Electriciry Meters - how to read them?

GuySpec

cheers for the reply, at £5 a week, do you know how many units that is? With our price plan that would be 29kwh, about 4 a day....

KimYeovil

GuySpec wrote: »

cheers for the reply, at £5 a week, do you know how many units that is? With our price plan that would be 29kwh, about 4 a day....

You will not be paying 17.2p for every kWh. Only the first one-and-a-half or two-and-a-half* units per day will be charged at that price.

(* with nPower it is usually 2 units per day with their tariffs. As you are electricity only you should ignore this tier 1 price and just look at the tier 2 price.)

GuySpec

Okay, thank you.
I have just turned on the jaccuzi bath and watched the meter. In 20mins it used 6 units! We had it on 'clean cycle' yesterday which is where the units must have ramped up. Just using TV/Xbox etc seems to be much more reasonable.

My bill says 'unit rate up to and including 728 kwh per year) is 17.45p and unit rate over 728 kwh per year is 13.99p'.

Even so, it's likely to be quite expensive? Maybe I should wait until I'm set up online and I can enter my meter reading regularly to calculate exact figures.

penrhyn

Money Saving Tip.
For low cost bubbles turn off the jacuzzi and eat a large can of baked beans before bathing.

Naf

GuySpec wrote: »

Okay, thank you.
I have just turned on the jaccuzi bath and watched the meter. In 20mins it used 6 units! We had it on 'clean cycle' yesterday which is where the units must have ramped up. Just using TV/Xbox etc seems to be much more reasonable.

My bill says 'unit rate up to and including 728 kwh per year) is 17.45p and unit rate over 728 kwh per year is 13.99p'.

Even so, it's likely to be quite expensive? Maybe I should wait until I'm set up online and I can enter my meter reading regularly to calculate exact figures.

My e-on bill quotes 18.79p for the first 720, then 9.84p thereafter...
So maybe you can get cheaper than npower?

Welshdebtor

GuySpec wrote: »

cheers for the reply, at £5 a week, do you know how many units that is? With our price plan that would be 29kwh, about 4 a day....

Just found an old bill from before i swapped to PAYG and for that £5 a week I used 29kwh

GuySpec

Thanks everyone, I'm going to do a comparison and maybe switch back to my provider at my old flat, Scottish Power.

How do I find out what the kwh rate is? It does not seem openly advertised on their websites?

Naf

I had to phone eOn to find our rates (before a bill had arrived)
comparison sites will suggest a good tariff, and allow you to see the details.
http://www.simplyswitch.com/energy/switchingguide/energypricerisetable.aspx gives a list of tariffs offered by various providers.

GuySpec

I think I've found a great tariff through simply switch.
They suggest I saty with nPower but take advantage of their "Sign Online v22" service which seems to only have a tier 1 rate of 9.22 p/kWh (up to 3980).

I'm currently on two tiers which is T1- 17.45 (728) and T2-13.99 (3252)

Any advice? Am I likely to find cheaper?

GuySpec

I have decided to go for that account, it has a daily charge of 19p and is 9.22 p/kWh thereafter.