Energy Display Meters - I like them!!

Magentasue

lu_lu wrote: »

I have today been speaking to Eon, who supplied my monitor for free when I capped my tariffs, and they said that no monitor is 100% acccurate & most are only 70% accurate so my monthly elec bill which I thought was going to be about £28 is now likely to be nearer £40!!!!!! :mad:

I have one of those meters but I also read the meter every week. I haven't noticed a big difference - our weekly totals are about the same on both.

minimoneysaver

So how much does it cost (roughly) to boil a kettle? Mine is a quick boil, I think it is called the 3kw and I tend to boil about 1/2 ltr of water. Just curious and i'm sure that someone will have worked it out.

minimoneysaver

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Magentasue

Our kettle uses 0.06kwh to boil enough for two mugs of coffee, and 0.15 kwh if it's full.

I use 12.5p as unit cost although we pay less than this. I reckoned 3/4penny for two mugs and almost 2p full.

Rowan1946

I have just bought the Owl Energy Monitor,, looking at my Eon bills, i have two rates for electric, 17p (Primary) and 10p (secondary) ,, the monitor is set at 12p as standard, i dont know what pence to set it at?

1carminestocky

joeraz wrote: »

I have just bought the Owl Energy Monitor,, looking at my Eon bills, i have two rates for electric, 17p (Primary) and 10p (secondary) ,, the monitor is set at 12p as standard, i dont know what pence to set it at?

If you want to be uber accurate, you need to find your total leccy kwhs used in the last 12 months, then for ease of calculation just put that into uswitch with the supplier and tariff and the figure you pay yearly will show. Then just simply divide that figure by the amount of kwhs used and hey presto your -actual' kwhs figure. If you can't be arsed, just input 10p as the secondary figure is ordinarily the one most of your leccy will be charged at, if you see what I mean...

TinTin_57

espresso wrote: »

No appliance uses electricity if it is switched off at the wall. It is not necessary to physically remove the plug from the socket to prevent the flow of electrons.

Great thread this but I've a question that probably sounds a bit basic to most but if you'd have seen the electrician that the builders had in to wire up the house extension you'd understand why. I've two security lights on motion sensors, one front one back of the extension. You can't switch these off at the wall anywhere and they are linked to the 'Kitchen Lights' circuit in the fuse box. Are these only using electricity when they are set off by the motion sensor? Sorry, told you this was basic!

Also is there a thread on the boards that has reviews of the different energy monitors? I had a quick look but alas didn't find it.

Thanks
TinTin

Alikay

joeraz wrote: »

I have just bought the Owl Energy Monitor,, looking at my Eon bills, i have two rates for electric, 17p (Primary) and 10p (secondary) ,, the monitor is set at 12p as standard, i dont know what pence to set it at?

We've just got one too, and have used our normal daytime rate to set it, as we're usually asleep for most of the econ 7 time.

Errmm..has anyone noticed themselves or their OH becoming obsessed with the monitors? DH carts the thing round the house with him snapping off lights and unplugging mobile chargers etc - it even comes up to bed with us. He was beside himself with delight the first morning when we woke up (teens and 20's still snoring) and he lay in our warm quiet house with the unit measuring 1.2p!! Oh. Maybe just us then .

espresso

TinTin_57 wrote: »

Great thread this but I've a question that probably sounds a bit basic to most but if you'd have seen the electrician that the builders had in to wire up the house extension you'd understand why. I've two security lights on motion sensors, one front one back of the extension. You can't switch these off at the wall anywhere and they are linked to the 'Kitchen Lights' circuit in the fuse box. Are these only using electricity when they are set off by the motion sensor? Sorry, told you this was basic!

Also is there a thread on the boards that has reviews of the different energy monitors? I had a quick look but alas didn't find it.

Thanks
TinTin

Your security lights will be using a very small amount of power continuously, to power the electronic sensor circuitry. This will be very small, only a few watts. It is normal however, to wire security lamps though a switch, so that they can be forced to come on when required.

Rowan1946

1carminestocky wrote: »

If you want to be uber accurate, you need to find your total leccy kwhs used in the last 12 months, then for ease of calculation just put that into uswitch with the supplier and tariff and the figure you pay yearly will show. Then just simply divide that figure by the amount of kwhs used and hey presto your -actual' kwhs figure. If you can't be arsed, just input 10p as the secondary figure is ordinarily the one most of your leccy will be charged at, if you see what I mean...

Thank you, i may get my head around finding out my actuall elec usage for a year but my secondary figure is 90 - 95% of my billing charge, may just leave it at 12p, but im now just looking at the KWh (watts) figure to help reduce my consumption.

i switched of everything including my fridge freezer to see the figure drop to zero, but then realised the central heating box still had power but was in standby,, cant use much then,, but once i put the freezer back on it held a steady 0.12 i think , so 120 watts usage for the fridge then per hour.