Cost of boiling a liter of water for tea, coffee etc

davethetaller

sacsquacco wrote: »

You are dead right, the OPs tariff is very high at over 14p/kwh. Its most probably a prepayment meter tariff and the OP needs to get a credit meter asap if that is the case.
I m paying 8p /kwr so my cup of coffee is going to cost 40% less (approx) than the OPs

Hi,

Would love to know, who supplies your electric at 8p/per kWh.

I pay 10 and a half which I thought was good.

Cardew

davethetaller wrote: »

Hi,

Would love to know, who supplies your electric at 8p/per kWh.

I pay 10 and a half which I thought was good.

The last MSE collective BG tariff was very cheap for electricity; Including VAT I pay 8.79p/kWh and 18.9p daily standing charge.(Midlands)

The cheapest I can see at the moment for dual fuel is Sainsburys at 8.411p/kWh

davethetaller

Cardew wrote: »

The last MSE collective BG tariff was very cheap for electricity; Including VAT I pay 8.79p/kWh and 18.9p daily standing charge.(Midlands)

The cheapest I can see at the moment for dual fuel is Sainsburys at 8.411p/kWh

Thanks for that Cardew.

I have separate contracts for gas and electric.

Currently, (no pun intended), with ExtraEnergy.

[Deleted User]

davethetaller wrote: »

Hi,

Would love to know, who supplies your electric at 8p/per kWh.

I pay 10 and a half which I thought was good.

British Gas !! yes , one of the UKs most expensive suppliers. It was a March 2017 collective..Gas is nt too good at 2.6 p a kwhr but I m an electric user mostly .I am in South Yorks which is one of the cheapest areas in the UK for energy prices.
Just looked at Sainsburys Energy latest tariffs , which is a British Gas no frills tariff and surprised to see them coming in beating the Collective tariff with electric at 7.89p/kwhr and gas at 2.26p/kwh, higher standing charges tho from my 19 p to 25p a day. I can switch exit free if there is a saving, which I may well do.

z1a

r2015 wrote: »

A few years ago I used a plug in energy monitor and in the course of a day my kettle used 1 kWh of electricity (actually 997 watts) to boil water for 8 mugs of coffee and 2 teapots of tea.


365 kWh a year costing at that time 10p per kWh gives £3.65.


It would take about 100 years to recover the cost of a InSinkerator HC-1100C, not including the electricity costs or installion costs.

No, 365 X 10p = £36.50, ergo - 10 years.

davethetaller

z1a wrote: »

No, 365 X 10p = £36.50, ergo - 10 years.

Just started using a new Russelling Hobnob jug kettle yesterday.

Its got a 3kw turbo engine in it. I can smell my ring main meltin'.

"Ergo"...like it...going to start using it.:)

abigbill

I'll never understand why this question is not answered conclusively. Gas MUST be cheaper. You don't need an mindless efficiency figures to see why either.
Even if an Electric kettle is 100% efficient it can't beat a very inefficient gas kettle at say 30% efficiency.
Why? Simple Maths.
Gas dependent on your tariif is per KWh 4-5 times cheaper.
And is there a 70% difference in efficiency between the two? I think not.
Done.

So the real question, especially on a winter's day, when you'll need to heat the kitchen anyway, is not "Which is cheaper", because clearly the answer is gas, but "By how much"?

On a winter's day, an electric kettle can 't even get near, because whatever heat didn't heat the water, heated the kitchen. So a gas kettle it is, 'sides the whistle is 'luvverly'.