lights left on

steveouk

hi there all.


I came downstairs this morning to see that I had left the halogen lights in the dinning room on all night 1030pm to 6.30am.


I am so so worried that our electricity bill is now going to be huge.


I am so stupid.


Will it have cost us a fortune??

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

A 40W bulb will use 0.32 KWh in 8 hours. Worst case scenario (ebico 18p/KWh) your mistake will cost about 6p. Adjust for number of bulbs/power of your particular bulbs.

steveouk

Really? so 4 halogen bulbs for 8 hours maybe 20p tops. ok well I suppose the saving grace is that I was the last to bed and the first up this morning so I got to see my fault and I will never dare tell my girlfriend she would hit the roof as I am always on about savings the planet and am so worried about money at the moment.

vuvuzela

It really depends on the wattage of the bulbs you have in.
Even worst case scenario if you had 8 50W (4 100W) bulbs on lighting (and heating) the room, then that would only add an extra pound or so to your bill. Clearly it would mount up if you did it every day but I wouldn't fret too much about a 1-off mistake.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

steveouk wrote: »

Really? so 4 halogen bulbs for 8 hours maybe 20p tops. ok well I suppose the saving grace is that I was the last to bed and the first up this morning so I got to see my fault and I will never dare tell my girlfriend she would hit the roof as I am always on about savings the planet and am so worried about money at the moment.

She'd hit the roof over 20p?! :eek:

steveouk

well no hit the roof over the principle but I did not know how much it would be until you guys said. I was thinking 30 or 40 quid

lstar337

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

She'd hit the roof over 20p?! :eek:

Imagine if it was a quid!

She would probably smother him in his sleep!!:D

OMG, this whole thread has put the biggest smile on my face!

Thanks steveouk, and I think you can rest safe over your bill.

lstar337

steveouk wrote: »

well no hit the roof over the principle but I did not know how much it would be until you guys said. I was thinking 30 or 40 quid

Lol, you could leave half a dozen bar heaters on overnight and not add £30 - £40 to your bill.

[Deleted User]

I'd be changing the bulbs for low wattage LED bulbs.

It's just crazy when you see people with say 8 x 40w halogen bulbs on in a kitchen every night especially in winter. Crazy.

Nada666

But one overnight is only two-or-three evenings. So on a quarterly bill one slip would only add three-ninety-firsts to the lighting component of the bill. Or six at most if used two hours rather than four hours.

As LeeUK mentions it is the habitual daily use of kitchen halogens that has to be worried about not an accidental extra eight or ten hours.

Gratis

:rotfl:

Some pretty gullible posters on this thread, methinks… :cool:

And remember folks, these may be special, noise-producing, bulbs that the OP is using in his "dinning room". Did you factor that aspect in?

:think:

steveouk wrote: »

hi there all.


I came downstairs this morning to see that I had left the halogen lights in the dinning room on all night 1030pm to 6.30am.


I am so so worried that our electricity bill is now going to be huge.


I am so stupid.


Will it have cost us a fortune??