£125 pm electric bill help!

alliballi

Fire_Fox wrote: »

This has been done to death many times before and you can't change the laws of physics!

For every 1KW of electricity you put into a heater you get 1KW back - as night rate electricity is approximately half the price of day rate electricity, with E7 you get twice as much heat for your money. Yes you need to be a little bit organised, adjusting the input and output each morning and night, to get the best value but it is not scientific to compare the cost two storage heaters with one electric fire - you should compare one storage heater with one electric fire AND ensure that they are roughly the same rating.

Quite simply electricity is bl**dy expensive - roughly three times the price of gas per KWH - that is why you feel like you are getting the bills for a whole building not the storage heaters. I have radiant panel heaters and kept the flat at 14C this winter to keep my bills down between £30 and £40 a month.

Lucky you, but have to agree to disagree on this

vickit83

no, no tumble dryer, using energy lighbulbs in all but one room. will bearin mind the other things and see what happens.

filbert_nutkins wrote: »

Hello. Since you say you are giving them meter readings, then this is what you are using, but it does sound like a big expense for a flat. Are you doing everything you can to be careful with the electricity? Energy saving lightbulbs, turning things off at the mains, not leaving chargers plugged in, etc. The words "stay at home mum" combined with "flat" to me suggest someone who probably needs and uses a tumble dryer as well, and they can be massively expensive to run.

markharding557

alliballi wrote: »

Join the club, my electricity is £120 a month just down from £173 only through complaiing. I am all electric to and storage heaters are so dear to run try getting a fire, our flat is a 3 bed and you would think we pay for the street, not sure i agree with Mckeff not being charged for you electric if that is the case why does my DD not go down in summer?

Your DD will not go down in the summer you are paying for the years consumption averaged out over 12 months so you should get 12 equal payments in theory.
You should ensure that your reduced payment covers your use or you will have to pay more at a later date when it catches up

markharding557

alliballi said:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire Fox
This has been done to death many times before and you can't change the laws of physics!

For every 1KW of electricity you put into a heater you get 1KW back - as night rate electricity is approximately half the price of day rate electricity, with E7 you get twice as much heat for your money. Yes you need to be a little bit organised, adjusting the input and output each morning and night, to get the best value but it is not scientific to compare the cost two storage heaters with one electric fire - you should compare one storage heater with one electric fire AND ensure that they are roughly the same rating.

Quite simply electricity is bl**dy expensive - roughly three times the price of gas per KWH - that is why you feel like you are getting the bills for a whole building not the storage heaters. I have radiant panel heaters and kept the flat at 14C this winter to keep my bills down between £30 and £40 a month.

Lucky you, but have to agree to disagree on this

Everything firefox said is true

alliballi

markharding557 wrote: »

alliballi said:
Everything firefox said is true

Yeah and SP said that to but i do not beleive them, all entitled to our own opinion re our own energy consumption which people clearly do not know off and give out info which has to be true as I said beg to disagree, so leave it at that

horsechestnut

Heavy lined curtains help to kepp the heat in, even if you have got double glazing, they still make a big difference.

alliballi

UnemployedAndLovingIt wrote: »

I dont understand what ''storage heaters'' are,
but why dont you just use normal fan heaters??

They are extremey effective as warm you up in seconds, and warm a room up to cosy temperature in 4-5minutes.


Im on southern electric and pay £40pm on all electric, have tumbler drier electity and immersion heather on 24/7, and at home all day.

What do u tumble dry 24/7????

NEH

Also depends on the age of the storage heaters as well....In places where I have had storage heating my bills have always been very high and i know i will be shouted down for it but that was just the way it was.

shegar

NEH wrote: »

Also depends on the age of the storage heaters as well....In places where I have had storage heating my bills have always been very high and i know i will be shouted down for it but that was just the way it was.

Yes I totally agree that storage heaters are very expensive to use ,,,cheapest way to use storage heaters is .. turn them off,,,,,, and use a bottle gas fire , pay as you use..