Electricity bill 200 pounds

Gerry1

Troggers11 said:

And hopefully when I buy my own house I won't have to deal with outdated technology's like storage heaters and can just rip it out and put a heat pump in.

You'd do better to buy a house with gas central heating.

A heat pump will cost around twice as much to run, you'll have all the massive installation costs and you won't get paid the whole of the Renewable Heat Incentive if you leave before seven years are up.

Hasbeen

Troggers11 said:

 Was so shocked by the estimate.

And hopefully when I buy my own house I won't have to deal with outdated technology's like storage heaters and can just rip it out and put a heat pump in.

Anyhow I will update this when I get the next bill hopefully it's much much cheaper.

Thanks everyone 

No need to have been shocked? It was an estimate "Guess" at what you might use. Now apparently solved?

Like moving into an all electric property,  People need to investigate costs, maintenance, rates etc. Before signing the contract.

Getting a heat pump is the same. So when you buy your own house please do not rip out a perfectly good, hopefully gas central heating system.

 Just to put a more expensive system to run. Unless technology has improved to warrant the costs and payback involved? Again look at costs and payback timescales etc.

Good idea to stick with Bulb for a while. See what your monthly costs are. Get to know your system and requirements etc. If you do decide to switch eventually then use the comparison sites mentioned. Good Luck!

It is great that you will come back with updates.    Not may people do.

macman

NSH's are not 'outdated'. For as long as E7 remains an available tariff, they're far and away the cheapest way to heat an all-electric property. 
It makes no difference if you run your immersion heater for 1 hour or 3. It will heat up to temp in maybe an hour, and then the 'stat will switch it off. A properly insulated tank will stay hot all day, and any minor heat loss from it simply serves to warm the house anyway.

molerat

There will be very little cost difference between having the immersion on for the whole of the off peak period or just a couple of hours.  The main point is that it is only on during off peak.

QrizB

I see the reading for 7th June is an estimate. What's the actual reading today?

Swipe

That's a fair bit of daytime electricity you've used, regardless of the last 7 days estimate which is actually quite conservative.

Troggers11

QrizB said:

I see the reading for 7th June is an estimate. What's the actual reading today?

Rate 1.      18777

Rate 2.     26432

Troggers11

Swipe said:

That's a fair bit of daytime electricity you've used, regardless of the last 7 days estimate which is actually quite conservative.

I'm unsure how we are burning though this much I tend to work 24 hour shifts so not in all the time.

My partner works 9/5 ect we don't have anything on apart from in the evening.

Tumble dryer used twice a week same as washing machine. Oven 30/45 min the eve no heaters on as it's really warm.

And we use a TV charge phones ect 

Reed_Richards

Is it just me or has the first post from today, showing a copy of the bill, vanished?

Gerry1

Have you acted on earlier advice to do the meter sanity tests to check that it really is your meter, not that of a different flat, and that it's not supplying lighting and heating in the communal areas?  Have you checked that the peak an off peak registers haven't been transposed on the bill? You really must get the basics sorted out first. Until the usage has been confirmed as correct, take daily readings.