My daughter left the fan heater on today

[bearman68]

Wacky Racer said:

If she is genuinely cold get her a small 800w Oil filled radiator, cost around £25......100% safe and costs now't to run.

Great for taking the chill off.

No, a extra jumper is £25 and nothing to run. A 800w heater costs about 15pph to run.

[Wombat3]

bearman68 said:

Wacky Racer said:

If she is genuinely cold get her a small 800w Oil filled radiator, cost around £25......100% safe and costs now't to run.

Great for taking the chill off.

No, a extra jumper is £25 and nothing to run. A 800w heater costs about 15pph to run.

Only if you are on a particularly crap tariff!

Usual rates are round 12/13p /kwh so an 800W heater will cost 80% of that per hour to run - i.e. around 10-11p

[Badda]

bearman68 said:

No, a extra jumper is £25 and nothing to run. A 800w heater costs about 15pph to run.

The thing about living indoors and being of fixed abode is that you don't need to cover yourself in cloth to try and preserve body heat - there are various options open to you.

[magooagain]

bernhund said:

South East Water left my garden hose running for 4 days once. Best part of 70,000 litres through my meter and onto my grass. Worked out the cost and it was only about £30! Grass looked good.

70,000 litre's in four days. Was the tap only dripping?

[ATM]

What about one of those little timers that go between plug and socket.

You're brave mentioning your daughter in here. I'm surprused no one has asked for pics of her.

[bernhund]

magooagain said:

bernhund said:

South East Water left my garden hose running for 4 days once. Best part of 70,000 litres through my meter and onto my grass. Worked out the cost and it was only about £30! Grass looked good.

70,000 litre's in four days. Was the tap only dripping?

Crap mains water pressure here. We were only getting 12 lpm at the time. Supplier said it met the minimum by law.

[TheInternet]

Ayahuasca said:

Not an electric kettle - a normal one that we use on a gas stove.

Lives in 1924 yet has internet, perplexing.

[Sycamore]

TheInternet said:

Ayahuasca said:

Not an electric kettle - a normal one that we use on a gas stove.

Lives in 1924 yet has internet, perplexing.

I don't think I've ever actually seen a kettle you use with a stove in real life. Only in movies. Old ones at that

[brrapp]

Sycamore said:

TheInternet said:

Ayahuasca said:

Not an electric kettle - a normal one that we use on a gas stove.

Lives in 1924 yet has internet, perplexing.

I don't think I've ever actually seen a kettle you use with a stove in real life. Only in movies. Old ones at that

We've got one, sits permanently on the 'cold' side of the stove just below boiling point. Just slide it over to the hot side and you've got a kettle full of boiling water in about 10 seconds. That's country living for you.

[SamR380]

On the topic of kettles and p/kWh, is it cheaper to boil a kettle on a gas stove rather than use an electric one?

I know gas is cheaper per kWh but I imagine less energy is wasted in the electric kettle.

[sparkythecat]

We once left the electric blanket in the spare room switched on for three months
IIRC it out about 30 pounds on the bill. I was just glad it didn't catch fire.

[essayer]

SamR380 said:

On the topic of kettles and p/kWh, is it cheaper to boil a kettle on a gas stove rather than use an electric one?

I know gas is cheaper per kWh but I imagine less energy is wasted in the electric kettle.

The OH bought us a stovetop kettle because it looked nice, it was fking useless
Even with the wok burner on full it took easily 5x longer to boil
Also, it broke the flame detect on the wok burner, which wasn’t designed for continuous use at full power.
So it might have been slightly cheaper, but you don’t want to spend your whole breakfast waiting for a kettle. Electric all the way

[Sheepshanks]

Sycamore said:

I don't think I've ever actually seen a kettle you use with a stove in real life. Only in movies. Old ones at that

Had one at home when I was a kid. They melted now and again if the whistle cap didn't drop down and it boiled dry.

Stayed in a Disneyworld villa last year and that had a stove-top kettle.

[AC43]

Sycamore said:

TheInternet said:

Ayahuasca said:

Not an electric kettle - a normal one that we use on a gas stove.

Lives in 1924 yet has internet, perplexing.

I don't think I've ever actually seen a kettle you use with a stove in real life. Only in movies. Old ones at that

My BIL has one. Uses it on an induction hob which is even more confusing. Like something out of Back to the Future.

[V8mate]

Surprised how many people are concerned that their electrical goods will catch fire.

[Sheepshanks]

bernhund said:

Well fk my old boots. I thought it was going to be £25! I was only going to use the cost to stress the point. I might still tell her it was £25!

If it did cost £25 to leave it on for a few hours you'd be paying around £2400 for your quarterly electricity bill.

[TooMany2cvs]

bernhund said:

Well fk my old boots. I thought it was going to be £25! I was only going to use the cost to stress the point. I might still tell her it was £25!

Where's the "old folks dying of cold because they exaggerate the cost of heating" thread gone?

[Flibble]

SamR380 said:

On the topic of kettles and p/kWh, is it cheaper to boil a kettle on a gas stove rather than use an electric one?

I know gas is cheaper per kWh but I imagine less energy is wasted in the electric kettle.

Gas is about a quarter of the cost of electricity, but a gas kettle is only bout 25-35% efficient. An electric kettle is very efficient, above 90% typically. So gas is maybe marginally cheaper, but much slower. Induction hobs are more efficient than gas hobs, but less efficient than an electric kettle.

[TheInternet]

V8mate said:

Surprised how many people are concerned that their electrical goods will catch fire.

Not concerned about many of them, but cooking appliances, heaters and tumble dryers are great candidates for that sort of thing.

[2Btoo]

ATM said:

WYou're brave mentioning your daughter in here. I'm surprused no one has asked for pics of her.

Just what I thought.

OP - pics, now!