Alde 3020 Heating

andytyneandwear

How long does it take between showers to fully heat the water tank again?

 

SteveL

Ours is the previous version of the Alde but if the tank is fully cold in winter about 30 mins if you put it on water boost at 2kw. That heats the tank to 70C rather than 60 so you get a slightly longer shower. I presume it would be a bit quicker on 3kw
but we seldom use it on that. In summer of course with warmer inlet water the time comes down to about 20 minutes.

jeffcc

Or if you use the gas heating + electric + hot water boost then your hot water heat up is  speeded up significantly, we find it is possible to have good temperature showers for both of us without any waiting period.

harryb

Not sure if you mean between showers from heating up from complete cold after finishing with the shower or between showers for more than one person. If the latter, then both me and my wife generally use it one after the other and it's been fine. It's
never ran cold.

cyberyacht

How long does it take between showers to fully heat the water tank again?

I've just realised you are referring to an Alde system. Mine is a Truma Ultrastore with a 10L tank.

Depends how profligate you are with the water and the number of showers required. We can do two in quick succession. To test it further, I suppose I could invite a stranger in to get 'all of a lather' and hosed down. 

SteveL

Just depends on your definition of a shower. Mine is to use the full tank of hot water and have a nice long shower. Which is why I gave times from cold. We only generally use ours on a service pitch so cold water supply and waste capacity are not an issue.
As I generally get about 4 mins from a tank, you could have 2 x 2 mins, plus a bit as it's heating while your using it, without waiting.

CBRBlackbird

If you run gas and electric together then there is about 9.5kW of heat, so it should run continously.

andytyneandwear

Thanks Everyone