Electricity usage in oil heated homes

Facey_Romford

Hello all,

I hope all you Aga-owning oil burners out there may be able to offer some advice!

I am about to move into a fairly large old 3 bedroom house that has oil fired central heating (This supplies the hot water and powers all the radiators), there is also an oil fired aga that I will probably run all year round for cooking.
What I'd like to know is roughly how many Kwh's of electricity I can expect to use per annum.

I'll be the only person in the house, I'm only there in the evenings and at weekends, there are freezers, fridges etc running 24/7 obviously, and a power shower too. There is no electric oven, hob, kettle, toaster etc.!

Any suggestions as to who's doing the best deal / tariff for the sort of usage described would be much appreciated! I think Ebico might be worth a look?

Thanks in advance.

Facey

Lotus-eater

Electric really depends on how much you use and when you use it. It might be worth having a econ7 tariff if you use alot at night (wasn't for us) Not sure how much we use, about £35 a month.

Do be prepared for a huge oil bill though if you are running an aga and oil fired CH.

edit
ps I mean HUGE

Cardew

Welcome to the forum.

I would echo the above.

I know a couple of people with an oil fired Aga and they cannot believe just how much oil it uses.

There are some threads on this if you do a search.

Facey_Romford

Oh Gawd... How huge? I'd been budgeting on about £1200 a year.

I did wonder if Econ7 might be an option if I run my washing machine, immersion etc at night.

Geenie

I don't think they use a lot of electricity, but have never looked into it. As already said by others, the oil is what you need to budget for. We had an oil Aga and central heating in our last house.....now have an electric one which is much more efficient. I would make sure you have a back up electric cooker, firstly because in the summer it can get too hot in the kitchen with an Aga on, and we always turn ours off for about 3 months then. But also with oil prices now, it gives you the option of turning the Aga off at any time to save money and still be able to cook.

Is it a 2 or 4 oven size?!!

Cardew

Geenie wrote: »

I don't think they use a lot of electricity, but have never looked into it.

I don't think he meant how much electricity the Agas use, but(for budgeting purposes) how much electricity the whole property would use when the Aga's are used for heating and cooking.

I agree with you about the over-powering heat in summer and I would think most people would turn them off.

I had always fancied getting an Aga, but after my friend's experiences it is at the bottom of my 'wish list.'

Facey_Romford

Cardew wrote: »

I don't think he meant how much electricity the Agas use, but(for budgeting purposes) how much electricity the whole property would use when the Aga's are used for heating and cooking.

That's exactly what I meant!

Thanks to you all for your input so far.

Facey.

rsvtoddy

In a 3 bed stone cottage I'm using c.4000kwh per year for cooking and lights.

Oil consumption is around 2000 litres a year for heating (conventional boiler).

HTH

Lotus-eater

We use about 10-13 kw's per day (you do the math) thats for cooking and lights, also run a tumble dryer a bit and dishwasher.
Use around 1000 to 1400 litres of oil per year for heating and hot water (turned off unless needed for a bath for kids).
Run a wood burner when its cold and try to keep the heating off (tip: get an electrc blanket)

alanfp

If you're on this forum I assume that you are a) trying to save money and b) fairly level-headed.

b) did you notice that Geenie says he turns his Aga off for 3 months in the summer? !!!!! So what does he use for cooking? It's just not a practiacl option. (you are aware, I assume that you have to switch it on 1-2 days before you want to use it)
a) Why would you leave an energy -consuming appliance on 24/7 when you are only going to use it for cooking one meal per evening (or even less?). I assume you don't leave your lights on all day just so that it's 'nice and light' when you arrive home in the evening.

My suggestion as a Money saving layman is sell it , as they do have a second-hand value (look at ebay to begin with) - and then buy a cooker that you can turn on and off (and also one where you can easily open the cooker doors without oven gloves on).

Geenie

alanfp wrote: »

If you're on this forum I assume that you are a) trying to save money and b) fairly level-headed.

b) did you notice that Geenie says he turns his Aga off for 3 months in the summer? !!!!! So what does he use for cooking? It's just not a practiacl option. (you are aware, I assume that you have to switch it on 1-2 days before you want to use it)
a) Why would you leave an energy -consuming appliance on 24/7 when you are only going to use it for cooking one meal per evening (or even less?). I assume you don't leave your lights on all day just so that it's 'nice and light' when you arrive home in the evening.

My suggestion as a Money saving layman is sell it , as they do have a second-hand value (look at ebay to begin with) - and then buy a cooker that you can turn on and off (and also one where you can easily open the cooker doors without oven gloves on).

Hi alanfp....I am a lady by the way

I have electric back up in the way of a full hob and oven, so no problem to turn the Aga off for 3 months or more. But they are without doubt an energy consuming extravagance if on a tight budget. I have a large kitchen and it heats up this area and the rooms above without needing additional central heating in the winter. Plus I cook on it all the time, air clothes etc. I cannot disagree with what you say, but in an old farmhouse like mine they make the place a real home and I wouldn't be without it.