How much do pay a month on electric?

Witless

4 bed semi, 3 adults, 2 working different shift patterns, 1 'student', usual boys' toys (x box, 2 x PCs etc) & household essentials but minimal immersion due to solid fuel back boiler: we changed to a keypad pre pay - £20 pw builds up 'credit' as it does 8+ days, every so often we can skip a week.

Gillyx

We've just moved into a one bed flat, and it is tiny and we were quoted £47 a month, so had to set up a direct debit accordingly.

Its basically 3 rooms if you include the bathroom. Heating is gas.

BigAndy_79

I live in a two-bed apartment that only has electric and we now only pay an average of about a pound a day, and there are two of us ! We haven't had any heat on since Feb or March and only have one or two lights max on during the evening. Have a 40" LCD tv on most of time. Find it great !!

SailorSam

pennywise2 wrote: »

Could you tell me where you got your monitor ??
Thanks Pennywise2

I've got one of those monitors, i've never used it I must hook it up. I think you have to clamp it to the main cable near the meter, and that's so awkward to get to, i need to pull out the Fridge Freezer.
I forget now but i got mine from BG or Manweb, there was a thread on here to say if you were getting benefits you just had to ask. I think i've seen some of the power companies offering them free to try and encouage you to switch supplier. Maybe someone here may know.
Free & Cheap Energy Monitors


Gillyx: that sounds awful expensive if your heating is gas, you should get a price from one of the others.

niceday999

tara747 wrote: »

OMG, how strange to have the curtains closed all day - but I guess that's a matter of preference. They'll probably grow out of it...

I sometimes think that teenage boys inhabit a twilight world, spending so much time on their games consoles and computers that they only emerge to forage for food and then crawl back into their lairs. I knew a few like that when I was growing up, their social skills were very poor and they were always pale and sickly looking. We used to pity them! :rotfl:

Golden Anemone, never mind the electricity, you're lucky the house didn't burn down with the iron being left on!!! :eek: Why was he ironing in his room anyway? You electricity bill will be much reduced now anyway! :beer:

niceday999 - straighteners???? :rotfl:



But don't you have food in them? You can't switch them off or they will defrost...

sorry meant i was going to let the food run down and just manage with 1 of each going....cos dont really need 2 of each if it would save a bit of ££££££
he doesnt actually be in his room when all these things are switched and lefton....lol.....
and Yes boys do use GHD's !!!!! hey get with the programme, he may be 18 but he's a modern man.....and likes nice straight hair........:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

piglet74

im putting £20 / £25 a week in a powercode meter :mad:

bingo_bango

2 Bed semi - 2 adults, 2 lcd TVs, xbox, pc and laptop, tumble drier (not used during dry weather) and all the usual bits n bobs. OFCH.

Last quarterly bill (got it last week) was £101. Previous one was £147.

tara747

niceday999 wrote: »

sorry meant i was going to let the food run down and just manage with 1 of each going....cos dont really need 2 of each if it would save a bit of ££££££
he doesnt actually be in his room when all these things are switched and lefton....lol.....
and Yes boys do use GHD's !!!!! hey get with the programme, he may be 18 but he's a modern man.....and likes nice straight hair........:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks for explaining re the fridge/freezer, sorry I was a bit slow!

piglet74 wrote: »

im putting £20 / £25 a week in a powercode meter :mad:

What size house, and how many of you are in it? xo

oldtractor

£21 a month, 2 bed terraced,4 adults working shifts,me at home all day.

Gillyx

SailorSam wrote: »

I've got one of those monitors, i've never used it I must hook it up. I think you have to clamp it to the main cable near the meter, and that's so awkward to get to, i need to pull out the Fridge Freezer.
I forget now but i got mine from BG or Manweb, there was a thread on here to say if you were getting benefits you just had to ask. I think i've seen some of the power companies offering them free to try and encouage you to switch supplier. Maybe someone here may know.
Free & Cheap Energy Monitors


Gillyx: that sounds awful expensive if your heating is gas, you should get a price from one of the others.

I know it is abit, but because they don't know anything about our usage they said 2 people use on average £47 worth of electricity a month. I've not long moved here so I'm abit unsure I think we're using NIE, who else is there?