DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
yeah tealights is 20 packs to the pound from your usual sites.
Like a quid a pack from Tiger I think
Like a quid a pack from Tiger I think
Ah well, at that price they might be competitive! I'd order loads in, though, because they're essentially petrochemical-based, and oil price rises are going to feed through sooner or lateryeah tealights is 20 packs to the pound from your usual sites.
Well if you say it's safe...I think it’s fairly safe because the candles are under the pot. When I’ve done it I’ve not plugged the drainage hole. This allows an air flow. There’s a surprising amount of heat in those candles.
It's fairly safe. Gardeners have been doing it since before WW2 to warm greenhouses.Well if you say it's safe...
Y'see ^^^^ this is what I don't get, not disputing the figures one second mind, I just don't "get" how little power you're using compared to how much power we're usingMy electricity and gas bill dd has just been put up from £42 to £138 a month.
However, based on the last few weeks of not having the gas heating on at all... my monthly spend is about £30 on electricity and £15 on gas..
So I guess I'll have to wait till they adjust again..
Nope. . . Are you powering next door as well? . . .
My daily summer usage has always been about 8 units for years and it's just me, my very slow PC, cooking, lighting - hot water only for an occasional bath ... I only recently added a small, but inefficient fridge.
8 per day - always seemed to be that for years even when I was working and didn't even have breakfast at home ...WHAT!!!
8KWh per day / week / month??
And then you compare Hollis usage not 10 posts above this one and he's using HALF of what you're using. OK he's using gas for some "stuff" but . . . HALF!!111!18 per day - always seemed to be that for years even when I was working and didn't even have breakfast at home ...
I suppose I ought to work out what I spend it on.
One cup of coffee, toast, single hotplate for up to an hour ...
I've used 3597 units in the past year - including heating - avg 9.85 including a 1kw fan heater
Winter months 1326 units over 107 days = 12.4 per day
my lighting is usually 5 watts, but I have a bad habit of wasting maybe 10 watts elsewhere ...
As I've mentioned previously I use an OWL system to get my "readings". It's an old system, the newer ones stream data so you can create, I think, a usage graph. I can do this off my system, but I'd have to take the readings and that would get "old" quite quicklyAnnoyingly I bought an appliance power use thing and it packed up almost immediately so I never replaced it.
I have weird spending habits so electricity never seemed an area where I could make a difference ...
6.2Kwh does seem high if it's just background usage.Y'see ^^^^ this is what I don't get, not disputing the figures one second mind, I just don't "get" how little power you're using compared to how much power we're using
If you're using £30 / month of electricity and let's say your KWh price is (finger in the air) 25p / KWh then that's "about" 120KWh / month so 1,440 KWh annually
HOW??
So far, this month, our LOWEST daily figure has been 6.2KWh and that's basically, background usage. NO hot water heating, no dishwasher, no washer/dryer, no underfloor heating, no oven usage. The fridge freezer uses 1KWh / day, a shower "may" use 1KWh, kettle/toaster used during the day .5KWh
There's nothing in the house that I can identify that uses "lots" of electricity and the other things, like lighting, simply can't use that amount of electricity in a 24 hour period. What am I missing???
I try to use the eco cycle on the dishwasher too. Mine takes 3 1/4 hours but there's also a "vario speed" button which apparently tells the dishwasher to work out how dirty the stuff is and can reduce the time down to about 2 1/2 hours.I live on my own. I use about 3.75kWh of electric per day according to readings from last 28 days. 2 bed semi detached. Usual stuff on standby and periodic use of oven (3-5 times a week time obv vary)/washing machine 2 to 3 times a week on an eco setting that is done and dusted in 59 mins. and slim dish washer used about once a week on an eco cycle that takes almost 4 hours! )
Might go up a bit in summer maybe for lawn mower (takes less than an hour to do) and when I use the jet wash.
These work by having an optical sensor on the water outflow and doing cycles until the water is clean enough for the optical sensor to not get disrupted.I try to use the eco cycle on the dishwasher too. Mine takes 3 1/4 hours but there's also a "vario speed" button which apparently tells the dishwasher to work out how dirty the stuff is and can reduce the time down to about 2 1/2 hours.
I use mine on a quick wash. Takes 30 ish mins.I try to use the eco cycle on the dishwasher too. Mine takes 3 1/4 hours but there's also a "vario speed" button which apparently tells the dishwasher to work out how dirty the stuff is and can reduce the time down to about 2 1/2 hours.
LuxuryI use a sink and cold water
Thanks for that comprehensive list, it’s really helpful. You don’t mention hot water. My usage is similar to High Voltage and I’m struggling to find how to reduce it. Apart from the switched spur that I’d left on and turned out to be an electric underfloor heating system in the conservatory that I’d been running for a couple of months. At least I now know all that heat wasn’t just solar gain because it was very warm in early March and I was fearing it would be unusable in the warmer months. Coupla hundred pounds wasted but a lesson learned. Tralala. (I’m in a new to me house and finding out how it works)6.2Kwh does seem high if it's just background usage.
I average around 7Kwh per day all in. I have gas CH and a gas hob but everything else is electric.
Looking at what's on all the time, it's the fridge, freezer and the mini-server in the loft (for the smart house functions), the smoke, heat and movement sensors, the router and a small controller unit for the CCTV. This time of the year I have a seed propagator with heating and that's also on all the time.
There's stuff on stand-by like the TV and Blu-ray player (they don't have an on/off switches ), the printer, Sonos speakers/AMP in the lounge, study, kitchen and bedroom, an amazon device in the kitchen and the cordless phone bases.
During the day I have the PC on and listen to music/radio via the Sonos speakers as I work from home. The TV will probably be on at some point in the evening.
I use the electric oven probably 3 or 4 days a week and I have a combination microwave which probably gets used more frequently but for less time.
I boil the kettle multiple times throughout the day and there are some other kitchen gadgets that get used occasionally like a deep fat fryer or food processor.
The dishwasher gets used every other day and the washing machine maybe once or twice a week.
For about six months of the year the heating may be on at some point during the day so the pump pushing water around the radiators will be working.
If I'm drying clothes in the winter then I have a dehumidifier which I may use but often don't bother.
There are extractor fans in the kitchen and bathroom which come on if the humidity reaches a set level and they can be over-ridden to remove "unwanted smells".
I charge up the phone, tablet, laptop, camera batteries and other rechargeable batteries when they need it.
Apart from that, it's the lawnmower once a week for maybe 9 months of the year and a water feature in the garden.
I have a Dyson Hot/Cool thing which gets used from time to time. It uses a lot to heat but not so much to cool.
Then it's just lights inside and out - all of them with one exception are LEDs.