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Is it cheaper than electricity?
My electricity bill is hideous (£75 per month for a 2 bed semi) I've doubled checked the meter readings and I'm on a good tarrif too.
Done all the usual energy saving bulbs *spit spit* made sure everything is unplugged/turned off when not in use (TV, AV kit, Game consoles, phone chargers) frankly that makes piss all difference.
Did a bit more "digging" tonight and the only thing I could find in my house that made the meter spin like a b
d is the electric hob, we do quite a lot of cooking at home and for the hour a day its probably in use it must use the same (if not more) than everything else put together, so accounts for about 50% of my electricity usage.
Does gas work out cheaper? I've a gas feed in the kitchen but went with electric as I was fitting the kitchen myself and could hook up the electric appliances myself without getting someone in.
Cheers
Dave
My electricity bill is hideous (£75 per month for a 2 bed semi) I've doubled checked the meter readings and I'm on a good tarrif too.
Done all the usual energy saving bulbs *spit spit* made sure everything is unplugged/turned off when not in use (TV, AV kit, Game consoles, phone chargers) frankly that makes piss all difference.
Did a bit more "digging" tonight and the only thing I could find in my house that made the meter spin like a b
d is the electric hob, we do quite a lot of cooking at home and for the hour a day its probably in use it must use the same (if not more) than everything else put together, so accounts for about 50% of my electricity usage.Does gas work out cheaper? I've a gas feed in the kitchen but went with electric as I was fitting the kitchen myself and could hook up the electric appliances myself without getting someone in.
Cheers
Dave
davido140 said:
Is it cheaper than electricity?
My electricity bill is hideous (£75 per month for a 2 bed semi) I've doubled checked the meter readings and I'm on a good tarrif too.
Done all the usual energy saving bulbs *spit spit* made sure everything is unplugged/turned off when not in use (TV, AV kit, Game consoles, phone chargers) frankly that makes piss all difference.
Did a bit more "digging" tonight and the only thing I could find in my house that made the meter spin like a bd is the electric hob, we do quite a lot of cooking at home and for the hour a day its probably in use it must use the same (if not more) than everything else put together, so accounts for about 50% of my electricity usage.
Does gas work out cheaper? I've a gas feed in the kitchen but went with electric as I was fitting the kitchen myself and could hook up the electric appliances myself without getting someone in.
Cheers
Dave
the electricity people just came and changed our meter for free, it was over 20 yrs old and he said it should get a bit cheaper.My electricity bill is hideous (£75 per month for a 2 bed semi) I've doubled checked the meter readings and I'm on a good tarrif too.
Done all the usual energy saving bulbs *spit spit* made sure everything is unplugged/turned off when not in use (TV, AV kit, Game consoles, phone chargers) frankly that makes piss all difference.
Did a bit more "digging" tonight and the only thing I could find in my house that made the meter spin like a b
d is the electric hob, we do quite a lot of cooking at home and for the hour a day its probably in use it must use the same (if not more) than everything else put together, so accounts for about 50% of my electricity usage.Does gas work out cheaper? I've a gas feed in the kitchen but went with electric as I was fitting the kitchen myself and could hook up the electric appliances myself without getting someone in.
Cheers
Dave
I know our hoover, tumble dryer and halogen lights make it go crazy! so I don't wash or hoover now and we live by candlelight.
Central heating and hot water comes from the gas boiler, (about £45-50pcm which is understandable for a 120 year old end terrace with about as much insulation as a carboard box).
No idea is the cost of a gas hob will be more than the savings, if it saved say £25 pcm then it'd pay for itself in under a year. (whats a cheapo gas hob cost, £150?)
Immersion heater is definitely not on!
So £75 definitely sounds too expensive fo rmy little house!
I might have to invest in one of those electrikery meter things and do some more testing.
Annoyingly I'm definitely using waaay less power than I did 3 years ago (never turned the lights off, used to run 3 or 4 computers 24x7, all appliances on standby etc) and its about 2.5 x the price I was paying back then. Has coal got really expensive lately?
No idea is the cost of a gas hob will be more than the savings, if it saved say £25 pcm then it'd pay for itself in under a year. (whats a cheapo gas hob cost, £150?)
Immersion heater is definitely not on!
So £75 definitely sounds too expensive fo rmy little house!
I might have to invest in one of those electrikery meter things and do some more testing.
Annoyingly I'm definitely using waaay less power than I did 3 years ago (never turned the lights off, used to run 3 or 4 computers 24x7, all appliances on standby etc) and its about 2.5 x the price I was paying back then. Has coal got really expensive lately?
I recently swapped gas and lecy provider and while my bills have been estimated for ages now and when I supplied the readings to the old company I received a little shock (if you pardon the pun). I ended up paying an additional £100 or so for lecy but got a rebate of similar size for gas. So I think gas works our cheaper.
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