What Determines How Quickly Cold Water Turns Hot When Running The Tap?

ladybirder | 14:52 Fri 30th Jul 2021 | How it Works

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It takes 3 or 4 large bowls full since I had a new Bosch gas boiler installed. With my old boiler it was about 2.5 to 3. Nobody else I have asked in my block of flats has to wait as long. Is it controlled by a setting on the boiler?
Thanks.

Petter Engine

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Etch

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Thanks ladybirder. From the manual for your boiler: "• Eco mode is an energy saving feature which disables the Preheat function. Eco is enabled by default, during the initial appliance start up and Eco is displayed. • Preheat mode, the hot water heat exchanger is kept pre-heated to reduce the time taken to deliver hot water at the tap. In the Preheat mode, if...

15:33 Fri 30th Jul 2021

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Peter Pedant

well done etch
someone has to say thanks

ladybirder

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Don't be so rude pp. I had already thanked Etch.

dannyk13

PP, a visit to Specsavers would be in order.

roadman

my boiler has a dial for water temperature and a dial for radiator temperature

if you have the same dials make sure that the hot water temp is turned up

roadman

it used to take me a couple of liters to get hot water also until I found the dial on my boiler it was a life savr now it comes out hot

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