Geyser Power Consumption Unit

Geysers just like kettles lose heat through their walls.

Geyser power consumption unit. All four used that bathroom during this test. The geyser supplied hot water to the main bathroom of a family of 4 two adults and two children. From this you should be able to calculate your electricity consumption per month. Hi we been having issues with electricity in our home try things to help with our r3000 electricity bill we have 2 geysers recently installed 3 4 months but each one burns 3 to 4 units per hour.

This best way to save electricity for your geyser will take care of unnecessary electricity consumption as the geyser timer is intended to reduce the. Enter the cost you are paying on average per kilowatt hour our caculators use the default value of 0. The graph above shows the way a geyser uses electricity. How much energy does my geyser use without me.

Hours used per day. Enter how many hours the device is being used on average per day if the power consumption is lower than 1 hour per day enter as a decimal. So basically i use 5 25 electricity credits every day heating up water. Enter the average power consumption of the device in watts.

A gas geyser works out cheaper. The bigger the size of a water heater higher are the standing losses because more is the surface area. Geyser electricity consumption test day 1. A 100w bulb when run for 10hrs will consume 1 unit of electricity.

The unit tested was a kwikot dual 600 200 litres with a 4kw heating element. So a 3kw electric geyser will consume 1 unit in 20mins. But your geyser uses more energy than that it has to keep the water hot for when you need it. That s what we work out next.

Geyser timer will switch on the geyser to return to its normal position each time the water temperature in the geyser is lower than the set temperature provided that the geyser is permanently on. We are using it in our home.