What does everyone pay monthly/yearly on electricity?

Saucepanhead

£30 a month top up with power NI meter:j 4 bed semi with 1 adult 2 kids. Usual stuff like laptops etc running. I am good as well as turning things of at wall. A big saving I discovered was the dishwasher-theres an eco setting that takes a lot longer to wash but only uses couple of pence electric:T

rolo1_2

Saucepanhead wrote: »

£30 a month top up with power NI meter:j 4 bed semi with 1 adult 2 kids. Usual stuff like laptops etc running. I am good as well as turning things of at wall. A big saving I discovered was the dishwasher-theres an eco setting that takes a lot longer to wash but only uses couple of pence electric:T

You could save even more by switching to Budget Energy Keypad - then pay 14.81 pence per unit instead of 17.37 ppu that PowerNI have the nerve to charge....................:idea:

RTNI

With budget energy, pay £39 per month. 2 adults, semi house. No tumble but electric shower used about 8 times per week.

Mistral001

I pay about the average of £50 per month. One adult in three bedroom house. I work from home and have two computers on for most of the day. That includes electric heating.

Incidently I found that I drastically cut my bills when I got one of those meters which measures how much an appliance is using. I noticed that the two computers used about 40 Watts each while just plugged in even though they were switched off. I do not mean on standby but actually switched off with no lights on etc. Switching off at the socket each night and at the week ends probably cut my bills by 20%. Other things like the TV on standby actually did not use much electricity. I also found that some chargers for torches and camera battries etc. if left on can use as much as a Tv on standby

I reckon by just getting that little meter (I think it cost about £15) I probbaly save about £200 a year.

mollypoppy

Forgot about electric shower. Although its not really used that often. Just want to thank everyone for their responses. Will respond back with my findings once we work out where the electric being used.

jadedson

I'm obviously paying too much. My bill has recently gone up from £71 a month to £83 a month, four bed three storey house with one adult and two teens who use xbox and laptops. Tumble dryer not used that much, once or twice a week.

Is there still a cheaper rate for electricity at night time, I seem to remember my Mum always put the tumble dryer and washing machine on at night because she said it was cheaper rates.

doelani

£25 a week, s works out at £108 a month :eek:

5 bedroom terrace with washer, dryer and dishwasher on ever day. To not to use dryer in good weather.

ballyblack

I noticed that the two computers used about 40 Watts each while just plugged in even though they were switched off.

Switch them off at the wall plug to prevent them drawing any power, this includes the router

http://www.willsmith.org/climatechange/domestic.html#Computer


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mollypoppy

doelani wrote: »

£25 a week, s works out at £108 a month :eek:

5 bedroom terrace with washer, dryer and dishwasher on ever day. To not to use dryer in good weather.

I'm beginning to think the tumble dryer could be to blame :eek:. We are still investigating other possibities. I appreciate everyones facts and figures its really helpful...thanks :T

mollypoppy

ballyblack wrote: »

Switch them off at the wall plug to prevent them drawing any power, this includes the router

http://www.willsmith.org/climatechange/domestic.html#Computer


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I read something about that last night... sometimes forgot to switch my laptop off at the plug. Tend to use it a lot, I initially thought thats what was using the power, but information I have found so far it doesn't seem to use that much. I was working it out on number of hours per day etc. I think its working out roughly £6.00 per month for the two laptops.