Beating NIEs Price Increase

miserly_mum

I think the fact the last few days have been cold and i've had the heating on has helped. I've got most of the washing dried over the radiators and haven't needed the dryer on as much

I've also been going through the kids wash baskets and only washing whats ACTUALLY dirty. :rolleyes:

The skites throw everything in the basket when they are forced to tidy their room. Even the clean stuff they couldn't be a*sed putting away and ended up on the floor.:mad:

I'm actually managing with one wash a day now :T plus an extra one at weekends for school uniform and OH's work stuff

On the cooking front, I bought a new bigger George Foreman grill a few weeks ago (£17 in ADSA) and have been using that for a lot of stuff i'd usually have done in the oven. Also be using my slow cooker more now coming into the winter months for stews and casseroles (again avoiding having the oven on for long periods)

typhoon

(On the cooking front, I bought a new bigger George Foreman grill a few weeks ago (£17 in ADSA) and have been using that for a lot of stuff i'd usually have done in the oven. Also be using my slow cooker more now coming into the winter months for stews and casseroles (again avoiding having the oven on for long periods)

that's actually a pretty good idea, thanks for the tip!!! I recently got a new Bosch A rated oven and it still eats the electricity.

doelani

yes I have the large GF grill. Beent hinking about a slowcooker but not sure what size as this house can vary between 2 some days ( just me and hubby ) and 7 when all kids and stepkids here for dinner. Any wonder I use so much electric ?:rolleyes:

Francophile

doelani wrote: »

yes I have the large GF grill. Beent hinking about a slowcooker but not sure what size as this house can vary between 2 some days ( just me and hubby ) and 7 when all kids and stepkids here for dinner. Any wonder I use so much electric ?:rolleyes:

I bought a 6ltr slow cooker over the internet and nearly died when i saw the size of it but what I do now is make a big batch and freeze the rest so saving further.

miserly_mum

Francophile wrote: »

I bought a 6ltr slow cooker over the internet and nearly died when i saw the size of it but what I do now is make a big batch and freeze the rest so saving further.

I did the same thing.

We had a 3 litre one which I used almost every day during the winter for soups and carreroles.

Decided to be very organised as la MSE and cook double of everything and freeze the rest. So I gave my daughter my 3L one and bought a 6L one.

You're right Francophile it is massive. Ok for the double cooking but too big for every day use.

Sorta regret getting rid of the smaller one now :rolleyes: as I miss the nice cooking smells when it was on every day

typhoon

so does a slow cooker really use much less electric than the oven, even though it's on for hours?

avstar

I've got one of the electricity usage devices from Maplin and I've just used my new Tesco slowcooker with it today.
Slowcooker was on for 6 hours cooking a spicy veg & bean casserole and used 7p of electricity :eek: :T :eek: .

I suspected it woud be low but never thought it would be this low !!!!:T

doelani

Well really not amused, electricty yesterday was £5.84 :eek: :eek: :eek:

on the plus side though bought slowcooker today, 6.5lt did look massive and 3.5 to small so settled for a 4.5lt lol just have to figure out now if I will acually use it.

MYLITTLESISTERLOLA

I've recently found the innovative invention of the Slow cooker great as I'm normally out at work all day, Roast beef dinner last Tuesday mmmm

Anyway in the last year I have tried to turn off plugs when not in use
The kitchen has 7 plugs kettle, toaster dishwasher etc I switch them off and we just turn them on when using... I also go round every night and turn off any plug that have been left on... we still keep, internet, computer, tv x 2, dvd player x 2 and sky on all the time but we have managed to save on average £7 per month so far
my months bill for 2 adults and a 4 year old in a 3 bed mid terrace is £44 per month so I don't think we're too bad...but we still dry all our clothes in tumble dryer as we're out all day...more saving to be made i think

swannie_girl

suki1964 wrote: »

I have these http://www.standbybuster.com/
All my tv and hifi is on a power surge box and that's plugged into this. When I go to bed at night I hit one switch and off goes the lot. Same with all the computer bits and bobs.

I use these around the house because all these powersurge protectors are hidden away behind desks and units. I have the remote beside my bed and when I turn the lamp out I just hit one button to ensure theres not an appliance left on over night in standy - it has an impressive range

I would have loved the STANDBYBUSTER mentioned in your post, was all fired up, got onto website decided to order 3 of them with remote and lo and behold they DONT DELIVER TO NORTHERN IRELAND. I am fit to be tied as all the Northern Irelanders will agree the mainland seem to forget that we are part of UNITED KINGDOM. So much for that idea and it looked so good.