cheaper electric in night

karren

hi, my mil used to say electric was cheaper in night, i thought this was just for storage heaters, is it true of all electric???
I know this may seem daft but i need to know xxxx

Penelope_Penguin

karren wrote: »

hi, my mil used to say electric was cheaper in night, i thought this was just for storage heaters, is it true of all electric???
I know this may seem daft but i need to know xxxx

If you sign up for Economy 7 then off-peak electricity is cheaper People with storage heaters often use this method of payment, as they use most electricity through the night.

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suzybloo

When we moved into this house we realised that we had two meters for the elecftric although we had gas central heating. We have Economy 7 and have kept the two meters, and I make sure all washing machines, tumble drier, dishwasher etc are on and finished by 7 in the winter and 8 in the summer, to make the most of the two meters. As long as I make sure i use the electricity this way I can offset the cost of the second meter and save money. At the moment I am 6p for offpeak per unit and nearly 13p for normal electricity.
Hope that helps

amancalledmartin

We have a dual meter (but no night storage) and this has meant that we have so far been unable to switch provider as not all of them can cater for this type of meter. What I don't know is whether it would cost us to get the meter changed?

Sunnyday

We also have an economy 7 meter fitted and no storage heaters - we have gas central heating.

I do the same as Suzy in that everything gets turned on overnight. The washing machine, dishwasher and bread maker all go on each night and if i`m going to use the slowcooker or yogurt maker then these do too.

I run a dehumidifier overnight in the depths of winter and if we need hot water then i`ll use the immersion heater to heat it during the cheaper hours rather than the boiler during the day. Laptops and mobiles etc all get charged at the cheap rate too

On average we use a third of our electricity at night and sometimes more so its a good deal for us.

SD