How much do pay a month on electric?

grogdog

just wondering as ours seems to be very expensive.

3 bed semi with 2 adults and 1 5year old, no tumble drier and we pay £85pm and we still owed £90 when the bill came in last week.

niceday999

3 bed detached...with gas heating - so that heats water £101 last month and £103 the month before. we have a payg meter so we can check each month etc.
no tumble dryer.
2 small under fridges , 2 small underneath freezers, microwave, elec oven hob and dishwasher.
3 dvd players, 5 lcd or plasma tv's ( we still have grown "kids" at home ) x box - not often used
and just the usual kettle toaster and hairdyers etc.....
oh and computers and laptops....
computer not turned off at the plugs neither or tv's and dvd's !

oh should have added that - when i shout about leaving things on....no one listens not even hubby......!!!!!!!!
oh forgot to add electric shower which is on at least 3 times a day....and dont start me on how long it takes the "kids" to shower !!!!!!!!!

ankspon

niceday999 wrote: »

3 bed detached...with gas heating - so that heats water £101 last month and £103 the month before. we have a payg meter so we can check each month etc.
no tumble dryer.
2 small under fridges , 2 small underneath freezers, microwave, elec oven hob and dishwasher.
3 dvd players, 5 lcd or plasma tv's ( we still have grown "kids" at home ) x box - not often used
and just the usual kettle toaster and hairdyers etc.....
oh and computers and laptops....
computer not turned off at the plugs neither or tv's and dvd's !

oh should have added that - when i shout about leaving things on....no one listens not even hubby......!!!!!!!!

2 bed flat with tumble dryer and all the above,with switches turned off at night and i pay £37 per month for gas and leccy.

tara747

OMG, our electricity is only about £15 a month!!! We don't have a dishwasher/tumble dryer and we have gas for heating, hot water and a gas hob... the gas is v. cheap too, only about £15-20 a month on average. We both work all day Mon-Fri, but still. £85 and £100 a month seem very steep!

ETA: this is for a 2 bed terrace, 2 TVs (one new fangled flat screen thing, one old style CRT), electric oven, kettle, toaster, iron, microwave etc, 1 desktop PC, lots of lamps, mostly old style bulbs in the ceiling lights (I hate those energy saving ones, they are so dim), my GHDs and hairdryer (lol) and umpteen chargers for phones, cameras etc!

grogdog

davidhwdn wrote: »

2 bed flat with tumble dryer and all the above,with switches turned off at night and i pay £37 per month for gas and leccy.

dont get me started on oil

quintwins

3 bedroom bungalow 2 adults, 3 kids under 5, with oil heating that only half heats my water (not that i have it on anyway at the mo) so need the water heater, also use the dryer 2-3 times a week for the kids uniform (will be more prepared next year and buy extra so i don't need 2 do this) saying that my dryer has an A energy rating

ours is about £90 a month now, but we had a bill for £400 in winter and we had a dd set up for £85 we nearly dropped, til we relised we'd been running a completely empty broken fridge freezer for about 6 months in the garage, we both thought the other had unplugged it aww weel u live and learn

tara747

quintwins wrote: »

3 bedroom bungalow 2 adults, 3 kids under 5, with oil heating that only half heats my water (not that i have it on anyway at the mo) so need the water heater, also use the dryer 2-3 times a week for the kids uniform (will be more prepared next year and buy extra so i don't need 2 do this) saying that my dryer has an A energy rating

ours is about £90 a month now, but we had a bill for £400 in winter and we had a dd set up for £85 we nearly dropped, til we relised we'd been running a completely empty broken fridge freezer for about 6 months in the garage, we both thought the other had unplugged it aww weel u live and learn

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Don't they say that freezers are more efficient when they're full? Mine must be the most efficient freezer in the world :rotfl:

tara747

grogdog wrote: »

dont get me started on oil

I know, I don't miss it at all, gas is so much cheaper!!!!!!!!

RTNI

3 bed semi, 2 adults, no kids. Oil heating for C/H and H/W, electric shower (used about 9 times a week), electric oven and hob, fiidge freezer, chest freezer, 40" LCD TV, 19" LED TV, desktop PC, toaster, kettle, hairdryer (used 7 times a week). Would use immersion for 15 mins for H/W for dishes and OH to wash the war paint off.

We pay £97 a quarter (so about £33 a month) give or take a few pounds on NIE's tariff quarterly by DD so get the 4% discount (included in figure I gave)

Makes me think that I have something running somewhere I should not have for the OP who said £15 a month! Although the gas heating/hot water / hob will account for a lot of that I think.

We are actually looking to get a new kitchen, will def get gas in as I love the controllability and instantness of it compared to the halogen thing we have at the moment.

niceday999

believe me i would love to get our bill down but when i try switching things off hubby and kids go mad cos they've swicthed the kettle on and it hsant boiled !!!!!! duh check the switch at the mains !!!!!!????
Also we work shifts so house occupied most of the time by someone..
i'm going to try awitching off fridge and freezer in garage and see if it makes a difference.
dont know what else to try.
does the timer of tv's etc not go off when you switch tvs off at mains ?

RTNI

niceday999 wrote: »

does the timer of tv's etc not go off when you switch tvs off at mains ?

If it's a modern TV (flat screen job) then it will be ok, the time and date and EPG etc come over the air via the transmitter and will be updated when you switch back on.