£126.84 monthly electricity bill!

tomstickland

Keep taking meter readings so you can see whether the meter is reporting that level of usage.
You need to identify where the discrepancy is occuring in the chain.

Cardew

blondie21 wrote:

my monthly electric bill is just over £100 and i cant comprehend how we are using that compared to other people's electric bills.we have oil heating, dont have a tumble dryer. we have dishwasher ( used every other day) washing machine on twice a week. dont use immersion heater much either...5 tvs- not usually on at once tho.2 laptops and desktop, 4 plug in telephones and use around 3 funny shaped light bulbs that use little electric. although most of the tvs and videos etc are left on standby as i would have to set all the clocks on them every morning. im not sure what uses a lot of electric so .....desp. need to cut this bill tho.......

If you have oil heating does that not heat the water?

Using an immersion heater to heat water at normal rates(ie not Economy 7) is very expensive.

You really should invest in a power measuring meter (the Maplins one has gone up to £25) and check where the high consumption is.

In general terms the major costs are caused by heating appliances, although an old fridge or freezer - particularly with a faulty seal - can use a lot.

TVs on standby, unless they are very old, will use only pence per month. A Sky box is more expensive and can use approx £1 a month. Some videos can be in that order as well.

If you do use your immersion for HW you might wish to consider Economy 7.

tomstickland

You can do some experiments.
Turn off all the circuit breakers if you are going away for a day. Check that the meter reading doesn't advance whilst you're out.
Only turn on the lights and sockets and see how the meter reading progresses.


I bet you've got an estimated bill though.

moneytalks

Hi
I had a flat and the meters were in a communial area,it was only when I had a problem with Econ 7 that I found out that the meters were mixed up and I was paying for my neighbours electric.Be careful and ensure your meter is actually yours!!

blondie21

i have replaced my fridge , freezer and washing machine in the last couple of years and i would have gone for an A or B energy rating , i have only one 10 year old black tv the rest are no more than 4 years old. i dont live in a mansion....when i rang the electric board they said everyones bill would have risen by at least 10%.........?????

blondie21

Cardew wrote:

If you have oil heating does that not heat the water?

Using an immersion heater to heat water at normal rates(ie not Economy 7) is very expensive.

You really should invest in a power measuring meter (the Maplins one has gone up to £25) and check where the high consumption is.

In general terms the major costs are caused by heating appliances, although an old fridge or freezer - particularly with a faulty seal - can use a lot.

TVs on standby, unless they are very old, will use only pence per month. A Sky box is more expensive and can use approx £1 a month. Some videos can be in that order as well.

If you do use your immersion for HW you might wish to consider Economy 7.

The oil heating does heat the water but havnt had my heating on since may, in saying that i would have immersion on for approx 10 min in morning
although a good lot of mornings i would use the electric shower.do showwerrs use a lot of electric our showers would be approx 12 years old ?????

John_3:16

All depends how long you use it could be 8-10kw thats around £1 an hr to run

blondie21

John_3:16 wrote:

All depends how long you use it could be 8-10kw thats around £1 an hr to run

WHAT ....IM IN AND OUT IN LESS THAN A MINUTE WHEN I GOING TO WORK...LOL
and when the kids are in im like hurry up etc no more than a few min i have taken areading today and going to keep checking it and i have told the kids not to leave tvs etc on when theyr out of thier rooms

blondie21

measured the ubits on the electric meter from yesterday in one day we have gone from 76025/76 to 76050/31 the last two digits are the red columns , no idea if that it good or bad??????

Cardew

QUOTE=blondie21]measured the ubits on the electric meter from yesterday in one day we have gone from 76025/76 to 76050/31 the last two digits are the red columns , no idea if that it good or bad??????[/QUOTE]

At 25 kWh in a day that is high consumption for the summer. Although it wouldn't account for a £126 a month bill.

That consumption equates to 750 kWh per month which depending on the
price you pay could be anything between £60 and £80 a month.