Advise please

phoenixnights

Hi

I live in an all electric flat and i am trying to find ways of cutting my electric bill. i have underfloor heating so is it cheaper to leave on for 24 hours a day or would it be cheaper to set it to come on at certain times of the day?

I also have an immersion heater and wondering what is the cheapest way to run this too?

Many thanks in advance for any help you can give me:j

Premier_2

Why not do some experimenting?

Be sure to let us know if heating left on 24 hours per day is cheaper than turning it off for for the majority of it.

gemstars

There's a lot of sarcastic posts on here recently.....

Is your heating overnight storage heating? If so, the way it works is that it stores up the heat overnight at the cheaper economy 7 rate, and then lets it out during the following day. So, it doesn't save any money by switching it off during the day.

Are you on an economy 7 tariff? Items that heat (e.g. showers, tumble dryers and washing machines) use the most energy so if you can cut down on these it is a good starting point.

KimYeovil

gemstars wrote: »

There's a lot of sarcastic posts on here recently...

What do you mean, 'recently'?

LisaLou1982

Hi

No, it is not cheaper to have your electric underfloor heating on all day. Either have it on timer or switch it off completely.

As someone said above, if you have electric storage heaters, check the input and output rates.

If you have an immersion heater, dont leave it switched on all day.

Unplug any electrical applicance that youre not using.

Fire_Fox

phoenixnights wrote: »

Hi

I live in an all electric flat and i am trying to find ways of cutting my electric bill. i have underfloor heating so is it cheaper to leave on for 24 hours a day or would it be cheaper to set it to come on at certain times of the day?

I also have an immersion heater and wondering what is the cheapest way to run this too?

Many thanks in advance for any help you can give me:j

Check that your flat is thoroughly insulated, consider thermally lined and interlined curtains for example. Put a jumper on instead of the heating, buy an electric underblanket for your bed, put a spare duvet or throw on the sofa. Turn the heating down or off as much as possible, leaving it on all the time will obviously waste energy if you are not there to get the benefit.

Do you have an E7 tariff or one rate meter? If E7 put the immersion on overnight or consider switching off E7. Try having the immersion on for less time each day, or only putting it on every second day. Turn the shower off while you soap up, boil a kettle to wash up if you run out of water.

Basically use less and you will pay less.