hotwater timer

We got a small electric tank hotwater system for the following reasons; to save water and energy (the pipe run to the instantaneous gas is quite long - 20m or so), we like the kitchen hotwater to be very hot, we want it to come on straight away and we like to trickle the hotwater.

The only problem with the small electric tank hotwater systems is that they don't have an off peak circuit. So to save on the energy bill, I have been trying to make sure it is off during the peak times (2pm to 8pm). Effectively this means turning it on just before I go bed and then turning on off when I wake up. Unfortunately not only is an effort to remember, the hotwater is not really hot come time to wash up at 7pm.

The solution was to put in a timer. The one I got from Jaycar at $60 is really good. It is battery backed up and has enough configuration so I can turn in on at 6am leave it runing through the shoulder to 2pm on weekdays and leaving it runing to 10pm on the weekend.



On the weekend, I did some more painting both inside and outside...