How much electricity???

smallblueplanet

1carminestocky wrote:

...ring BG and request to be transferred to Click Energy 5. At the moment (OK, it's pre-increase)...

Sorry to butt in on this thread, can I ask, are you saying BG has announced an increase in Click5 electricity prices?

1carminestocky

smallblueplanet wrote: »

Sorry to butt in on this thread, can I ask, are you saying BG has announced an increase in Click5 electricity prices?

No need to apologise at all . No, BG haven't announced any increase on Click 5 yet but, to be fair to people who may be considering transferring to Click 5 I always like to make it entirely clear that an increase is on the cards shortly.

mattymoo

I just started a new thread on this but will post here as well since it seems to help the OP.

Around 6 months ago I capped my rate with Eon energy and they supplied a nifty little energy usage meter. This is connected near the main meter and can measure the current level of consumption within the house, second by second. It also calculates dialy and monthly costs for you.

I started out with good intentions and replaced normal light bulbs with low energy bulbs but the typical consumption would be around 800 watts at any given time.

Last friday I was made redundant so decided to spend some time working out how much we could save and this is how we did it.

We took a base figure of 955 watts per hour. This is based on my daughter needing nearly every light on upstairs at night - we call it Blackpool illuminations.

First of all we turned all the lights off - 877 watts.

Then we turned off the TV / DVD / games console in kids rooms. This bought it down to 845.

Then I put all the AV gear in main bedroom on one socket and left clock radios and bedside lamps on the rest. By turning off the AV socket the figure came down to 759.

Next came the kitchen. Every appliance off bar the cooker, fridge and small aquarium - 736.

Next came my office. Laptop, desktop (on 24/7), 2 x printers and hi-fi etc. This bought the figure down to 413.

Now for the living room. Turned off the Dell PC - 278.
Then I put the 2 x sky plus boxes and TV on one multisocket. The AV amp, subwoofer, DVD player / recorder, games consoles etc on the rest. Turned off all bar the Sky+ and the figure came down to 213.

Finally the utility room. Left the freezer on but turned washing machine off. This was not running before and had no digital display but the figure came down to 195.

So - started with 955 and came down to 195. This means that when "idling" the house is only using 20% of the power it was before. I'm absolutely gobsmacked.

Now, I'm not such a tight wad that things like TV will be banned but it will simply be a case of turning power on when we need it. At the current rates the meter is suggesting we will pay £15 a month instead of £75 a month. That's £60 a month difference - or £720 a year. I know that we will not see all of this saving because of high power consumption items like washing machine, oven etc but it is still a big saving.