Determine the power consumption of an oil heater
There are different ways to find out the power consumption of an oil heater. This is not only important as a landlord, but also as a house or apartment owner you should be aware of how much electricity you are using. Because energy is becoming more and more expensive.
What you need:
- Data about the plant
You can find out the power consumption of a system in this way
Modern oil heating systems not only consume the main unit energy, but there is a power consumption in several places. In addition to the electronics, the actual heater there are usually several circulation pumps that also require electricity. Determining consumption is difficult or easy, depending on the technical requirements.
- The most convenient (but unfortunately also the most expensive) way to determine power consumption is from an electrician To have a separate meter installed, which measures the energy consumed by all components belonging to the heating system. Talk to a specialist company about this.
- You can also calculate the power consumption, but this can only be approximate. To do this, first determine how many kilowatts the individual consumers consume. This can be found in the technical documentation or directly on the devices. Then you determine the approximate average running times per day. The best thing to do is to speak to the installer's technician who knows the system. If you now multiply the individual kilowatt values by the average operating time in hours per day and that If you take the result times 365 and then add up all the individual results, you have the approximate consumption in KWh determined.
- The stand-by consumption of the oil heater must be neglected, unless you also find out from the technician or from the technical documentation. Of course, you can also contact the manufacturer for this.
Other ways of determining oil heating energy costs
- Especially in single-family houses with a rented granny flat, the case often occurs that it is only two electricity meters there, with the communal systems usually using the landlord's device to run. It is then difficult to deduct these costs. As a solution, the total electricity consumption is then added up, divided by the number of square meters of the house and then allocated to the individual parties by multiplying by the number of square meters of the respective residential unit will. In some cases, landlords even prefer to cover the costs, but in return a slightly higher rate rent to demand.
- Another common practice is to estimate a portion of the fuel cost as an operating cost, which includes electricity consumption. Usually around 3% is estimated for this.
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