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juliamc
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Worcester Greenstar combi boiler hot water settings: What does 'e' on the dial mean?

  • November 18, 2024
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Why is there an ‘e’ on the dial ? Surely it is more efficient to lower the hot water temperature towards ‘min’ ?

What hot water temperatures do the different numbers give ?

Best answer by Nukecad

‘e’ for economy (or efficiency) perhaps?

 

Condensing boilers are at their most efficient at around 50-55 C water output temperature.
So going to a lower temp can be less efficient, just as going higher can be.

 

Personally, like many people, I like my hot water (and radiators) to be a bit higher than that at around 60 for the tap and 65 for the radiators

 

This is a good video about it although it is more about radiators than the tap water (because the radiators are usually on for longer than a tap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T022zY9I__0&ab_channel=TheHeatingHub

 

Or just try it at the tap and adjust it to what feels OK once the tap has been running for 30 seconds or more. (Careful not to scald yourself, start cooler and work up).

 

Remember that for a mixer tap or a shower then how cold the cold water is (how cold it is outside the house) will make a difference to the temperature after mixing.

 

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Blastoise186
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November 18, 2024

E is Low Temperature Mode apparently - where it’ll heat up to around 75 Celsius. Use with caution.

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juliamc
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November 18, 2024

Hmm - that’s not low !!

Blastoise186
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November 18, 2024

I think they mean cold weather. :)

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BPLightlog
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November 18, 2024

Hmm - that’s not low !!

This dates from a recommendation before more recent research 

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juliamc
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November 18, 2024

Do you know what the hot water temperatures are at the different settings ?

Blastoise186
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November 18, 2024

Your wish, is my command.

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BPLightlog
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November 18, 2024

Theoretically they’re here .. but the engineer can change these on installation 

 

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November 18, 2024

Ah. The attachment is for a different model. It’s the temperature of the domestic hot water that I’m interested in. The ‘e’ is only on the ‘tap’ dial so I wondered what temp that was, and where the dial should be set for tap water at 50 deg C.

BPLightlog
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November 18, 2024

Without matching the exact model it’s difficult to tell although for hot water, 3 is meant to be 60deg

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November 18, 2024

‘e’ for economy (or efficiency) perhaps?

 

Condensing boilers are at their most efficient at around 50-55 C water output temperature.
So going to a lower temp can be less efficient, just as going higher can be.

 

Personally, like many people, I like my hot water (and radiators) to be a bit higher than that at around 60 for the tap and 65 for the radiators

 

This is a good video about it although it is more about radiators than the tap water (because the radiators are usually on for longer than a tap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T022zY9I__0&ab_channel=TheHeatingHub

 

Or just try it at the tap and adjust it to what feels OK once the tap has been running for 30 seconds or more. (Careful not to scald yourself, start cooler and work up).

 

Remember that for a mixer tap or a shower then how cold the cold water is (how cold it is outside the house) will make a difference to the temperature after mixing.

 

I said, Hey - Watts going on.