Cost of electicity to do toast £1.70 ??

nursemolly

Just listening to jeremy Vine on Radio 2 and a caller said he calculated it costs around £1.70 to use a toaster for just a couple of slices of toast !!!!
What do you all reckon.....
Thanks

Brie

maybe for 2 slices of toast done extra crispy every day for a few months.

nursemolly

Thats what I thought..but the guy was certain of it....

double_dutchy

An average 2 slice toaster is probably 750 watts, so used for a full hour that would be 0.75 kwh @ 30p per kwh that's 22.5p.

Therefore for 2 or 3 minutes that's roughly 1p to toast 2 slices

NannaH

That’s utterly ridiculous.
A toaster is about 1750 watts.
one kwh currently costs around 28 pence,  for simplicity say the toaster was 2kw so it would only cost 56p for a whole hour of toasting.  Less than a penny a minute. 

thriftwizard

I wonder if he was reading his meter wrong? My OH panics when one of the Offspring's in the shower; he sees the "per hour" price displayed & thinks that's what it's actually costing per shower!

RAS

2 slice toaster is 800 watts at Argos, 4 slice toaster is 1400 watts upward. 

So if you are a small family, getting a 2 slice toaster might be worth it.

Effician

This morning we've baked  a 800g lemon drizzle cake, boiled 4l of water, cooked 12 marinaded chicken drumsticks , shredded  a wheelie bins worth of honeysuckle , had the tv on for 4 hrs & laptop on for 6hrs, not to mention the larder fridge & chest freezer. Total cost at the current E7 svr inc standing charge & vat ---- 99p----,   so glad we didn't have toast.

nursemolly

absolutely agree.....did anyone else listen to it..they were discussing the cost of living issues and how the average power bill will approx £300 per month by October

nursemolly

thriftwizard said:

I wonder if he was reading his meter wrong? My OH panics when one of the Offspring's in the shower; he sees the "per hour" price displayed & thinks that's what it's actually costing per shower!

I think this is what he must have done..as when JV queried it the guy was adamant it was a correct calculation

joedenise

According to my In Home Display I don't use £1.70 a day never mind for 2 slices of toast!  My total spend for July has been £55 inc Standing Charges for both gas and electric (gas is only hot water at the moment).