OP
OP
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
Is it still cheaper to boil the kettle with gas?
Energy bill increases
- Thread starter GuyBoden
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
D
Deleted member 26715
Guest
Funny that I think they are the pits, I got their free repair service included in our package, called them up as the boiler was leaking water, after 2 cancelled appointments he turned up, I explained what the issue was, 'Oh I know what that is, it'll only take 5 minutes' he put air pressure into the expansion chamber as he bled water out of the system. If was then tested & all was working fine, he then stuck a probe into the flue at which point it all went pear shape. The boiler had to be condemned, it's dangerous, can't leave it working, you're lucky you're still alive etc. etc. oh we can't get parts for it it's too old, this was without any investigation then promptly capped our gas supply off & left.
I am in dispute with them now over this as I had another engineer in who said although it needed investigating it didn't need condemning, it was clearly a ploy by BG to get a Sales person to ring to try to sell us a new boiler which they did.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Good question ? How much gas does a burner use over 10 minutes, compared to a kettle boiling enough water for a cup or two ?
I can tell you how expensive it is to run a shower for an half an hour - £1.50 - 10KWh x 30 minutes x 30p per KWH. Same for a hot tub - about £5 a day !
I shall tell you shortly how much my son's bedroom costs to run. He went out last night leaving everything on, so I went through the room unplugging god knows how many extension leads and unused power adapters, never mind the Gaming PC.
OP
OP
GuyBoden
Guru
- Location
- Warrington
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I might start using the meths burner from my camping kit
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
You'd have to add in the energy used for all the components, plus the calories of food you'd need to consume to replace the energy burned.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
That's all I ever use so I hope so
midlife
Guru
Not yet.....
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
You'd have to add in the energy used for all the components, plus the calories of food you'd need to consume to replace the energy burned.
Now you are getting technical.
I've worked out I can cycle 53 hilly miles on two pieces of toast, a bowl of cereal, a banana, some carb drink and an energy gel. Cost less than £1.50 - still cheaper than the car.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The meter here suggests the shower costs 1p-2p/min or in that range, so I was surprised by the above, searched the web and no, indeed, electric resistance power showers are that awful. For comparison, our heater's maximum input is 3.5kW, but it rarely uses that (right now it's heating some water at 2kW) and heats a 170L tank from 16 to 47 degrees in 30-40 minutes... and we had to tell the grid operator we were connecting it! Why the fark are resistance showers advertised as "more energy efficient"?
Energy efficiency in this country is a farking mess.
numbnuts
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gone over the hill and far away
Eon are saying you have up to the 9th April to send in a reading
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Scottish Power website still down, but they have a holding page/form where you pop in your account number, postcode and readings and press submit.
Only issue is finding the account code - top tip, search your inbox for the dreaded email that arrived in early March about the price increase - account number is there !
Only issue is finding the account code - top tip, search your inbox for the dreaded email that arrived in early March about the price increase - account number is there !
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
Now you are getting technical.
I've worked out I can cycle 53 hilly miles on two pieces of toast, a bowl of cereal, a banana, some carb drink and an energy gel. Cost less than £1.50 - still cheaper than the car.
Wouldn't you find it easier to do on a bike?
midlife
Guru
Thanks, was wondering where my account number was hidden...
