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What is the average electricity units per day?
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The label indicates a temperature that is not to be exceeded. 40 simply means that 40 is the maximum temperature that you can wash at before damage occurs.If it says 40 on the label though, won't it damage clothes to wash at 30? If it's not going to do any harm then yes we could certainly switch to washing at 30 rather than 40.0 -
I can't do anything about the items in red, fridge and freezer are a necessity as if I turned them off the food would defrost and go bad, the washing machine and tumble are a necessity as clothes, towels and bedding all have to be washed (obviously in summer things can go outside on the line but we've had rain nearly every day for the past few months so no option but to tumble dry). I could turn the lights off in rooms that aren't occupied, I do accept that, but my understanding has always been that lights cost virtually nothing to run and so wouldn't make much of an impact (the reason we leave them on is down to how the house is designed, for instance if we go from living room into the kitchen we have to walk half way across the kitchen going up a small step to get to the light switch and in the dark that isn't ideal so it's easier to just leave the light on).
The 150 units of gas converts to around 1680 kwh, my gas meter read is in units which they then convert by the following process, x 1.02264 x 39.4 ÷ 3.6
So your total energy consumption is fairly typical, but you're using nearly four times the average amount of electricity and about a tenth of the average gas consumption. That suggests to me that you're heating by electricity not gas.
If you put an electric heater in a room which has a radiator with a radstat, then the electric heat will cause the rad to shut off, and that room will become all-electric.
If there are only three people in the house, I can't see why you need two fridges and freezers.0 -
So your total energy consumption is fairly typical, but you're using nearly four times the average amount of electricity and about a tenth of the average gas consumption. That suggests to me that you're heating by electricity not gas.
If you put an electric heater in a room which has a radiator with a radstat, then the electric heat will cause the rad to shut off, and that room will become all-electric.
If there are only three people in the house, I can't see why you need two fridges and freezers.
No, not using electric for heat. Yes we have a portable electric heater but it only gets used when it's really cold and necessary, not very often. Our heating is gas. Last months bill for Febuary was £180 electric and £82 Gas so if that's a tenth of the normal Gas then that's scary.
We most definitely do need the fridges and freezers and it baffles me how people can manage with less. Just take milk as an example, we use 10 x 4 pint cartons a week, that in itself takes up a lot of space.0 -
...so if that's a tenth of the normal Gas....
My mistake, I was thinking you had said 1680kWh PA rather than PM! That's almost exactly average for a medium sized house, so that just brings us back to a high electricity bill then.
The biggest eaters of electricity are the ones I highlighted in red above, so they're the ones that offer the biggest potential reductions if you decide to change lifestyle.
(You're getting through about three times as much milk each as I do!)0 -
Me, my wife and our teenage son. It's one small fridge which is used just for drinks, one tall fridge for the usual milk, eggs, yogurts, meats, butter, veg etc. One tall freezer at present but whilst it holds a lot it would be nice to have another as it would mean not having to shop quite so often.
If it says 40 on the label though, won't it damage clothes to wash at 30? If it's not going to do any harm then yes we could certainly switch to washing at 30 rather than 40.
Yes, that's the commonsense approach but unfortunately it's the positioning of the light switches that are the problem. Most people have the switches by the door, but unfortunately we don't, for instance if we go into the kitchen, we have to walk half way across the kitchen going up a small step to get to the light switch, which in the dark isn't ideal (when we first moved in this house, my wife tripped doing exactly that one night and split her head open from banging it as she fell, so it has just become habit for us since then to leave the lights on once it starts going dark), our bedroom is similar, we have to walk all the way around the bed to get to the light switch which is over by the window. I think the reason for the poor layout is that the previous owner when they had the extension built obviously opted to minimize costs.
What wattage are the bulbs that you are leaving on all the time, if you haven't already switch them to low energy LED's, this will have a significant saving over Halogen/incandesant bulbs.0 -
I don't want to look critical of your lifestyle choices, but 40 pints of milk a week??We most definitely do need the fridges and freezers and it baffles me how people can manage with less. Just take milk as an example, we use 10 x 4 pint cartons a week, that in itself takes up a lot of space.
That is a lot for 3 people, that's 2 pints each a day. Unless I'm mistaken, that is far from the norm.0 -
I don't want to look critical of your lifestyle choices, but 40 pints of milk a week??
That is a lot for 3 people, that's 2 pints each a day. Unless I'm mistaken, that is far from the norm.
I didn't think it was a lot but it's mainly me that drinks it. Always been a milk drinker ever since we used to get free milk at school back in the 70's. I have a pint every morning and every night before bed, and sometimes throughout the day, my son will often have a glass of milk too, my wife uses it in tea, and it gets used for cereal and puddings.0 -
What wattage are the bulbs that you are leaving on all the time, if you haven't already switch them to low energy LED's, this will have a significant saving over Halogen/incandesant bulbs.
The bulbs vary, for single bulb lights (bedrooms and bathroom) it's 60w or 100w, but the kitchen has a strip with 5 of the MR16 20w, the living room has one fitting with 5 40w golfball bulbs and a couple of lamps with 40w candle bulbs, there's 6 of the long tube flourescent lights (1 top of stairs, 2 utility room, and 3 garage although garage lights are virtually never used), office has 2 100w spotlights and a 40w lamp.
I did try the energy saving bulbs once (the wifes idea) but didn't like them as one they were much more expensive and two they weren't as bright.0
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