Hot water cylinder

[swindontony]

My thermosat which is strapped to my hot water cylinder in my airing cupboard is set at 60 degrees, is this roughly the correct temperature. Thanks in advance.

[dorindarasbe]

hi there, my husband said that is spot on, he is a qualified electrician.

[swindontony]

Thank you Dorinda.

[dorindarasbe]

u r welcome.

[BillyNoMates]

60 is fine although I have found that 55 works just as well and may save you a little money. Small tweaks are worth a try - depends on how high up the cylinder the thermostat is.

[Impret-Sir]

Yeah, I keep mine set to 53/54 ish, and it always seems plenty hot enough for me. Over a year it probably makes a small saving, but hey! every little counts!

[corrideo]

Interested to read this stuff about the thermostat. My radiators at the top of the house (2 storey regular detachedhouse) have recently become very hot, indeed too hot to touch. I know this has nothing to do with the thermostat in the hall which governs whether heating is on/off, so guess it must have to do with the one on the cylinder itself (hercal 3). There is no temperature, however, just settings from 1-8 and the engineer who fitted the cylinder abt 5 yrs ago left it on 5. I have turned it down to 4, now 3 with no discernable difference in temp. How do the numbers correlate to 55 or 60 degrees mentioned above? and should I turn it down lower?