Electric bills

[Dean Lofthouse]

I was having the same so I got a Meter to check, got rid of fish pond, put in led lights instead of halogen, got a creel above the log burner, turned off all electrical stuff instead of leaving on standby (my daughter had moved out 12 month before and I discovered she had left the tv in her room on standby for that period) got a kettle for the stove, made the compressor in the workshop airtight, no leaky pipes.

It has at the very least halved my electric consumption and bill

[Tom2020]

Im on the cheapest, Meter going and im still spending £40+ a week everything is electric, no other option. and i only live in a 1 bed flat

[mendiplogs]

After deciding to sort money out and streamline costs ive been looking at fuel costs at home gas = nothing

heating = own logs

electric = £700

this a quarterly bill we are on prepaid meter does this sound right

 

HI TREE is that for a year mate our gas and electric is less then £800 a year that does sound a lot but how large is your house mate jon

[tree monkey]

no since sept 12 to now

it has 7 rooms in total a terraced house

[Amelanchier]

Do you have an Immersion heater? If so do you leave it on all the time?

 

Turning ours off when we didn't need it on (we don't need to reheat water from 20:00 - 16:00) saved us over 40% of our usage from day 1.

[Joy Yeomans]

we burn logs for heating have back boiler occasionally use immersion if fire not lit. 3 bed house electric bill 38 per month and always in credit but tell the leccy board to reduce your direct debit and its like pulling teeth

 

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[mendiplogs]

we burn logs for heating have back boiler occasionally use immersion if fire not lit. 3 bed house electric bill 38 per month and always in credit but tell the leccy board to reduce your direct debit and its like pulling teeth

 

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HI JOY right there re direct debit i was £200 up so i stop the dd in the end i win jon

[Paulfreebury]

I've been paying £188 a month for electric, we worked out that the immersion was probably the worst offender so we had an electric shower fitted and we've gone from 44 units per day to 22 units per day I just wish I'd have done it years ago

[likeitorlumpit]

it might be the prepay thats doing it

Have you a landlord?

Have you had meter debts in the past?

Best is get them to change to standard meter if they will.

[Paulfreebury]

Im on the cheapest, Meter going and im still spending £40+ a week everything is electric, no other option. and i only live in a 1 bed flat

 

Have you tried turning off all your electrical items in the flat then watch your meter to make sure it stops? you might have a leak.