Energy bill increases

[Deleted member 26715]

we were are very lazy last winter as the dryer was on with most washes - no longer, it's only for 'emergencies'.

This is my current biggest battle, I know the answer that is for me to do it all, but I'm being selfish about it.

 

[mistyoptic]

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I do think this 'cost' crisis has caused us all to look at use - we were very lazy last winter as the dryer was on with most washes - no longer, it's only for 'emergencies'. We'd turned the heating down, including reduced hours last winter as we'd completely borded the loft (having only been 50% done) and this made a big difference to heat retention in the bedrooms below the new boarding (despite decent insulation).

My SIL runs a small electrical shop, god knows what their electric will be like as they have lighting displays - I suspect they will be switched off unless a customer want's to see them.

I agree re the usage comment but many people might save more by canning their phone contracts ASAP and switching to sim only.

Just a thought.

 

[presta]

it would make sense to have hot fill again

I think they must have given up on trying to make them work on a wide variety of different hot water systems.

I used to have a Hotpoint 9934 washer dryer, which worked fine on my multipoint water heater, but I think that generation of machine were notorious for not working well on a tanked system if the pressure was unusually low (eg: bungalows). When I got my Hotpoint WD61 I was left with the feeling it had been modified to work on very low pressures, but it never did work on my multipoint that delivers hot water at mains pressure, so I had to switch to cold fill anyway.

Connected directly to the water heater, the flow rate was far too fast for the WD61, and the powder drawer used to overflow and flood the kitchen floor. Hotpoint's advice in response to this was to fit a tap in the hot feed, and adjust it to 'reduce the pressure', but I could never make them understand the problem: by the time the flow rate was set low enough to prevent flooding, it wasn't enough to light the gas on the heater, and I got cold fill whether I wanted it or not. (I got "well repair the water heater, then" because I couldn't make them see that the multipoint has to switch the gas burner off at low flow rates to prevent the water from becoming scalding hot.) With patience, and a lot of careful faffing, it was just possible to find a setting which would both avoid flooding and light the gas, but the margins were so fine that all it would take was a tiny fluctuation in mains pressure, and I would be back to either a kitchen flood or cold fill again.

 

[fossyant]

I agree re the usage comment but many people might save more by canning their phone contracts ASAP and switching to sim only.

Just a thought.

Yup. Zwift has gone, not using it at all TBH, back commuting and road riding now after my big off 6 years ago - it was very useful for a few years, but now don't use it at all.

Phone contracts are a biggy.

Sister's house has 4 Sky boxes (Q and others) - WTF - hubby die hard United fan and loves Boris. They are looking to cut back. Sky is a total rip off. BIL is 40 and is the only person in our 'extended' family that thinks Boris is anything other than a tool - he loves him. He won't now...

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

Two person household, both active and training for long distance events, so washing machine on once a day to keep up, and frequent showers. I work from home 60% of the time. Hot water and kitchen hob fed by gas, ovens are electric.

We got smart meters installed 80 days ago. Since then we have ran up £117 in electricity and £92.07 in gas. On a fixed rate till December next year.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

convinced mrs ck she doesnt need to use a 155 min wash for clothes at last !

That was extravagant!

that was a 40 c wash ! because shes always used that and hasnt had the thought process to try better programs

I wash at 40, on a one hour program, always have done.
My clothes are never dirty as in stained, just smelly from work and various activities.
Seems to work fine.

 

[cyberknight]

That was extravagant!

I wash at 40, on a one hour program, always have done.
My clothes are never dirty as in stained, just smelly from work and various activities.
Seems to work fine.

heck i wash my stuff on the 30 min wash at 30c and i get sweaty and dirty but it comes out fine

 

[jowwy]

Just received August's energy bill - Duel fuel was £79 for the month.......£25 of that is standing charges

Electric - £64
Gas - £15


So based on the £180 monthly direct debot they wanted me to pay....thats £100 staying in my account, rather than theres and if it wasnt for the pesky standard charges ( which the owner of Octopus energy states should be scrapped) i would be a further £25 better off this month.

Current base energy use for electric is 70whs......

 

[gbb]

interestingly I just glanced at this months Bulb bill, which gives comparisons with the same bill last year.
We used around 30% less electric than this time last year.
We used around 50% less gas than this time last year

To me, thats quite extraordinary, we have taken steps but didn't think of them as huge ones.
Hot water was always left on all the time. Earlier this year, we switched it to just coming on early evening, off before we went to bed.
Washing machine and dishwasher were always fast programs, switched to eco on both.
Other little things like turning off the Sky box and any TV on standby but equally, we haven't been OTT with it all.

Just a little additional, normal (not combi) boiler with a hot water tank.

 

[numbnuts]

Yesterday I used £2.80 of gas and electric which includes SC and VAT

 

[fossyant]

Some usage figures:-

Home 'office setup' - laptop, hub and two monitors - 45w, jumps to 47w when charging phone via USB.

New 'Big' Fridge Freezer - anything from zero, to 50w when fan running to 300w when cooling.
Slow Cooker - 250w on low, 360w high - cooked 'tea' in 6 hours at high yesterday, so about 60p at current prices.
Toaster - runs around 1,500w for a few minutes
Coffee Pod Machine - 1,500w for the minute it takes to make a single cup (currently using re-useable pods).

I did arrive home yesterday and found downstairs loo, lounge and kitchen lights had been left on all night by my son ! He went to work this morning, PC running and two chargers left plugged in - grrrr. Really has no idea despite me telling him last week how much it was costing. Fortunately I'll be running a power off schedule for his bedroom sockets during the day.

 

[jowwy]

Yesterday I used £2.80 of gas and electric which includes SC and VAT

i used £1.58 that includes SC and VAT

 

[jowwy]

Some usage figures:-

Home 'office setup' - laptop, hub and two monitors - 45w, jumps to 47w when charging phone via USB.

New 'Big' Fridge Freezer - anything from zero, to 50w when fan running to 300w when cooling.
Slow Cooker - 250w on low, 360w high - cooked 'tea' in 6 hours at high yesterday, so about 60p at current prices.
Toaster - runs around 1,500w for a few minutes
Coffee Pod Machine - 1,500w for the minute it takes to make a single cup (currently using re-useable pods).

I did arrive home yesterday and found downstairs loo, lounge and kitchen lights had been left on all night by my son ! He went to work this morning, PC running and two chargers left plugged in - grrrr. Really has no idea despite me telling him last week how much it was costing. Fortunately I'll be running a power off schedule for his bedroom sockets during the day.

i woudl add the extra costs to his rent/board and lodge...whatever it is they pay these days lol

 

[Deleted member 26715]

i woudl add the extra costs to his rent/board and lodge...whatever it is they pay these days lol

£0.00 seems to be the going rate these days