E7 Usage Questions

dollytops

1 bed smallish flat with E7 heating. 1 elderly person living there. Been there almost 7 years. All electric plus washing machine and a dryer which are on about two to three times a week.

Original supplier Scottish Power and paying £80 per month, when tariff ended they quoted £140 per month.

Frequently got refunds in summer with this supplier.

Meter readings frequently supplied to ensure bills accurate.

Switched to Bulb paying £100 per month on a tariff cheaper than what Scottish Power was offering but usage is about £145 per month. So debt is slowly building. Meter readings put through monthly.

I'm not familiar with E7 but last bills says they used 220 kWh units during day and 1229 kWh units at night.

Is that night unit usage excessive?

I plan to take daily readings at same time each day over next week to see what daily usage is.

I always knew E7 was more expensive to run but surely £140 per month is excessive for a small 1 bed flat.

Robin9

dollytops wrote: »

.............. last bills says they used 220 kWh units during day and 1229 kWh units at night.

Is that night unit usage excessive?

I plan to take daily readings at same time each day over next week to see what daily usage is.

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I assume this is monthly and for a winter month.

Sounds OK for me -Day time is average; night time is OK for winter months and will be much lower April - October. Overall daytime 2500 for year; night time 7000 for year.

The debt will build during the winter but will start to fall from April. Not sure what you're paying but say 17p unit day/ 12 p night plus standing charge 25p day plus VAT = £1400 / year = £120 a month.

dollytops

Robin9 wrote: »

I assume this is monthly and for a winter month.

Sounds OK for me -Day time is average; night time is OK for winter months and will be much lower April - October. Overall daytime 2500 for year; night time 7000 for year.

The debt will build during the winter but will start to fall from April. Not sure what you're paying but say 17p unit day/ 12 p night plus standing charge 25p day plus VAT = £1400 / year = £120 a month.

Thanks for your reply.

Currently the tariff is:
Day: 15.645p
Night: 8.075p
S/C 20.44p per day.

I never would have guessed E7 used so much at night, guess with Bulb taking monthly readings you see the real outlay!

Robin9

Not really - don't forget this is the storage heaters, immersion heater, anything else at night like the fridge, freezer, early morning cup of tea.In winter the hours are 0130 - 0830

coffeehound

Savings could be made by using a clothes rack instead of the tumble dryer.

dollytops

coffeehound wrote: »

Savings could be made by using a clothes rack instead of the tumble dryer.

They do. Dryer is only used for bulky items that can't be dried on clothes rack. I have tried to get them to use community dryer once a week which they don't have to pay for but they won't... I've even offered to use it for them once a week! (Each resident gets a 2 hour washing slot once a week)

mmmmikey

Hi


Assuming your figures are for Dec or Jan, I agree with the earlier post that these seem about right and equate to annual usage of about 7000kWh night and 2500kWh day. Using your tarriff figures this will work out at about £86 per month on average. I suspect that what's happening is that you're underestimating the difference between the winter and summer months in terms of cost - the bills will be much lower in the summer and things will even themselves out.



Although the day time usage isn't excessive, I suspect there's more scope for saving there than overnight - worth checking a few basic things like using LED light bulbs, only boiling enough water in the kettle, etc. And the tumble drier could be quite a big factor - not sure if it will fit in with the lifestyle but you can save quite a bit this time of year by running it at 07:00 in the morning. So possibly do the washing in the evening, hang on airer overnight and finish towels etc. in drier when getting early morning tea?

dollytops

All the bulbs are energy saving, I saw to that some years back.

Biggest issue is 'my dad' prefers not to listen to advice and fills the kettle full all the time, boils it when he doesn't need it, then of course re-boils it again when he does need it.

Leaves the light on in the bathroom (forgets!) .... I could go on but you get the idea. I guess you can't help someone who won't listen.