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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 7, 2022 8:53:56 GMT
Change your cooking
I always used to cook in the electric oven on a Pyrex lid
All fine
Recently I tried food on a metal baking tray. Some instructions recommend it
Same times but burned some items so have now reduced cooking times
Still experimenting but likely to be 5 minutes less on 30
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Post by speedysteve on Sept 7, 2022 9:10:11 GMT
Forgot to say.
The main difference with us and the UK average is that we are at home 24/7.
We don't go off to work / turn off because of that.
The good thing about underfloor heating is that it's on for couple of hours early morning, and then just gives great all day. Right up to bedtime we've found.
Really efficient.
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Post by mariesays on Sept 16, 2022 11:52:43 GMT
Reduce your energy costs by avoiding heating or cooling your house or place of business when you don't need it. A more sophisticated air conditioning system may be employed to maintain airflow while using less energy, which has the immediate drawback of making a room or the entire home unpleasant. The alternative is to use natural light during the day to brighten spaces. Use window blinds rather than traditional curtains. They do an excellent job of regulating the amount of light that enters the house while also giving the inside of your home a warm appearance. Long-term electricity use can be decreased by doing this. Additionally, heating and cooling use 80% of the power consumed in residences. We turn on the heat or air conditioning when we don't need to most of the time. Setting your thermostat a few degrees lower when you aren't home will help you save money. These are a few of the ways you may conserve power. Searching online will provide other options. |
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Post by brian2957 on Sept 16, 2022 15:22:17 GMT
Yup, we have blinds all over the house which are always open during daylight hours. I have a Hive heating controller in my home and can switch the heating on and off remotely. I know it works locally and in Places like Prague and Budapest, and can leave the heating off when we are out and switch it on an hour or two before we return home. We will certainly be more careful with our energy usage in the future. Thanks for the tips  |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 13, 2022 10:03:54 GMT
I think we should have a small prize for that hardy soul among us who puts the heating on last this year. 
I've got used to our flat being 17c whereas last year I would have maintained a temperature of 18.5c |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 13, 2022 10:16:21 GMT
We have to have the underfloor heating on, which is set to 19C.
No upstairs heating until we are screaming for mercy.
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Post by Slinger on Oct 13, 2022 15:35:39 GMT
British Gas just requested that I up my DD, because my current DD would have leave me over three-hundred quid in debt at the end of the year, despite the fact that my account is currently over £800.00 in credit. How does that work then?  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 13, 2022 16:23:04 GMT
Sums. As done by British Gas
Very complicated sums that we are not allowed to show you
Besides we have dividends for directors and shareholders, plus the very fair bonuses for top management and plenty of others, kickbacks to Tories
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Post by MartinT on Oct 13, 2022 16:58:50 GMT
Our electricity DD was £199/mo last month. We are over £600 in credit.
I went to the Eon site and attempted to reduce it a lot but it would only allow a 10% reduction so I reset it to £180/mo.
My bank account reports that they actually took out £114 this month!
Very complicated sums done using crayon on a rough wall.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 17, 2022 15:19:59 GMT
Read your meter. Every day at the same time for a week or so
Average for the UK I read is 7-8Kwh per day
What's yours ?
Ours is 11Kwh
Puzzled me enough to go looking
We use 3Kwh between 9pm and 7am when next to nothing is on. Turned various items off overnight*. No difference, still 3Kwh
The only single item left is the underfloor heat mat in the shower room which I didn't think was even on
*Power amp on standby, Tivo, Freeview box, all mains filters and conditioners, water heater immersion (don't even know how to turn it on as the gas does the heat), spur off to the garage, small fridge, larger fridge freezer
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Post by speedysteve on Oct 18, 2022 7:18:38 GMT
Without daughter staying with us we can see 6 or 7KWh / day.
She has a ton of computers and screens for work that draw..
3 people just use more than 2,
More washing, more dishes, more hairdryer, more TV, more devices, Qooker use / coffee machine use.
It's anything between 8 and 11KWh with her home.
She contributes and to food shop, so it's no issue.
She's moving out soon as her house sale in Ely is complete and her new place is all but finalised.
Going 30°C washing machine and banning the tumble dryer made a difference.
Marie wanted extra freezer just to fill, NO!
With the 2 of us, the Am style Falcon freezer size is big enough.
Tough for a family to reach 7.9KHw / day, national average, in an average house though..
Too many devices, screens, washing etc etc.
Did you get to the bottom of your large KW draw?
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Post by mikeyb on Oct 18, 2022 7:49:39 GMT
Check next door, might be plugged into your supply A mate at work was under the floorboards of a house he was doing some sparky work on and discovered some strange wiring, traced it to next door who were connected to the house he was working on, no wonder the old dears build were so high. Quick call to Scottish Power and the Police sorted that problem  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 18, 2022 8:00:48 GMT
We have gone down from 26kWh/day (last winter) to 13kWh/day (now). That's pretty good for our big barn plus annex (music room).
No main barn heating, just cooking, washing and the annex underfloor heating.
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Post by orange55 on Oct 18, 2022 9:39:40 GMT
MikeMusic I have just checked mine and I am surprised but it is only 8.1 kWh per day. This is surprising as I work from home, our house is considered larger than the average, we do use the tumble dryer a few times a week, have two kids with Xbox's, TV's, laptops etc, two AV systems, electric cooking, the house is often lit up like a Christmas tree as the kids can't work light switches. ;-)
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Post by mansie on Oct 18, 2022 11:30:20 GMT
Same here, from my annual electricity usage of ~3000 kWh I arrive at 8.2 kWh/day. Medium sized house, work from home, heating and cooking are gas, two kids with electronics and laptops. Using the oven and the main computer seems to cost most. The Smart meter says I am now spending £3/day on electricity. Gas is much less but I haven't put the heating on this year.
It is helpful to know our household uses UK average for electricity but I still want to bring the bills down. In a weeks time I should have the solar panels + battery fitted, only a small system as we don't use much.
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Post by mansie on Oct 18, 2022 13:13:39 GMT
In addition I cannot overstate how helpful our Smart meter has been. The energy usage in pounds is literally staring me in the face in the Smart Meter display. This meter also allows me to do little experiments switching appliances on/off to see how much they consume.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 19, 2022 16:54:02 GMT
I felt obliged to check our electricity use after reading this. During the week we are using 7 kWh/day in our two bedroom flat and that's being as careful as poss - I'll test it over a longer period when I can.
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Post by MikeMusic on Oct 19, 2022 17:16:57 GMT
I'd be very interested to hear everyone else's use overnight, assuming next to nothing is turned on
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Post by orange55 on Oct 19, 2022 17:57:36 GMT
We use approximately 270w per hour when house is sleeping, according the the smart meter.
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Post by mansie on Oct 20, 2022 9:45:51 GMT
If you switch the Smartmeter to "usage now" it indicates just Watts (= joules / second), the instantaneous usage. If that is constant for an hour you calculate the kWh:
Energy usage = (270 W x 1 hr) / 1000 = 0.27 kWh
At current rates this is equivalent to £0.10 / hr.
My house at rest instantaneous usage was 70 W last night, running a broadband hub, a streamer (mini PC) and a charger. Maybe the fridge was in its low energy use cycle.
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