Gas & Electricity

kaz7 said:
I came across loads of batteries in the spare room , i havent had to buy any new ones actually , if you are going to tell people they are stupid whilst you dont need to worry then you are cruel, at least you got a like from the heartless bully boy
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You probably already know of them but we use Amazon product ASIN B07592M8BT upstairs in a couple of positions, they take 3 AAA batteries and pop on for 30 seconds or so when they sense movement. A godsend when getting up for a pee in the middle of the night. We did have to put them on top of the radiators though as the dog liked to lie in front of them and wave his paw all night (yes, really :( ).
 
diegoalv said:
Does it makes sense to use electrical heater instead of gas heating ?
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If you are heating just the space you are in I think gas generally will win the battle. Gas is about 1/3rd the cost of electricity per Kwh. Depending on how old / efficient your central heating is it could be closer I guess. Maybe experiment with both and take your meter readings or have a look at your usage if you have a smart meter.
 
inbetween said:
We dry ours on maidens/airers inside without the heating on, if the sun is out it goes on the line. There's only 2 of us so the weekly wash fits on two of them, it takes about a day to dry and job done. Sometimes we just hang our washed clothes on coat hangars on the door frames and they're dry in a day. Bedding takes a bit longer but we wash a set to go into the airing cupboard as a spare and then put the spare one on so it isn't a problem.

I've heard of so many people who do small daily washes and then they just bung stuff in the tumble dryer, it's no wonder that their bills are so high. We're very careful and are down to 5-7 kWh daily usage on the electric, estimated annual usage is 2200 kWh just on the electric and we couldn't get that any lower really as we work from home.

The problem nowadays is people want convenience and then that becomes normalised hence why people have such high bills but some of it is due to choices. Small washes are stupid as is using a tumble dryer where it can be avoided, we've managed 3 years in this house without one so they can't be that important.
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Ha, I could have written this word for word. I wonder if I'm schizophrenic?
 
Been catching up on this thread and it seems most of us need to get thrifty this winter trying to save on energy bills, myself included.

But let's not become as tight arsed as an average Yorkshire Tyke. Some so tight that they think nowt of turning the hob off when they flip a fuckin' egg over. Tight cunts.
 
diegoalv said:
Does it makes sense to use electrical heater instead of gas heating ?
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No it's definitely not a good idea. Each heater has a wattage rating so if it's say 2000W then that's 2 kWh, or at todays rates about 66p an hour (2x33p). Leave that on all day and it'll cost you £4-5 a day.

The second reason why they're bad is an electrical heater can only heat one room, to do every room you need multiple heaters and multiply the above figure and it gets mega expensive.

There are oil filled ones which hold the heat a bit better but they still need heating up in the first place.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
Been catching up on this thread and it seems most of us need to get thrifty this winter trying to save on energy bills, myself included.

But let's not become as tight arsed as an average Yorkshire Tyke. Some so tight that they think nowt of turning the hob off when they flip a fuckin' egg over. Tight cunts.
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I'm not even turning it on.......may as well spend all my money at that chicken shop near Huddersfield Towns ground

Although paying my leccy bill would probably be cheaper
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
I'm thinking if buying a 2000W ceramic heater off Amazon to heat the room I'm in and not the rest of the house.

Has anyone got one and are they worth buying? If so what make and price? Thanks.
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Below is a 2016 review of a 1400W heater I bought which is generally regarded as being a good one (not ceramic though). They calculated the cost at 4.2p per hr but at current rates that's more like 14p per hr. That's based on 30% on time so in colder months you could be 2.5 times that, so then it's 35p per hour. 8 hrs a day and it's £2.80 or £80/month. It could soon rack up and shows why central heating is still cheaper than electricity in the main. Add to that the £425 price tag of it.

Haverland RC Wave Electric Radiator Review

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Dirty Harry said:
I’m sure there’s a few people who remember the old maidens in the kitchen with the rope and pulley system hanging from the ceiling ?

Bring em back I say !
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You can still buy them, my dad just installed one in his house. The problem being most houses have ceilings too low now so while if you do have room for one, although it gets cheaper to dry your clothes it gets dearer to warm the room in the first place.
 
mancityvstoke said:
I'm not even turning it on.......may as well spend all my money at that chicken shop near Huddersfield Towns ground

Although paying my leccy bill would probably be cheaper
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Told you it wasn't cheap there mate. * Bang on chicken n' chips though, eh?

I've still those chicken wings in my fridge. Tell ya what I'll nibble the chicken to the bone and bring the bones round to yours. I'll even throw in half a tub of hot chilli sauce and you can stir it into a bowl of cold corporation pop,(water) That chilli will warm your bones; )

*Marstons Chicken shop. Big juicy good quality chicken pieces under seasoned crispy skin. Much better than the skin n' bone merchants trading as KFC.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
Told you it wasn't cheap there mate. * Bang on chicken n' chips though, eh?

I've still those chicken wings in my fridge. Tell ya what I'll nibble the chicken to the bone and bring the bones round to yours. I'll even throw in half a tub of hot chilli sauce and you can stir it into a bowl of cold corporation pop,(water) That chilli will warm your bones; )

*Marstons Chicken shop. Big juicy good quality chicken pieces under seasoned crispy skin. Much better skin n' bone merchants trading as KFC.
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plus the view in the car park ;)
 
Anecdotal question, but the population in the UK in 1992 was 57 million, it is now 68 million.

Does an extra 10 million people, new homes and all using Gas and Electric push up the demand, thus also push the increase in cost ?
 
BlueHammer85 said:
Anecdotal question, but the population in the UK in 1992 was 57 million, it is now 68 million.

Does an extra 10 million people, new homes and all using Gas and Electric push up the demand, thus also push the increase in cost ?
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Is that what they call growth?

Planners should factor energy requirements into this sort of thing Shirley?

Ultimately we have to get rid of Gas and should have done years ago.
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
You can still buy them, my dad just installed one in his house. The problem being most houses have ceilings too low now so while if you do have room for one, although it gets cheaper to dry your clothes it gets dearer to warm the room in the first place.
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Must be really low these days then, like bleedin rabbit hutches :-D, my Nanna had one in her council house in Benchill and we had one in our flat nearby.
 
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