Help me reduce my electricity consumption

HappyMJ

NORTON_850 wrote: »

Try this if you washing machine has a spin only cycle, after the washing has completed it's cycle put the machine to spin up to 3 times the clothes should now be fairly dry. This is a good option because the W/Machine uses very little electricity.
Compared to the Tumble dryer that is immediately using 2500 watts.
You could also dispense with the Dishwasher!
Theres only one dishwasher that is cost effective & that is YOURSELF

Dishwashers actually are cheaper than manually washing the dishes.

A typical person manually washing the dishes for a family of 4 for 3 meals over a day would use about 130 litres of water and 2.5kWh of heating energy (for the hot water) and taking about 80 minutes to complete the task. source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2005/nov/01/ethicalmoney.g2 and http://www.landtechnik-alt.uni-bonn.de/ifl_research/ht_1/EEDAL_03_ManualDishwashing.pdf

A dishwasher uses 15 litres of water and 1.5kWh of energy.

My advice....use the dishwasher every time...filled up.

good_advice

YORKSHIRELASS wrote: »

Hi

If you are using electric heating anyway I would seriously think about getting an oil heater and using that in your main room on an evening rather than heating the whole house.

The things that use the most electric are things that generate heat so your oven, showers, kettles, tumble dryers etc. Try to use these less and think about ways you can get more out of your energy use. Try and get the washing outside whenever you can, or part dried in the utility, and then use the tumble dryer for "finishing off".

If you have had the heating on anyway and the water is hot have a bath instead of a shower. If you have boiled the kettle for a brew keep the water in a flask for later.

I am so aware every time I switch something on about how much electric I am using whereas at one time I never gave it a thought.

Oh and open fires are nice but you have to buy logs or coal which sadly are no longer cheap options.

And for the poster who made the unhelpful comment - I also have a sick child and mine hasn't been well enough to go to school for 2 years. This means I have to be extra careful with our heating bills because we have no choice but to be at home most of the time.

I believe it was me who said the unhelpful comment and nothing bad was meant. I try to give good advice.
What I was trying to say is ok, you have a child or several. Health issues. The energy companies are not going to put you on a lower tariff. It would be great if they did lower the bill for each reason.