, but still hot (not tepid). I believe that it is on some kind of Economy 7. Is it possible that the supplier (EDF) allows electricity through on Economy 7 (or whatever it is called these days). That would certainly explain how the tenant has managed to run run up a £38 deficit after moving out of the property.

 

[fixitflav]

The water is still hot (today)- not burning hot, but still hot (not tepid). I believe that it is on some kind of Economy 7. Is it possible that the supplier (EDF) allows electricity through on Economy 7 (or whatever it is called these days). That would certainly explain how the tenant has managed to run run up a £38 deficit after moving out of the property.

Sounds plausible, but does it affect the work you're doing?

 

[opps]

Sounds plausible, but does it affect the work you're doing?

Fair call. I would rather hot water when it comes to cleaning my brushes. I suspect that the cleaners will be more slightly annoyed when it come to them cleaning the flat.

BTW, the water is noticeably cooler now, not quite cold. I just didn't realise that a tank could keep water warm for so many days. I retract my statement about the economy 7. That said, I do not understand how the tennant ended up £38 in debt on a pay as you go meter.

 

[Rodders53]

That said, I do not understand how the tenant ended up £38 in debt on a pay as you go meter.

Well it'll be accruing by the standing charge of around 41p a day (assuming the low London rate) from whenever the tenant vacated the premises, plus whatever Emergency credit is allowed to be consumed by whomever (£5 afaik?). At that SC rate the place would have been empty for around 3 months, though!

The alternative is they got into debt and were forced onto a PAYG meter by the Supplier; with the debt being, slowly, repaid at every top-up credit.

 

[JohnD]

Yes, it can last for days (unless you use it)

I was struck by this when I enjoyed a hot bath after a weekend of DIYing with the power off.

Modern unvented cylinders are often very big, as well as having good insulation.

 

[opps]

Well it'll be accruing by the standing charge of around 41p a day (assuming the low London rate) from whenever the tenant vacated the premises, plus whatever Emergency credit is allowed to be consumed by whomever (£5 afaik?). At that SC rate the place would have been empty for around 3 months, though!

The alternative is they got into debt and were forced onto a PAYG meter by the Supplier; with the debt being, slowly, repaid at every top-up credit.

Makes sense, thanks.