Economy 7 help!

Cazziemojo1975

Hi Just moved into a 1 bed rented flat with economy 7 heating - admittedly its freezing but I haven't been using that much electric - looked at the meter and it used £6.20 in the last 24 hours!:eek: The previous tennant had the electric with budget energy. Does anyone know the cheapest economy 7 deal for Northern Ireland/ with any switching discounts maybe? I'm here for 6 months.

Thanks!!

Cherryscone

I am now with Electric Ireland because they gave you £30 up front I was with Budget a few years ago and seemed to use more Electric ...My son was In a flat with the heaters they used a lot of Electric to keep the place warm ..At the min I use Hot water bottles It is very cold
Have a wee look here
http://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/energy/electricity-gas-price-comparison

saverbuyer

Cazziemojo1975 wrote: »

Hi Just moved into a 1 bed rented flat with economy 7 heating - admittedly its freezing but I haven't been using that much electric - looked at the meter and it used £6.20 in the last 24 hours!:eek: The previous tennant had the electric with budget energy. Does anyone know the cheapest economy 7 deal for Northern Ireland/ with any switching discounts maybe? I'm here for 6 months.

Thanks!!

Are you sure the immersion heater isn't on?

Coolhandluke

There is nothing economic about Economy 7 heating and it's an expensive form of heating.
But given that 900ltrs has went up in price by approx £78 in 4 months it's starting to prove expensive to.

Cazziemojo1975

Cheers - I've just been putting the immersion on for a shower/ bath but nothing excessive. I'm going to start getting up early and turning it on - instead I think.....bring on spring its freezing here!

waltsalt

The economy part of Economy 7 comes from if you use electric through the night to heat storage heaters and hot water. Won't do you any good if you have normal electric heaters on throughout the day.

Haylescom

Can you get a timer for your immersion heater? We had one in our old house and set it to come on for a few hours before we got up. The "boost" switch is expensive! We had our washing machine on a timer too.
Our 2 bed house with 2 people cost us £54pm on e7.

Old_Git

http://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/filestore/documents/Economy_7_Price_Comparison_October_2017.pdf

Old_Git

read up on storage heaters .check the input and output settings.Try to use washing machine ect on the E7 rate.

Old_Git

Cazziemojo1975 wrote: »

Cheers - I've just been putting the immersion on for a shower/ bath but nothing excessive. I'm going to start getting up early and turning it on - instead I think.....bring on spring its freezing here!

does the shower not heat its own water