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Not quite that North
Energy bill increases
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Not quite that North
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
There is no standard.
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
I really must kick myself into being more detailed in analysis of our billing / usage but overall, the results of our latest changes are very positive.
Since last months combined bill of circa £170
Pros...New very efficient boiler, new heat pump tumble drier. We're still actively trying to reduce usage wherever we reasonably can
Cons...another person now in the household, more gas, more electric used. Its also getting colder, the heating has been on a but more, ditto the washing is now requiring energy to dry it.
This months combined bill £131.
Thats a big result , very cood considering there must inevitably be more usage and unit costs have gone up.
So a very rough average, we are paying£9 a week , duh, £16, for gas, same for electic. Thats actually not bad at all.
A small gripe....the new boiler is so efficient we have lost the residual /waste heat that kept the cold edge off the house temps, allowing us to use the heating less.
Now, the house is naturally colder, requiring us to put the boiler on sooner than we would.
Its 6 and 2 threes, we will gain that and more back in the warmer months.
Since last months combined bill of circa £170
Pros...New very efficient boiler, new heat pump tumble drier. We're still actively trying to reduce usage wherever we reasonably can
Cons...another person now in the household, more gas, more electric used. Its also getting colder, the heating has been on a but more, ditto the washing is now requiring energy to dry it.
This months combined bill £131.
Thats a big result , very cood considering there must inevitably be more usage and unit costs have gone up.
So a very rough average, we are paying
A small gripe....the new boiler is so efficient we have lost the residual /waste heat that kept the cold edge off the house temps, allowing us to use the heating less.
Now, the house is naturally colder, requiring us to put the boiler on sooner than we would.
Its 6 and 2 threes, we will gain that and more back in the warmer months.
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Regular.Cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- East central Scotland 🏴
Today we took the step of doing something with the £400 energy rebate that is coming our way. We made a donation of £200 to a local food bank and another £200 to a local women’s aid group.
Why?
We are on a very good fixed rate and have a good household income so simply do not need the energy rebate. As there is no way to refuse it we have passed it on to good causes where it will help those less fortunate.
Why?
We are on a very good fixed rate and have a good household income so simply do not need the energy rebate. As there is no way to refuse it we have passed it on to good causes where it will help those less fortunate.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
TP Link Tapo P110 plugs. Got 6 now. Impressed TBH. Small and dead easy to pair up. Energy monitoring good, and the app's been updated with unit price, so you pop that in and can sync it across all plugs so you enter it once. Gives current use and history. Been useful to see what the TV uses, and the heating in the conservatory - that's hitting my use at the moment - got the oil radiator on pretty low, and just boost the heat with a fan heater first thing. The radiator is cycling through 900w but you can see it's actually on about 30 minutes in every 60.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Example of the TP Link Plug power monitoring of the Conservatory power use. Fan heater abd radiator on about 8:15, then the radiator takes till 10ish to get to temperature.
All oth other timer schedules etc.
All oth other timer schedules etc.
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Obviously this would be more use to people with batteries & smart meters, but these energy saving hours that are being offered, I wonder what the effect would be if they offered something similar to E7 for 2 hours early in the afternoon.
People could charge their batteries & then use that through the the 4pm to 7pm peak, people without batteries could potentially cook their food earlier & just need to warm it back up for their meal time.
People could charge their batteries & then use that through the the 4pm to 7pm peak, people without batteries could potentially cook their food earlier & just need to warm it back up for their meal time.
yup - i have a solar generator. so last night at 5, i plugged the tv, sky q and internet into that and basically only the fridge freezer was running off leccy for that hour....
presta
Guru
Will they export data to an Excel file?
I assume this means that they won't work with a W10 laptop:
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
@Regular.Cyclist you are to be applauded for your action. 👏👏 I have a cousin who doesn't need the money and does similar. It's nice to learn of people thinking in this way.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Bloody hell, yes they do export data ! Just tried it, they email you the power and energy use by day and week as two separate excel spreadsheets !
The energy use is day, month and year !
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
PS Runs off a TP Link Tapo app or Google/Alexa and similar.
