Electricity averaging 5 units a day

lstar337

littlemoney wrote: »

For lights I have low energy or fluorescent tubes.

How many fluorescent tubes and what length? 5 & 6 foot tubes are 58 & 70 Watts respectively.

We have 2, and wish they were gone! They are in small rooms that could be catered for by a CFL easily, and to make it worse, 1 is connected to the landing light upstairs, so it always comes on downstairs if you turn the light on for a pee in the night!

Stupid design!

yangptangkipperbang

DragonQ wrote: »

Big electricity users are fridges (just cos they're on all the time),

This is a myth..........fridges are NOT "on all the time", they have a thermostat and will only run when needed. Modern (well insulated) fridges are cheap to run.

http://www.appliancesonline.co.uk/advice/refrigerators/buying-guide/how-much-is-my-refrigerator-going-to-cost-to-run.aspx

DragonQ

I see. Still over £1 per month though, not insignificant. Definitely other stuff to look at first though.

lstar337

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

This is a myth..........fridges are NOT "on all the time", they have a thermostat and will only run when needed. Modern (well insulated) fridges are cheap to run.

http://www.appliancesonline.co.uk/advice/refrigerators/buying-guide/how-much-is-my-refrigerator-going-to-cost-to-run.aspx

Modern fridges yes, but not everybody has a modern fridge, and those that don't, probably don't know how much their current fridge is costing them.

Ours (a hotpoint maybe 10+ years) was using 2 units/day. Not an insignificant amount.

alixia

We are 2 in 2 bed end of terrace.
Full time at work. So no usage during day.
We have a lots of goods + all bulbs energy rating A but we use tumble dryer for towels and also our hoover is used quite often (cats).
Hairdryer used everyday + electric oven too.
Usage aprox. per day 9.3 units.

Skulls

After buying an electric usage meter, I've got rid of my fridge and freezer, I drive past Tesco and Asda up to 4 times a day on a normal day, so they pay for keeping my frozen food frozen. Replaced all lights with LED bulbs. My only sin is my plasma TV can't go to LCD as the picture isn't anywhere near as good. My daily kwh is 2.3 units averaged out over a year.

The biggest drop was when I got rid of the fridge and freezer, all consumption figures are based on a full fridge/freezer. In the real world they use 3 or 4 times what the maker quotes.

SailorSam

I live by myself, i have the desktop; radio all day and Tv in evening; 2 fridge/freezers; washing machine once a week; never use the drier or dishwasher.
Just had last Bill and was 592 units for the quarter. Previous two Bills 601 and 786,
Same set of figures for those quarters last year were, 693; 742; and 835 units.

Nada666

Skulls wrote: »

After buying an electric usage meter, I've got rid of my fridge and freezer, I drive past Tesco and Asda up to 4 times a day on a normal day, so they pay for keeping my frozen food frozen. Replaced all lights with LED bulbs. My only sin is my plasma TV can't go to LCD as the picture isn't anywhere near as good. My daily kwh is 2.3 units averaged out over a year.

The biggest drop was when I got rid of the fridge and freezer, all consumption figures are based on a full fridge/freezer. In the real world they use 3 or 4 times what the maker quotes.

Where are these supermarkets that sell frozen foods in single portion sizes? I have a not very full fridge freezer and it certainly does not consume more than a kWh per day. Of course one pound per week is one pound per week. But I like cold water, cold yoghurt. Some vegetables are suited to fridges. Stock up on fish and meat in the freezer.

Fair enough, not having a fridge is fine for you and your choice. But I somehow doubt your alternative strategy is not costing you more than the 14p per day a fridge costs.

Edit: Of course for a single person or low user the fridge freezer does make up a significant proportion of your bill - it can easily account for at least a third and up to a half of the bill. (I switch off the electricity to my gas boiler to avoid it costing me as much in electricity as gas.)

silverwhistle

Funnily enough I got my bill yesterday and did the calculation: 5.45 units a day for the bill until the 31 March and 4.68 a day until yesterday, read from the smart meter's display.

Single person and that includes my water heating, in the second period visitors from the UK, a fair bit of washing (bedding and team kits), the laptop on most of the time when I'm home, and innumerable cups of tea!

I save by not having a TV or drier, and I'm not sure how much vacuum cleaners use but that doesn't get much use either.:-)

DragonQ

silverwhistle wrote: »

I save by not having a TV or drier, and I'm not sure how much vacuum cleaners use but that doesn't get much use either.:-)

I think they're in the 1-2 kW range, so if used every day it could add up. Wouldn't be relevant if used weekly though.