EON overcharging!!! 😤

jj0911

QrizB said:

jj0911 said:

Our flat is all electric. Hot water is provided through an electric immersion heater. Any suggestions what tariff we can change to?

Stick with your current tariff until it ends.

When it does, you'll move to E.ON Next's standard variable tariff which will be almost 2x as expensive (see my calcs).

If your flat is suitable you'll save money by taking the Economy 7 version of the tariff but if it isn't, you won't. This is why we're all interesed in a photo of your meter and details of your heaters.

Photos of my smart meter: 


and we have 2x electrorad heaters: 

QrizB

Thank you! I think we cross-posted, if you look at the bottom of the previous page you'll see some more questions

Is your smart meter physically present in your flat, or is it in a central cupboard with everyone else's?

jj0911

Yeah normally set to 22 and switched off at night and when we’re out. 

Nope don’t have IHD but would be interesting to see. I can certainly have a look, many thanks for replying 👍🏻

jj0911

QrizB said:

Thank you! I think we cross-posted, if you look at the bottom of the previous page you'll see some more questions

Is your smart meter physically present in your flat, or is it in a central cupboard with everyone else's?

It’s in a central cupboard with everyone else’s. Cheers 

MWT

jj0911 said:

Yeah normally set to 22 and switched off at night and when we’re out. 

22 is generally considered to be very high unless someone in the flat is elderly or has medical needs for that sort of temperature.

That also accounts for a good part of your high usage... try setting to 20 as a start, but ideally a little lower especially if you are active during the day...

QrizB

jj0911 said:

QrizB said:

Thank you! I think we cross-posted, if you look at the bottom of the previous page you'll see some more questions

Is your smart meter physically present in your flat, or is it in a central cupboard with everyone else's?

It’s in a central cupboard with everyone else’s. Cheers 

Meters in central cupboards are much more likely to get mis-connected. Pleasse do casrry out the sanity test so you can be certain that you're reading (and being charged for) the correct meter.

MWT said:

jj0911 said:

Yeah normally set to 22 and switched off at night and when we’re out.

22 is generally considered to be very high unless someone in the flat is elderly or has medical needs for that sort of temperature.

I agree with MWT, if you're both fit and healthy you'll be OK with the thermostat set to 20C, or even 18C. It might be a bit of a shock if you turn it down too suddenly, though; try dropping it by one degree at a time, once or twice a week.

My home thermostat is set to 18C-ish (it's analogue not digital) and no-one has complained recently

MattMattMattUK

I second everyone saying turn down the temperature, going to 18c will save you a fairly large amount. I have electric heating (a different model of Electrorad) and it is expensive to run, but luckily my place is very well insulated. Without the heating on it is rare that it would drop below 18c and even this last week has not dropped below 18c with and I have not used the heating for weeks, however I would need the heating on to maintain 22c and that would be expensive.

Your second biggest cost will be your hot water, turning the temperature down on the shower slightly can have a significant saving, that does not mean you have to have a cold or even warm shower, it just means you do not have to have a boiling hot shower. That is generally the aim, minor changes that once acclimatised no one notices can have fairly significant savings. 

EssexHebridean

The biggest issue the OP has here appears to be a very expensive heating method being used in a poorly insulated building - not a happy combination. 

Little tip for the shower - particularly if NOT washing your hair. Sounds obvious, but just putting the shower head closer to your body means you can usually turn it down a little. So if you usually have it right at the top of the pole, with a foot of space between the showerehead and yourself, try reducing that gap to 6" or even less. 

jimexbox

As others have said 22c is way way too high. Buy a jumper and and fleecy blanket for the evenings and watch your bill drop substantially. It's currently 17.9 in my house and I'm sitting here in a t-shirt. 

bagand96

How many hours a day is the immersion heater on for the water?

You could try reducing that too. If it's heating a modern tank then it should hold the heat pretty well. Does the immersion have a timer? Try an hour in the morning and hour in the evening. Will be trial and error at first to see when you run out of hot water but anything you can do to reduce its use will help.

Are the showers electric or run off the hot water tank?

And as everyone else has said turn the heaters down. And also see if you can reduce their use hours. Only thing that will help you is getting the use down.