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Should we leave our hot water on constantly, or on timer?

switching on a gas boiler
Is it better to leave a boiler on all the time, or just when you need it? Photograph: Alamy

Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.

Should we keep our hot water on constant, or on the timer? We have a factory-insulated hot water cylinder, and a friend insists it costs hardly anything extra to leave it on all the time (which we’d like) rather than putting it on for two hours twice a day, as we do now. Can this be true?

Do you have a problem readers could solve? Email your suggestions tomoney@theguardian.com or write to us at Money, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU

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