Average Electricity Costs Poll

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Exactly £15 per month.

BOYLER

I wish my electricity cost that, I spend £20.00 a week on electricity all year round and my gas is anywhere between £.50 to £4.00 a day

Shedgirl

£69 per month, 12 months a year. House still baltic in winter - old cottage.

robotrobo

BOYLER wrote: »

I wish my electricity cost that, I spend £20.00 a week on electricity all year round and my gas is anywhere between £.50 to £4.00 a day

just got edf bill 179 days , which is 6 months £152

179x85p= £152 .

so thats 85p per day.

but a rise on the 1/1/2012

robotrobo

robotrobo wrote: »

just got edf bill 179 days , which is 6 months £152

179x85p= £152 .

so thats 85p per day.:T

but a rise on the 1/1/2012

thats 2 of us retired, & live in a 2 bedroom bungalow, lets face the facts a pint of beer will set you back £3!!.:mad:

thats £24 a gallon.:mad:

petrols only £6 a gallon!:) but it gets you about 40 miles

toolmaker28

robotrobo wrote: »

petrols only £6 a gallon!:) but it gets you about 40 miles

Depending on the car you drive:)

toasterman

I'm starting to wonder what I'm doing wrong, looking at some of your prices.

I share a 1-bedroom flat, and our combined electricity/gas has gone:
April 2010 - Set at £60 pm (moved in the month before).
August 2010 - Reduced to £44 pm
November 2010 - Increased to £63 pm.
July 2011 - Increased to £66 pm.

Then we've recently had a letter saying they need to increase it to £88pm from November. I've checked online, and there is indeed a £12 debit on our account as we move into the coldest months, which is a bad start.
We're on one of the lower tariffs (though I've just noticed there's one below mine which would save another 2%) and pay by direct debit, with the various savings that brings.

While I've been unemployed a lot this year, if I'm home, I don't watch TV, the heating is off, the lights are commonly off (I use the computer a lot, so the light from the screen is enough most of the time, if the light from outside, isn't). The computer is an all-in-one system so no separate speakers/etc. and it's an iMac which I believe uses low-power laptop components throughout, so shouldn't be that high a drain.
My printer has got some low-power mode to be left on all the time, but I ignore that and turn it off when I'm not using it.

We have gas central heating throughout, but it's a newbuild with both cavity wall and loft insulation, thus the heating wasn't put on at all until the end of November, and is only on sparingly, even now - as I've been working throughout December.
We've got a dishwasher and washing machine (both switched off at mains while not being used), microwave (left plugged in but it's a "manual" one, so has no standby light or LCD screen).
We've got a fridge-freezer and a separate freezer, and while the fridge-freezer is D-rated (provided by landlady), the separate is B-rated.
We've got one of those systems that heats the water as you use it, so there's no immersion heater or anything. It also heats the water for the shower, but we never run it for more than 10 minutes at a time.

From looking at the energy monitor blog thread, I think I need to borrow one of them from the library, to work out exactly what it is we're spending so much on, unless it's just a load of tiny things on standby added together.
Most of the things left on standby need to be so (clocks, radios that lose all presets when you unplug them, etc.)

My sister (while she doesn't have gas) lives in a larger 1-bed house, works erratic hours that means she is home a lot during the day, she always has her TV and computer (and all the separates) on, she leaves the computer on playing streaming radio even when she goes out ("for the dogs to listen to"), and she's still paying less than me. I'm obviously doing something wrong here.

treeze

TorieTee wrote: »

Sorry I am new to this and I don't know how to make a post! Lol!

I live in a small studio flat( single occupancy) and I have economy 7. I want to know what the average electricity consumption per quarter/year/ week is for a studio flat. The reason I ask is that I have just received a bill for almost £300. It is for a quarter and it covers 8 July to 6 October. Since October 2009 I have been receiving estimated bills, so I am aware that this bill will cover any shortfall. If that makes sense. However, I still think it is too high. I have spoken to EDF and they have told me to do a seven day reading and they will take it from there. On the bill my average usage per day is 26.91kw. Is this right? Last year the bill covering roughly the same period with a reading provided by me was 3.12 units per day. I have a small water tank which I only turn on when I want hot water. A fan heater in the bathroom which is hardly ever used and a electric shower and the usual household appliances. I have also received similar bill in the past that covered winter. I have always felt that my bills were too high but EDF won't have any of it.

Could the metre reader be faulty? I have a digital metre reader. I carried out two tests. I turned off the power supply at the mains for 30 minutes( 11.30-12 pm) the LED light remained on. I did another test a few hours later. Power supply was off for two hours ( 2pm 4pm) and the LED lights were still on. I also noticed that the digit on the far right was moving. I live in a converted house and have two three neighbours

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

That sounds too much! I got mine today which seems too much but not as bad as yours-quarterly bill £120 for a one bed flat all electric.

System

Just thought I would contribute some finding those looking to save money.
My 6 year old PC uses 100W per hour. My 6 year old monitor uses 50W per hour. Bedroom TV uses 60W per hour, also a few years old.

I can now buy similar technology, faster and better infact, that uses
PC - 25W,
Monitor 15W,
TV - 20W

So 210W of the old technology, versues just 60W of the new stuff. This is a huge saving. Say I use all this equipment for 6 hours per day. This is around a £50 saving per year, from one bedroom! Do this for other bedrooms too etc, serious savings. My number 1 moneysavingtip is always to buy the lowest power electricals, serious savings.

toasterman

berbastrike wrote: »

Just thought I would contribute some finding those looking to save money.
My 6 year old PC uses 100W per hour. My 6 year old monitor uses 50W per hour. Bedroom TV uses 60W per hour, also a few years old.

I can now buy similar technology, faster and better infact, that uses
PC - 25W,
Monitor 15W,
TV - 20W

So 210W of the old technology, versues just 60W of the new stuff. This is a huge saving. Say I use all this equipment for 6 hours per day. This is around a £50 saving per year, from one bedroom! Do this for other bedrooms too etc, serious savings. My number 1 moneysavingtip is always to buy the lowest power electricals, serious savings.

That's interesting to see how much electrical gadgets have improved.
But, to replace a PC, monitor and TV, is surely at least £600. To save £50 per year? All three gadgets will be obsolete a long way before you ever recoup close to that.

Also, sadly power consumption is something lacking from the information to hand in shops, although I notice some manufacturers have started stating it sometimes, online, especially with devices like mobile phones or laptops, designed to be portable.

That said, I'm not sure if this information is the same information that you're finding while measuring, because according to say Apple's website - their lowest spec iMac uses 205w (that's an all in one, so includes monitor).
Dell don't list any power specifications at all, a HP touchscreen PC chosen at random (one of the few I could find that listed power requirements) says it comes with a "180w AC power adapter", a randomly-chosen Acer all-in-one says "Maximum power supply wattage: 220w".
Even with laptops, a randomly chosen Acer was "maximum power supply wattage 85w", a randomly chosen HP has a "120w power supply adapter", and a Macbook pro has an "85W MagSafe Power Adapter"

I can only assume these are different to what you're measuring (or these are very pessimistic manufacturer estimates), because your modern pc+monitor estimates are half even a budget laptop.