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Originally Posted by creditoria
I thought that if you keep the electric hot water heater turned on constantly you actually save on your electricity bill. The reasoning behind that was that if it turns on 5 times a day and just adds 5 degrees C to the water temperature inside, before it reaches the target temperature of say 60 Deg C, then the total work done (electricity spent) is for adding 25 degs.
On the other hand heating the whole boiler from 20 Deg to 60 deg once before you take a shower every evening /morning is for adding 40 degrees to the water.
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Creditoria, It really does work. I live in a very large house (3200 square feet) and I am home all day. (plus we have 3 refrigerators and a garage apartment) and my bill is never over $120 month. I have been doing this with my hot water heater for 32 years and trust me, it works!