Running costs for an aga

Hotspot44

I have a 13 amp electric 2 oven Aga which I run from late September till middle May. My total yearly consumption of electricity, in an all electric house, is no more than before I had the Aga, it saves so much on running the central heating,that it balances out. If I ran it all year it would certainly be a lot more. The comfort it gives during the colder months and quality of cooking is wonderful.

grahamc2003

Hotspot44 wrote: »

I have a 13 amp electric 2 oven Aga which I run from late September till middle May. My total yearly consumption of electricity, in an all electric house, is no more than before I had the Aga, it saves so much on running the central heating,that it balances out. If I ran it all year it would certainly be a lot more. The comfort it gives during the colder months and quality of cooking is wonderful.

For an all electric house, I wouldn't expect the Aga to cause a great deal more electricity to be used, if other heaters are used less to compensate.

However, presumably you are on economy seven, where the displaced heating is at low rates, yet the aga heating is at full day rates for 75% of the time. This will lead to quite a large increase in bills, for that same amount of electricity.

Specifically, taking AGA's fingures of an average 1kW power usage, the extra will be 21

17kWh per day shifted from nighyt to day rates. The difference in cost is typically about 11p, leading to an extra cost of about £1.90 per day, for the same amoiunt of heating. Over 6 months, that means an extra £350 odd. Is that what you have noticed?

I find the aga figures a little hard to believe at only an average of 1kW power use. My experience is that it uses at least an average of 1.5kW, making the extra cost (for the same heating remember, over storage heaters) about £500.

Many would think that a fair premium to pay to have the aga going for 6 months, plus free cooking and a couple of always hot ovens of course.

Those are the numbers for the premium over electric heating - if gas heating were avaiable, the premium would be more.

reeac

grahamc2003 wrote: »

For an all electric house, I wouldn't expect the Aga to cause a great deal more electricity to be used, if other heaters are used less to compensate.

However, presumably you are on economy seven, where the displaced heating is at low rates, yet the aga heating is at full day rates for 75% of the time. This will lead to quite a large increase in bills, for that same amount of electricity.

Specifically, taking AGA's fingures of an average 1kW power usage, the extra will be 21

17kWh per day shifted from nighyt to day rates. The difference in cost is typically about 11p, leading to an extra cost of about £1.90 per day, for the same amoiunt of heating. Over 6 months, that means an extra £350 odd. Is that what you have noticed?

I find the aga figures a little hard to believe at only an average of 1kW power use. My experience is that it uses at least an average of 1.5kW, making the extra cost (for the same heating remember, over storage heaters) about £500.

Many would think that a fair premium to pay to have the aga going for 6 months, plus free cooking and a couple of always hot ovens of course.

Those are the numbers for the premium over electric heating - if gas heating were avaiable, the premium would be more.

Don't go bringing reality into this discussion. Rmember that this is an AGA matter.

andygbr94

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reeac

andygbr94 wrote: »

If you want have a look at the Everhot in action, well known Food writer and chef Christopher Trotter will be on hand at the Stoveco, open week end Saturday and Sunday February 23rd and 24th to explain the versatility and economy of the Everhot cooker. Christopher will be using all the elements of the hobs and ovens to prepare a variety of dishes from bread to soups from Muffins to a Spanish style Coca using seasonal Scottish ingredients of course. There will be samples….! 11am and 2pm on Saturday 11am on Sunday. Whats more this event is completely FREE! there will also be some unbeatable offers on the Everhot cookers and on our beautiful range of eco friendly wood burning stoves. Stoveco, St Andrews, Fife

I'm severely tempted - would you be prepared to pay my mileage from Suffolk @ 40p./mile?

Welsh_bird

We inherited an oil fired aga which we loved. The kitchen was lovely and warm, we switched it off in the summer and I serviced it. But our oil bills were horrendous. We decided to part exchange for the new total control elec aga at a heavy cost. What a waste of a lot of money. We leave it on slumber during the day to heat kitchen but still much colder than previous aga. I manage go do most of my cooking on hot plates and use the slumber ovens. When ovens turned up to full heat, burn everything, they are so fierce. Our elec bill has gone up by nearly £200 in a few months. This would be ok because obviously our oil bill is massively reduced, but it does not heat the kitchen. I use my little halogen oven to quickly cook things for the two of us which is much more economical. I have contacted aga with my concerns but they have not replied. They seem to think that the aga is above reproach. Anybody thinking of purchasing the new TC aga, forget it, complete waste of money.

PFMarconi

Six months ago we did a house swap with my elderly in-laws (they had our bungalow).
Our new house has an Aga and my father in law had given me some idea as to monthly running costs for the two of them which seemed very reasonable.
However, it turns out that their bills were low because the radiators were barely on, the hot water you could put your hand under etc etc.
For a family of five, who've just spent their first winter using it, I've found it very uneconomical and not something I would have by choice.

Gloomendoom

Just a thought, an Aga isn't intended to run radiators. They are for cooking only or cooking/hot water.

jonewer

Pincher wrote: »

• Natural Gas Two Oven: 425kWh

they only output the equivalent heat produced from 10 – 12 100watt light bulbs.

In other words, the smallest gas Aga uses as much energy in a week as a typical gas oven and hob might use in a year.

You do realise that 12 x 100w light bulbs on 24hours a is a collosal amount of energy?

codders_2

People who say agas are too expensive to run and are bad for the environment just dont seem to understand the laws of physics. All waste energy is heat. Use that and you aren't wasting anything.

If you use one purely as a cooker you are missing the point. Distribute the heat around the house and you will soon see the benefits. I have rigged up a duct and fan as used in showers to suck heat from the kitchen and blow it into the hallway where the heat rises upstairs.

It is stupid to use one in the summer though. I use a combi microwave/oven which I use when it is too warm for the AGA. I also have a gas hob fed from a calor cylinder.

One thing nobody seems to mention is humidity - my AGA has dried the house out incredibly. No more condensation ever.