Washer dryer for off peak electric

Bendy_House

Fair do's.
I personally don't do that. Perhaps I should. It's a balance between a (hopefully) small sum, and convenience. 

grumbler

Getferret said:

Bendy_House said:

Getferret said:

I have E7 and a delay feature on washing machine.  I never use the delay feature on the machine as I go to bed early and it’s still using electric while waiting to start the programme.  I use timers for the off peak hours only.

You can buy manual or digital timers cheap from the likes of Tool station, B&Q and Screwfix anywhere from £5 upto £15.  Just make sure the timer is capable of 3kw and any cables are not wound round as this can cause over heating and fires.

As Grumb says, the 'delay' feature will be consuming next-to-zero power, like any other electronic device that's on on 'standby'.

Do you turn off at the mains your TV, laptop, radio, phone charger and everything else that has a 'standby' setting? Ie, anything that can be brought to life by pressing a remote-control button, or a squidgy 'on' button?

Your W/M won't/shouldn't be consuming any more on 'delay' than that.

Also, you'd need an old-fashioned W/M with a manual 'on' switch for it to work with a separate timer. And, frankly, I'd be more concerned about the load on the timer than anything else; it should handle it, but it's still a biggie.

I take plugs out of sockets when not in use,

Do your sockets not have switches?

Getferret said:

I have a Hoover machine which is WiFi enabled, no switches only buttons.  I set the timer to start/end for the off peak hours only.  Using the Hoover App I start a programme delaying the start while the timer is on.  In the morning the machine plug and timer is removed from the socket.  

I prefer not to pay for electric 24hours a day when the programme is only an hour, I mostly only do 3-5 loads a week.  It might be small but everything counts.

Well, you failed to explain in your first post that it's actually the app that starts the machine, not the timer.

That said, it's hard to believe that a person buying a washing machine with bells and whistles goes through all this trouble of unplugging and plugging back in all appliances to save few pence.