Generator to run oil fired boiler or immersion heater? Discussion ThreadGenerator to run oil fired boiler or immersion heater? Electrical Advice
Hi. We've a champion generator, inverter, dual fuel, 3.6 kw, which we've used a couple of times during power outages over the last 18 months to power a fridge (class 1) - needed to keep my partner's meds. at fridge temperature and a range of other items (class 2) such as broadband router, TV, radio, a couple of standard lamps. Simple system, and the genny is a floating neutral earth.
But, aside from boiling the kettle on the oil fired Aga (runs without electricity when needed), or placing a kettle on top of the multifuel stove, hot water is a miss. We can live without it for a few days, but should we experience longer outages we'd like a hot shower, or two!
Generally, we're using an immersion heater for all our hot water (3kw) . We do have a circa 1973 oil boiler (Trianco Redfyre), but we rarely use this. It's run once a month for an hour to keep the system ticking over, and it's serviced every year.
Should we/could we use the genny to run the immersion heater for an hour or so to heat some water, or run the oil-boiler to heat some water? Which would be simplest to set up for a local electrician?
The hot water system is vented, and there are no pumps to the hot taps or to the gravity fed shower.
I'd like to avoid messing around with earths and keep the system floating if possible.
Thoughts gratefully accepted.
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Hi. We've a champion generator, inverter, dual fuel, 3.6 kw, which we've used a couple of times during power outages over the last 18 months to power a fridge (class 1) - needed to keep my partner's meds. at fridge temperature and a range of other items (class 2) such as broadband router, TV, radio, a couple of standard lamps. Simple system, and the genny is a floating neutral earth.
But, aside from boiling the kettle on the oil fired Aga (runs without electricity when needed), or placing a kettle on top of the multifuel stove, hot water is a miss. We can live without it for a few days, but should we experience longer outages we'd like a hot shower, or two!
Generally, we're using an immersion heater for all our hot water (3kw) . We do have a circa 1973 oil boiler (Trianco Redfyre), but we rarely use this. It's run once a month for an hour to keep the system ticking over, and it's serviced every year.
Should we/could we use the genny to run the immersion heater for an hour or so to heat some water, or run the oil-boiler to heat some water? Which would be simplest to set up for a local electrician?
The hot water system is vented, and there are no pumps to the hot taps or to the gravity fed shower.
I'd like to avoid messing around with earths and keep the system floating if possible.
Thoughts gratefully accepted.
Generator to run oil fired boiler or immersion heater? for the original thread on Electricians Forums
