Economy7 Meter-No Storage Heating

macks-boy

Hello everyone, I need help/advice...

We have an Economy7 meter in our home --- We had Night Storage Heating.

This was removed in Sept 2014 and replaced with full Gas Central Heating
and Hot Water via a Condensor Boiler.

I've been told several times the E7 meter should be replaced with an Odinary
single reading meter. Thought "SSE" our supplier tells us we are beter off
keeping the E7 meter.!

I'm confused --- Which is correct.?????

Thanking you all in anticipation - macks-boy

molerat

You need to put your annual kWh use into one of the energy comparison sites and see how much it costs for both E7 and single rate. There is no one size fits all solution, many on here successfully use E7 without electric heating.

cifpower

macks-boy wrote: »

Hello everyone, I need help/advice...

We have an Economy7 meter in our home --- We had Night Storage Heating.

This was removed in Sept 2014 and replaced with full Gas Central Heating
and Hot Water via a Condensor Boiler.

I've been told several times the E7 meter should be replaced with an Odinary
single reading meter. Thought "SSE" our supplier tells us we are beter off
keeping the E7 meter.!

I'm confused --- Which is correct.?????

Thanking you all in anticipation - macks-boy

Take your annual consumption for electricity and punch them into a consumption website. First as an electricity only E7 user, secondly for an electricity only tariff and thirdly as dual fuel to see which is ultimately cheapest.

marmitepotato

I have an E7 meter but no E7 heating. I wouldn't change it. I do all my washing, ironing, dishwashing and vacuuming on cheap rate. I'm up early and I take full advantage of the cheap rate leccy. You just have to know how to work with it.

HappyMJ

marmitepotato wrote: »

I have an E7 meter but no E7 heating. I wouldn't change it. I do all my washing, ironing, dishwashing and vacuuming on cheap rate. I'm up early and I take full advantage of the cheap rate leccy. You just have to know how to work with it.

Now that's some commitment. I wouldn't go as far as ironing and hoovering in the middle of the night.

Doing the clothes washing overnight during the cheap rate hours is easy enough as many machines have a delay function. Dishwashing can also be done overnight on the cheap rate too if the machine has a delay button. These machines heat water using electricity so despite having gas to heat and store hot water it's more efficient to heat it in the machine at the low rate.

I also have gas central heating and an E7 meter. Only about 30% of the total electricity usage needs to be used at night to equal a 24 hour tariff. Use more than 30% and you save money.

I've also got an electric blanket and it only costs pennies per night to keep me warm during which time the central heating is turned off.

marmitepotato

My cheap leccy finishes at 8.30 in the morning, I'm up at 6 every day so it's not too much of a struggle.

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marmitepotato wrote: »

My cheap leccy finishes at 8.30 in the morning, I'm up at 6 every day so it's not too much of a struggle.

To make sure the cheap rate does actually finish at the stated time check the meter and timer switch.Radio Teleswitch timers are very accurate to a minute or so. Meters with built in clocks ( like the Ampy meter) you can check the time it thinks it is. I find many have drifted up to an hour from correct time. The meter clock is set at GMT so that is why its an 8.30 am finish, reverting back to 7.30 when BST ends.The old 24 hr circular analogue timer switches can be so far out its pot luck where the cheap 7 hours land.

footyguy

macks-boy wrote: »

Hello everyone, I need help/advice...

We have an Economy7 meter in our home --- We had Night Storage Heating.

This was removed in Sept 2014 and replaced with full Gas Central Heating
and Hot Water via a Condensor Boiler.

I've been told several times the E7 meter should be replaced with an Odinary
single reading meter. Thought "SSE" our supplier tells us we are beter off
keeping the E7 meter.!

I'm confused --- Which is correct.?????

Thanking you all in anticipation - macks-boy

Who are these people who keep telling you what to do?
Have you ever asked them to explain their reasoning?
Have you ever consulted a comparison site to find the best deal for you?
(The fact you are currently supplied by SSE suggests you probably haven't done so recently :cool:)

Edit: Do pop back when you have more time if you need any more advice

macks-boy

The people who've told me that my meter should be changed are almost all Electrians, plus a lady from the Council Pensioners Advisary service.!
I had thought that perhaps they could be correct as there were so many saying the same thing.

We have "not tried" any of the comparison site's as we did not have a full years figures to work from,, I did think that I needed them, but am now thinking differently...

Thanks everyone for replying. Tho' I'm still unsure what I should do.?

lonestar1

do you have meter readings from when the heaters were removed ? if so calculate how much youve used on cheap rate * kwh charge for cheap rate and add that to how much youve used peak rate * kwh charge for peak rate. Next find out how much they charge per kwh for standard non E-7 rate and times that by number of cheap rate units+ peak rate units.

That should tell you if its worth coming of E7 or not

footyguy

macks-boy wrote: »

The people who've told me that my meter should be changed are almost all Electrians, plus a lady from the Council Pensioners Advisary service.!
I had thought that perhaps they could be correct as there were so many saying the same thing.

How many electricans have you asked? Most electricians wouldn't even comment on your current metering, unless specifcially asked.

And what were you discussing with the Council Pensioners Advisary service for the lady there to advise you to change your electricity meter?

Anyway, as you clearly didn't understand the reason behind their recommedations, get them to all explain that reasoning.

When you understand their reasoning, you will be in a better position to decide on how best to proceed.