Peak time for electricity?

lemonade_money

Apologies if this question has been asked before. I asked on another board but they redirected me here as you are the people in the know!

Is it cheaper to run electrical things (eg washing machine/dishwasher etc) at night time as opposed to the daytime? Or is it one flat rate for electricity?

thanks in advance

tripled

Depends, does your meter have 2 meter readings on it or just one?

If you have a single rate meter, it is a flat rate. If you have a two rate meter, you pay a premium in the daytime but get a much cheaper rate at night.

masonic

tripled wrote:

If you have a two rate meter, you pay a premium in the daytime but get a much cheaper rate at night.

Not necessarily. You can have a two-rate meter and not be on economy 7. If you have a two-rate meter, it would be a good idea to check your bills / ask your supplier to clarify.

tripled

True. I was going to put that but I was feeling lazy I supposed I shouldn't have missed it really or the op could have ended up timing their washing machine for the middle of the night for nothing.

lemonade_money

Thanks - I will check whether it does or not. We don't have economy 7 though and I'm pretty sure it is just the one meter for electricity and one for gas.

tripled

Most suppliers will for an E7 meter for free if you ask them, but you have to use quite a lot of electricity at night to make a saving due to the expensive daytime rate.