How much electricity is “normal” in a detached house with oil fired central heating?

Hasbeen

cannugec5 said:

Hasbeen said:

Op why use electric showers. Our oil boiler heats the hot water cylinder as well as CH. Lovely hot baths.

Have you walked around your property and looked at lights. Any halogens in kitchens etc?

Look to change all to LEDs. Go through room by room, main lights, wall lights, table lamps, exterior lights?

Washing machine full. Tumble dryer full used as required?

And check if cheaper provider available? When did you last switch?

Our boiler heats water, and I very occasionally have a bath. But I prefer a shower .
Yes, today my husband and I looked specifically for ‘wastage’ . We could do more at turning off lights we are not using, but we have replaced everything with LEDs already. We do have two big fluorescent tubes in the garage, but I didn’t think they use much. We only use one outside light and that is on a motion sensor, so not on very much at all. 

I only use the washing machine full, and use the tumble dryer in exceptional circumstances. 

Last switch was - today! I am a regular switcher and had just come to the end of contract. 

Great that you are a regular switcher. May I ask who you switched to?

I live a bit further north and bunged in your electric reading out of curiosity, at the start of your thread.

They came back Symbio. Then Neo, followed by Neon reef. 
Symbio was below plus vat

Unit rate 12.993p per kWh

Standing charge 16.50p per day (£60.22 per year)

cannugec5

Hasbeen said:

cannugec5 said:

Hasbeen said:

Op why use electric showers. Our oil boiler heats the hot water cylinder as well as CH. Lovely hot baths.

Have you walked around your property and looked at lights. Any halogens in kitchens etc?

Look to change all to LEDs. Go through room by room, main lights, wall lights, table lamps, exterior lights?

Washing machine full. Tumble dryer full used as required?

And check if cheaper provider available? When did you last switch?

Our boiler heats water, and I very occasionally have a bath. But I prefer a shower .
Yes, today my husband and I looked specifically for ‘wastage’ . We could do more at turning off lights we are not using, but we have replaced everything with LEDs already. We do have two big fluorescent tubes in the garage, but I didn’t think they use much. We only use one outside light and that is on a motion sensor, so not on very much at all. 

I only use the washing machine full, and use the tumble dryer in exceptional circumstances. 

Last switch was - today! I am a regular switcher and had just come to the end of contract. 

Great that you are a regular switcher. May I ask who you switched to?

I live a bit further north and bunged in your electric reading out of curiosity, at the start of your thread.

They came back Symbio. Then Neo, followed by Neon reef. 
Symbio was below plus vat

Unit rate 12.993p per kWh

Standing charge 16.50p per day (£60.22 per year)

Yes, I’ve gone with Symbio despite the extremely poor reviews on here. I’m hoping I don’t need to use their customer services 😁

greyteam1959

cannugec5 said:

greyteam1959 said:

Why are you messing about washing & sterilising the jars ??
If you are buying new jars & lids & hot filling it is not necessary.
We used to make around 5000 + jars of jam etc per year & never sterilised any jars at all.
It just not necessary.

I’m afraid our environmental health department will disagree with you. When they came round to do my kitchen inspection they went though all these details. 

I do buy new jars and lids, but that is not sufficient. 

My business was fully inspected by all the various agencies over some 30 odd years.
It just shows the inconsistent approach by the various Environmental Health departments.

coffeehound

So how many dishwasher cycles per annum, OP?

cannugec5

coffeehound said:

So how many dishwasher cycles per annum, OP?

I have just counted up how many batches I made last year and it was about 150. Each batch is a dishwasher cycle on hot wash 
In addition to this I use the dishwasher for our own crockery- about every second day, so a further 180 cycles - on the eco cycle.

cannugec5

greyteam1959 said:

cannugec5 said:

greyteam1959 said:

Why are you messing about washing & sterilising the jars ??
If you are buying new jars & lids & hot filling it is not necessary.
We used to make around 5000 + jars of jam etc per year & never sterilised any jars at all.
It just not necessary.

I’m afraid our environmental health department will disagree with you. When they came round to do my kitchen inspection they went though all these details. 

I do buy new jars and lids, but that is not sufficient. 

My business was fully inspected by all the various agencies over some 30 odd years.
It just shows the inconsistent approach by the various Environmental Health departments.

I have certainly noticed the inconsistencies, in respect of trading standards and the labelling requirements. When we used to be able to browse in shops, my eyes were attracted to labels that I know are in breach of the regulations, but a blind eye is turned! I am talking independent stores selling local produce to that area, including no listed allergens, foreign language with no  English translation, no ingredients at all etc. I had to jump through hoops for our local council. But at least I know I am all above board.