13/04/2014· When should I use my electric immersion heater? April 13, 2014 If you have a fairly old boiler in your home, you may have a hot water tank too. The hot water tank stores the hot water as the boiler produces it, which you can then use as and when you need it. On the face of it, storing large volumes of hot water is not particularly efficient, since if you don't use it, it will quite quickly ...