How much is it costing you in an electric-only home?

isntitdavid

Hi,

I live in a 1 bedroom electric-only home. Trying to be as frugal as possible, but the cold snap over the last few days has made cranking the heating on a necessity. I've been monitoring the meter and it seems like having the heating on for an hour at around 18 degrees is costing more than £3, just for the hour. Does this sound right? There's all sorts of issues going on with our boiler but it would be nice to hear from other electric-only homes, to see how much people seem to be spending.

My partner was sick yesterday and so we had the heating on a little more  (switching it on for an hour at a time when it felt particularly cold)  - mainly limited to the radiator in the bedroom, with occasional heating in the living room and we managed to get through 36kw of energy. 

Any experience or knowledge from people in electric-only homes would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

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Are these storage heaters?  Fan heaters?  Wet system from an electric boiler?  Heat pump?

Swipe

I'm a single occupant in a detached rural bungalow with 3 out of 5 storage heaters on full and 2 on half. I'm still on a ridiculously cheap fixed tariff (21p day, 8.8p night and 24p SC) until 30th April but it's still costing me between £7 and £8 per day. I guess I can double that cost next winter. I'm averaging between 69 and 75kWh per day during this cold spell. 

MattMattMattUK

isntitdavid said:

Hi,

I live in a 1 bedroom electric-only home. Trying to be as frugal as possible, but the cold snap over the last few days has made cranking the heating on a necessity. I've been monitoring the meter and it seems like having the heating on for an hour at around 18 degrees is costing more than £3, just for the hour. Does this sound right?

I live alone in a two bedroom all-electric flat, single rate as it is very well insulated. I am currently averaging £4.36 (11.46kWh) per day in December, that includes all usage but it fluctuates from a low of £2.81 (7.01 kWh) on a day when I did not need much beyond hot water to a high of £7.29 (20.02 kWh) when I did four loads of washing, ran the dishwasher and was in all day.

isntitdavid said:

There's all sorts of issues going on with our boiler but it would be nice to hear from other electric-only homes, to see how much people seem to be spending.

When you say boiler an you claify what you mean, do you have wet electric heating, do you mean the hot water tank? How is your home heated, flat panel, underfloor, storage heater, wet electric?

isntitdavid said:

My partner was sick yesterday and so we had the heating on a little more  (switching it on for an hour at a time when it felt particularly cold)  - mainly limited to the radiator in the bedroom, with occasional heating in the living room and we managed to get through 36kw of energy. 

Heating can use a lot but what else is being used in the home, cooking in an oven, how much hot water is used etc.?

isntitdavid

MattMattMattUK said:

isntitdavid said:

Hi,

I live in a 1 bedroom electric-only home. Trying to be as frugal as possible, but the cold snap over the last few days has made cranking the heating on a necessity. I've been monitoring the meter and it seems like having the heating on for an hour at around 18 degrees is costing more than £3, just for the hour. Does this sound right?

I live alone in a two bedroom all-electric flat, single rate as it is very well insulated. I am currently averaging £4.36 per day in December, that includes all usage but it fluctuates from a low of £2.81 on a day when I did not need much beyond hot water to a high of £7.29 when I did four loads of washing, ran the dishwasher and was in all day.

isntitdavid said:

There's all sorts of issues going on with our boiler but it would be nice to hear from other electric-only homes, to see how much people seem to be spending.

When you say boiler an you claify what you mean, do you have wet electric heating, do you mean the hot water tank? How is your home heated, flat panel, underfloor, storage heater, wet electric?

isntitdavid said:

My partner was sick yesterday and so we had the heating on a little more  (switching it on for an hour at a time when it felt particularly cold)  - mainly limited to the radiator in the bedroom, with occasional heating in the living room and we managed to get through 36kw of energy. 

Heating can use a lot but what else is being used in the home, cooking in an oven, how much hot water is used etc.?

The boiler system was installed prior to moving in. I understand from the landlord that it was done by "cowboys". We have a big water tank and another heating unit. It was set up to be Economy 7 but they never installed electric heaters so its a bit pointless. Currently in the process of trying to get set up on a single tariff.

Also tried getting a smart meter installed last week and after 3 hours the technician gave up because he couldn't pick up a signal.

We are really energy conscious - typically a couple of 4 minute showers, half an hour of electric hob, television etc.  We don't have underfloor heating or anything like that. Just using traditional radiators.

jacko220

921		11-Nov-22		17-Aug-22
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2938		21-Feb-22		11-Nov-21
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Kwh in my all-electric house, I am the only occupant, have cut down and applied energy conservation probably 2338 this quarter and 1996 next quarter. Still very comfortable and warm.

Gerry1

Unfortunately daytime electricity is the most expensive form of heating so you will always have high bills.

Is your meter within your property or is it in an external cupboard or meter room?  Are you paying by Direct Debit?

isntitdavid

Gerry1 said:

Unfortunately daytime electricity is the most expensive form of heating so you will always have high bills.

Is your meter within your property or is it in an external cupboard or meter room?  Are you paying by Direct Debit?

Hi Gerry. Its in a meter room in the basement of the flat. Currently paying DD yep.

MattMattMattUK

isntitdavid said:

MattMattMattUK said:

isntitdavid said:

Hi,

I live in a 1 bedroom electric-only home. Trying to be as frugal as possible, but the cold snap over the last few days has made cranking the heating on a necessity. I've been monitoring the meter and it seems like having the heating on for an hour at around 18 degrees is costing more than £3, just for the hour. Does this sound right?

I live alone in a two bedroom all-electric flat, single rate as it is very well insulated. I am currently averaging £4.36 per day in December, that includes all usage but it fluctuates from a low of £2.81 on a day when I did not need much beyond hot water to a high of £7.29 when I did four loads of washing, ran the dishwasher and was in all day.

isntitdavid said:

There's all sorts of issues going on with our boiler but it would be nice to hear from other electric-only homes, to see how much people seem to be spending.

When you say boiler an you claify what you mean, do you have wet electric heating, do you mean the hot water tank? How is your home heated, flat panel, underfloor, storage heater, wet electric?

isntitdavid said:

My partner was sick yesterday and so we had the heating on a little more  (switching it on for an hour at a time when it felt particularly cold)  - mainly limited to the radiator in the bedroom, with occasional heating in the living room and we managed to get through 36kw of energy. 

Heating can use a lot but what else is being used in the home, cooking in an oven, how much hot water is used etc.?

The boiler system was installed prior to moving in. I understand from the landlord that it was done by "cowboys". We have a big water tank and another heating unit. It was set up to be Economy 7 but they never installed electric heaters so its a bit pointless. Currently in the process of trying to get set up on a single tariff.

I expect you are in the worst of both worlds at the moment then, without storage heaters you will be running your heating on E7 day rate which is probably considerably more than normal rate. As it was installed by cowboys does it have all the relevant safety documentation from the landlord?

isntitdavid said:

Also tried getting a smart meter installed last week and after 3 hours the technician gave up because he couldn't pick up a signal.

Did they give you a date to try again, or did he not even start the install? Sometimes the put in a smart meter but let it be dumb and then try and get a signal later.

isntitdavid said:

We are really energy conscious - typically a couple of 4 minute showers, half an hour of electric hob, television etc.  We don't have underfloor heating or anything like that. 

Are you submitting monthly meter reads so that they do not go with estimates, your Direct Debit payments might rise significantly otherwise. 

isntitdavid said:
Just using traditional radiators.

I am guessing from that it is a wet electric system, so it feeds the radiators from the hot water in the tank? If so then E7 would make more sense, but it needs to be set up properly. 

Is there any chance you can let us know the name of the system and what is installed. Pictures would be ideal but I do not think you have enough of a posting history to be allowed to add pictures yet. 

Gerry1

Do the Meter Sanity Test to make sure the meter you're reading really is the one that serves your flat.

EssexHebridean

Ouch to your costs and the situation with your heating. We're a couple in a 2 bed GF flat - using storage heaters and aiming for a living room temp of around 18.5 degrees and up. At the moment just two NSH's switched on and we're hovering around £4 - £5 a day - that's with a night rate at just under 15p/kWh at the moment. I can see it going higher over the next little while as the cold snap continues.