HOT WATER SERVICE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 190, 13 July 1936, Page 6

HOT WATER SERVICE.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —Mr Muir’s explanation of the position of electric supply for water heating astonishes me. Dike the majority of people I installed an 8s element on the understanding that this was suitable for a small family. After noticing how the efficiency of the service fluctuated wth the increased demand on the council’s bulk supply for the street festoon lights, the extra demand at Show times, the extra demand when there was a sudden cold snap and the improvement every Sunday, I came to the cone'usion that the council did not give a 21 $ hours’, supply. Mr Muir again assures us that we do get a full supply. He says the trouble is the drop in temperature in the winter. To overcome this I must install a larger element at 12s per month. I coukl have installed an incinerator that would cost a lot less than 12s per month to run, pay for what I use, and have as much hot water as T want, and T would have done this had I been tokl as candidly as I now am that the 8s element is too small. Can Mr Muir explain why his department lias not made this clear to the public before this? Many others beside myself will await his reply with interest.—l am, etc.. INTERESTED.