Energy prices predicted to rise to £3,850 in January...

Has anyone else been monitoring their electricity use more closely recently? I have but really struggling to get it down. Seems to constantly be around 30 kw per day despite turning off appliances as much as I possibly can. 5 people in our household with two kids who seem to play a lot of Xbox ….

 

The energy companies are set to make £170 billion profit in the next 2 years and yet this cretin that's just entered No.10 has ruled out a windfall tax on these companies to help people and businesses with these outrageous bills we are incurring and just blames these heavy bills on the war in Ukraine.

 

My consumption in August was about 10kWh per day, but I was home alone all month. Recently we've been attempting to reduce consumption by trying to use appliances between 10am and 2pm, as we have solar. Later, when the heating comes on, it will only run during those times to maximise power use from the roof. Sadly, we've had to stop heating the swimming pool....

 

I thought we used a lot of electric, but just checked and its between 8 to 10 kwh per day. My bill is bad enough, so glad it's not 30kwh! Only 2 of us though, so guess that helps somewhat.

 

Chimney swept. Log burner cleaned. Wood store full (mainly sawn up floor joists I’ve foraged from skips).

WARNING. If you live within two miles of me and have anything made of wood, I will find it. And I will burn it.

 

Times are hard if you have to switch off the pool . 3 of us here and we use c. 7 kWh a day but the big hitters, heating and showers are gas. To get to 30 kWh a day you must have some big energy use items? Don’t think you can lay the blame at the feet of Bill Gates. That said switching off x-box rather than leaving in standby saves a decent amount. I’ve put all the ‘stuff’ in tv room that I want to switch off on a single multi socket so it’s just one switch when I’m heading for bed. Pennies I know, but they may as well stay in my pocket.

 

Heats you up twice; once cutting it, once burning it.

 

Just read that quote and knew I’d seen it before.
You know where? In the book Stig of the Dump that I last read in 1990. Christ knows why I remembered that.

 

This is what I am struggling with. It’s a good sized house but has LED spots everywhere. Heating is currently off and heating water up twice per day for one hour via heat pump. In terms of devices nothing too abnormal - a fridge, freezer, washing machines, the only thing unusual is a klargester bio disc as we are not on mains drains, but have checked and it’s supposed to be efficient.

 

Hope you don't live near me

 

Is it true you should turn off devices at the wall if not in use? Like the kettle, toaster etc. Smart meter fella told us that but I am still not convinced. How much power is that supposed to save? About 2p a year, or is it true?

 

Anything that has a standby mode, a display, an LED etc would save a tiny amount if you turned it off at the socket. Most kettles and toasters would not benefit from being turned off, as they only consume power when in use.

 

Wood porn. I WILL FIND YOU....

 

It probably depends on the device. Anything with an LCD screen would probably draw some power all the time, but I'd be surprised if a toaster or kettle used anything - unless its a smart one maybe.

 

That’s a great idea, got one of those multiple socket things in the house somewhere. Cheers

 

hopefully you have both a smart meter and a smart monitor.
We also typically use 10-12kW a day and try and use power when our solar panels are generating. Our house (2 of us) generally “runs” at around 400w unless running kettles, oven, washer or tumble. But that 400w includes fridge, freezer and I work from home.
Literally went round the house turning everything off and looking at the smart MONITOR to check consumption when it got turned back on.
Almost certainly the heat pump will be the cause. I’d guess maybe 3kW per hour? So that’s 6kW or generally half of what some people on here are using per day. No idea on the BIO disc you mention (even 250w on all day is 6kW). Ovens are killers too, so cooked meals using ovens or inefficient electric (halogen?) hobs could easily burn off another 4-5 kW a day.

good luck finding the culprits.

 

Thanks mate that’s helpful. I think you are right on the HP - I am still trying to get to the bottom of it but usage over a 24 hour period seems ridiculously high when I’ve only had it on to heat water twice - 18kw ……thankfully I have vaillant coming to service it next Friday.

 

can spend a lot of time looking at full wood bins

 

From Martin Lewis



He also tweeted
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Point 15 of this has not been said in parliament, but I've been told this directly by the Secretary of State for Business as its what I was arguing for.

"Those on fixes, can either stay on them, or can leave and switch to the new state subsidised tariffs with no exit penalties."

 

This number they always quote in the news really winds me up - its totally meaningless and misleading - its treating people like they are stupid and also not giving them the information they need to be able to quickly work their own bills out - I spent a loooong ass time searching for the actual predicted kwh prices rather then this bloody meaningless number that's always in the press.