1 bed flat setup, would you change anything?

lsatdown

This is the curent setup for my 1 bed modern flat, would you change any parts on this or do you think this is normal setup:

1 Bed modern flat, economy 7 scottish power online tariff
2 Applimo wall heaters used 3 hrs a day at night (1750kw each)
All bulbs enery saving
Electric oven used every day
Dishwasher used once a day
Washing machine used twice a week
Water storage heater (think it comes on at off peak)

Our last quarter bill Oct to jan for electricity was around £300, £100 per month. I thought this was huge but SP said its normal to use 30 units a day.

My main questions are should i be on economy 7, stay with scottish power and does £100 per month for a 1 bed flat seem normal?

Thanks,

Magentasue

Don't think you should be on Econ 7 if you are using heaters during the day. All electric heating is expensive but yours is probably most expensive because day time electricity costs so much - even more on E7.

And, since you ask about changes:

Dishwasher every day in a one bed flat? We use ours once a day most days and there are six of us - sounds wasteful to me.

Do you use all the water you heat? If you have an electric shower, probably not.

lsatdown

thanks for replying.
I thought that about the heating. With the electric water storage heater, i think it comes on sometimes in the day, not sure.
How do i know if we are using all the heated water? Its a electric water.

Also, there is a heating controller near the electric meter, but i can't work out how to use it! Not thermastat, just day/night timer.
It just says delta dore micro driver 2h?

Magentasue

lsatdown wrote: »

thanks for replying.
I thought that about the heating. With the electric water storage heater, i think it comes on sometimes in the day, not sure.
How do i know if we are using all the heated water? Its a electric water.

Well, when we had an immersion heater, it came on for an hour overnight and that was enough for washing up, a bath for me and a shallow one for little ones. OH used electric shower but, if he wanted a bath, we'd have to turn immersion on during the day because the water would run cold.

littletommytucker

300 sounds noraml for your useage. I'm in one bed flat and pay slot more than this. However I don't have e7 and storgae heaters. I have single rate meter and electric heaters that I use as I need them.

Fire_Fox

Two of us in a two bedroom all electric Yorkshire flat. We have been up to 12KWH a day in the coldest weather, 10KWH a day in the summer. Also with Scottish Power on E7 tariff - £34 a month by Direct Debit, which I expect will reduce back to £26 next quarter. We use 40% of our energy at night so is worth us being on E7 even tho we don't have storage heaters.

We use the immersion 45 minutes at night, occasionally we run out of hot water so boil the kettle for washing up
One person showers daily for five minutes, the other showers at home a couple of times a week (or at the gym, not smelly!)
Electric oven several times a week, use slow cooker other days (much less energy)
Washing machine two to three times a week at 40C run overnight on timer plug
No tumble dryer or dishwasher
Old freezer and separate newish fridge
Large radiant panel heater in living area used two hours a day when its frosty out
Electric underblanket on bed (saves loads on heating)
No energy saving bulbs yet which I think is our biggest drain
Very little left on standby.

leemagners

i need to enter a new thread on this forum but being i have just joined i cannt find the link anywhere on the screen to enter a new one ??? can anyone help ?

Magentasue

To start new thead:

Go back to gas and Elec page (UP ONE LEVEL) by using forum jump and GO below.

From top left hand corner, look down page, and click on the blue New Thread button.

cash-magnet

Magentasue wrote: »

Well, when we had an immersion heater, it came on for an hour overnight and that was enough for washing up, a bath for me and a shallow one for little ones. OH used electric shower but, if he wanted a bath, we'd have to turn immersion on during the day because the water would run cold.

I have my thermostat set to 40C on an old modified copper tank. My water stays quite hot enough all day since I put on 2 new water jackets and filled the remaining cupboard space up with those white chips of foam. The only access to the tank is a round cardboard tube leading to where the heating element is located and this has a removable plug of foam in it.

My opinion is you can never have enough insulation on a water tank and it is only switched on for 40 minutes a day. There is a management setup installed that prevents cold water from topping up the tank until it has dropped to a certain low level. This means you are not cooling down your expensive heated water as soon as you turn a tap on to use some with mains cold water. Hot water for less than 20p a day can't be bad for your health or wealth.