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What appliance uses most electricity

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  • mute_posting
    mute_posting Posts: 810 Forumite
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    GaryS wrote: »
    I have just received a "Usage Monitor" from my electricity supplier after switching plans, I will run it for a month to see how accurate it is compared to my bills.

    If it has a wireless transmitter (i.e. the display is remote from the sensor) they generally only "sample" every 5 - 15 seconds so don't expect super-fine accuracy between them and your bill - it will gove a very good idea though.

    Which supplier is giving them away (free?) out of interest?

    MP
    :confused: I have a poll / discussion on Economy 7 / 10 off-peak usage (as a % or total) and ways to improve it but I'm not allowed to link to it so have a look on the gas/elec forum if you would like to vote or discuss.:cool:
  • BargainHunterCat
    BargainHunterCat Posts: 465 Forumite
    Hair straighteners, dryers & curling tongs tend to be pretty high watt these days so I avoid using them everyday because they use a lot of electricity.

    The street lights outside go dim when I switch my straighteners on!:p
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  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
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    Cardew wrote: »
    That is far too high an estimate.

    Most tumble dryers are rated at between 2kW and 3kW.

    Even taking the highest rating of 3kW you would need to have it on full heat for about two and a half hours to cost 70p with electricity at 10p/kWh.

    A normal load on my machine uses between 1kWh and 2 kWh(10p to 20p)

    I would disagree - at http://www.sust-it.net/ of the 124 tumble dryers listed, 57 cost 60p or more per cycle :eek:
  • mute_posting
    mute_posting Posts: 810 Forumite
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    nomoneytoday wrote: »
    I would disagree - at http://www.sust-it.net/ of the 124 tumble dryers listed, 57 cost 60p or more per cycle :eek:

    The rates used on that site are very high though (almost 16p per unit)

    As Cardew says on a more typical 10p per unit, it would be 20 - 30 p for a cycle
    :confused: I have a poll / discussion on Economy 7 / 10 off-peak usage (as a % or total) and ways to improve it but I'm not allowed to link to it so have a look on the gas/elec forum if you would like to vote or discuss.:cool:
  • Woby_Tide
    Woby_Tide Posts: 5,344 Forumite
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    mute_posting wrote: »
    The rates used on that site are very high though (almost 16p per unit)

    As Cardew says on a more typical 10p per unit, it would be 20 - 30 p for a cycle

    using a maplins energy monitor our Zanussi condensor currently uses about 1.7kwh for a 90-100 minute cycle.
  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,059 Forumite
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    nomoneytoday wrote: »
    I would disagree - at http://www.sust-it.net/ of the 124 tumble dryers listed, 57 cost 60p or more per cycle :eek:

    That is quite typical of the stupid figures on that site.

    To achieve that figure they take an enormous load of 6Kg(13.2 lbs) and price the electricity at the tier 1 price of 16p/kWh.

    Putting huge loads in a dryer is about the worse thing you can do as the air can't circulate properly - read the handbook.

    Those of us who measure normal loads find that 1 to 2 kWh is normal so 20p max for most people.
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 308 Forumite
    mute_posting wrote: »
    Which supplier is giving them away (free?) out of interest?

    MP

    I switched to southern electric recently and got one. Was a welcome surprise! :T
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  • mute_posting
    mute_posting Posts: 810 Forumite
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    Just watching C4 news and it looks like BERR have today stopped subsidising displays so wonder if E.on and Southern will both stop giving the energy monitors out?
    :confused: I have a poll / discussion on Economy 7 / 10 off-peak usage (as a % or total) and ways to improve it but I'm not allowed to link to it so have a look on the gas/elec forum if you would like to vote or discuss.:cool:
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 308 Forumite
    They will just use up the stock and probably offer them for a price on request.
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  • btr30
    btr30 Posts: 145 Forumite
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    The biggest electricity user of any domestic appliance by far is an electric shower. As it is heating and pumping cold water all the time it is on and can be typically rated at 10 KW. That means it will use 10kWh (units) approx £1.20 for every hour it is on. If you have a large family who enjoy long showers, it may be worth considering changing to a shower type (gravity or power) where the hot water is fed from the cylinder, and you may be generating hot water from gas, which will be about 1/4 of the price.
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