Economy 7

barber1982

I have just recently moved into a new flat our electricity is with Scottish Power we have Economy 7. Does anyone know when the off peak times are? We currently wait till 10pm to do our washing and use the dishwasher

Many thanks in advance

irnbru_2

barber1982 wrote:

I have just recently moved into a new flat our electricity is with Scottish Power we have Economy 7. Does anyone know when the off peak times are? We currently wait till 10pm to do our washing and use the dishwasher

Depends on whether you have a mechanical or radio-switch timer.

If it's a radio-switched one then phone them up and ask.

huddsta

Chances are its going to be a fair bit later than 10pm, more like 12pm-1am.

Irnbru, how do I know which type I have?

alared

Mine`s 1am to 8am

irnbru_2

huddsta wrote:

Irnbru, how do I know which type I have?

The mechanical-timer switch has a clock dial and a couple of tabs stickling out which delineate the economy period.

Example tele switch here.

barber1982

alared wrote:

Mine`s 1am to 8am

How do you do your washing and stuff? do u have to get up at 1am?

irnbru_2

barber1982 wrote:

How do you do your washing and stuff? do u have to get up at 1am?

Plug the machine into a timer switch.

alared

barber1982 wrote:

How do you do your washing and stuff? do u have to get up at 1am?

Vary rare I`m not up by 7am and also use a timer switch.

Cardew

One problem, especially in flats, is the noise from a washing machine coming on(and especially spinnning) in the early hours of the morning.

Ali-OK

I've had Economy 7 for years and it changes with the clocks.

So since the March change (Spring forward), it will be 1am-8am, and then when clocks go back in October (Fall (autumn) back) it will be midnight-7am.

You may want to check your flat t's+c's to see if there are any restrictions around noise/using WM on top of the normal laws (the loud music one, etc). As someone else has said, noise from electricals late at night through to early morning can be a problem and modern blocks often have restrictions on this now. (Having said that if you have someone who works nightshifts and sleeps during the day, they'll still have that problem anyway!)

Hope that helps.