Washing machine costs

Slinky

BooJewels said:

Thanks @Slinky - I saw that Very had them, but don't have an account - maybe I need to open one.  

You can just order and pay which is what I did, if you very carefully pick your way past the attempt to make you open a credit account.

Miser1964

I read that as heating water by gas is cheapest, you should fill a watering-can from the hot tap (assuming you have a combi) and pour that into the washing machine's detergent drawer while it's filling. This'll reduce the electricity needed to bring the water up to 30°C for the wash (or 40°C)

Slinky

Miser1964 said:

I read that as heating water by gas is cheapest, you should fill a watering-can from the hot tap (assuming you have a combi) and pour that into the washing machine's detergent drawer while it's filling. This'll reduce the electricity needed to bring the water up to 30°C for the wash (or 40°C)

I was doing that in the summer and it did make a difference. Will start it again when our new boiler is connected.

Boxman

For information Tapo smart plugs both with and without energy monitoring are currently at reduced prices on Amazon.

badger09

Boxman said:

For information Tapo smart plugs both with and without energy monitoring are currently at reduced prices on Amazon.

I’ve just had a quick look at the P110 with energy monitoring. Amazon offer for 2 is £17.99 for Prime members, but £27.99 without. 

I’ve ordered 2 from Very £23.97 including delivery following  mention by another poster 

BooJewels

badger09 said:

Boxman said:

For information Tapo smart plugs both with and without energy monitoring are currently at reduced prices on Amazon.

I’ve just had a quick look at the P110 with energy monitoring. Amazon offer for 2 is £17.99 for Prime members, but £27.99 without. 

I’ve ordered 2 from Very £23.97 including delivery following  mention by another poster 

Do Amazon actually have them (P110) available at the moment - I looked yesterday and they were giving a delivery date of 23rd November.  I too got a couple from Very, coming tomorrow.

Amazon did have a pack of 4 x P100s with 1 x P110 but even that has changed to being 5 x P100s in the last few days.  Plus the price has been steadily increasing since I bought my first P100s a month or so ago.

k_man

2 pack currently available on Amazon for £17.99, with delivery tomorrow.
It is a Prime Exclusive Deal, so maybe they were holding back stock until today

Freebird53

Just in case anyone was interested:-

I measured an 60 min 'fastwash' on my ten year old built-in Hotpoint BHWD129 at 0.3kwh.

I measured a 'Normal' Cottons @ 60C ...but forgot to write it down before i reset the plug But it was in the region of 1.095kwh

An extra spin (to reduce drying time) was 0.032kwh.

60 min using the tumble-dry (without extra spin) facilty was 1.2kwh.

I generally line-dry, weather-permitting. Or use a de-humidifier if not.

busybee100

Freebird53 said:

Just in case anyone was interested:-

I measured an 60 min 'fastwash' on my ten year old built-in Hotpoint BHWD129 at 0.3kwh.

I measured a 'Normal' Cottons @ 60C ...but forgot to write it down before i reset the plug But it was in the region of 1.095kwh

An extra spin (to reduce drying time) was 0.032kwh.

60 min using the tumble-dry (without extra spin) facilty was 1.2kwh.

I generally line-dry, weather-permitting. Or use a de-humidifier if not.

I'm interested 😁

What temp was the fast wash?

1.1kWh for 60⁰c would be in line with my figures. 200+ Wh (have I done that right?), so just over 200Wh per 10⁰c.

Freebird53

Hi, the fastwash was set at 30C ( but you can set it to any temp otherwise).