Should I leave emersion on all day, or only when i need?

mech_2

Wouldn't a fault blow a fuse rather than pump huge amounts of energy into the hot water tank?

Cardew

mech wrote: »

Wouldn't a fault blow a fuse rather than pump huge amounts of energy into the hot water tank?

A faulty meter!

mech_2

Cardew wrote: »

A faulty meter!

Ah. D'oh!

Terrylw1

Newlywed, when you did that did you switch absolutely every electrical device off and then wait until the meter dials stopped moving?

To spend £1 would suggest either a debt recovery (per Expresso), additional charging such as FCC thats needs removing or that other devices were on.

Also worth the OP noting that their Kwh charges will influence the overall cost - PP being more expensive.

Mech - if the heater caused an overload to the fuse. Would imagine the fusebox would trip well before then unless it's really old metering/cutouts with a low fuse capacity. A guy I dealt with that made me laugh was a pub that installed more lighting/slot machines and everytime they switched it on...bang...turned out it was a very old meter & cutout that really needed updating!

Oh and if you really want a laugh...one of Npowers main offices kept having blackouts when a cleaner plugged in a hoover near the IT cabinets. Turns out the whole office was at capacity everyday as they had overstaffed the office by a few hundred PC's. I remember being on their site once when it happened and laughng my head off at them...:rotfl:

Cardew

There is no suggestion(well certainly on my part) that the immersion heater being faulty could be the reason for a cost of £1 an hour.

Given 'normal' electricity prices, it would mean that 10kWh of energy is being used.

Whilst some people don’t seem to accept the laws of physics, it is a fact that energy cannot be destroyed and 10kW of power has to be dissipated as heat; and over an hour that is a lot of heat to dissipate!!

However that is of course only my opinion!

tightrs

Cardew wrote: »

tightrs wrote: »

Of course it is my opinion, thats what the OP asked for and thats what was given.

Do you seriously believe the majority on this forum believe immersion heaters cost £1 an hour to run?

Presumably you for one?

you presume wrong ,i believe that newlywed thinks it cost £1 an hour and so your wrong again oh great one, do you fancy going for a hat trick:rotfl:

angelatgraceland

I heated the water in my immersion heater for 45 mins today and I used 3kw. The water was already warm and I also had on a freezer,2 fridges and 2 computers. Therefore I would gues without those other items on that it would indeed use about 30p per hour.
Rather than being set to pay a debt, some meters, as they are prepayment meters, are set a bit high and maybe you get a refund of some sort? I would phone the electricity supplier and ask them to check your meter/tariff. My first thought was, as others have suggested-what else was on at the same time? If its £1 an hour-something-somewhere seems amiss.

Cardew

tightrs wrote: »

you presume wrong ,i believe that newlywed thinks it cost £1 an hour and so your wrong again oh great one, do you fancy going for a hat trick:rotfl:

I never could resist a challenge! So I will try for the hat-trick.

I will bet your English teacher at school would be rather disappointed with your contributions to this thread. I presume you had an English teacher?

Terrylw1

At least Cardew & Expresso gave some advice on the actual true costings you would expect.

So despite the fact that Newlywed may not have liked it, a bit of tough love will have saved him/her a lot of money going forward!!!

Cagey

I would think there could still be a debt on the meter from the previous tennant although if it is a key meter the key you have from your supplier should be charged to your requirements..
Try switching off your fuse box for 10 mins & see how much your meter uses. Multiply that by 6 & you will find out how much your meter is taking every hour.
If you have no debt & it is taking off more than the standing charge then is is set incorrectly.