Electric heaters = HUGE Bill!!!

Damn, electricity in UK is expensive - here in Malaysia the pricing gets done in tiers, ie :

First 207 kwh is is £0.04 kw/h then £0.07, up to £0.09 on this bill (this month I used 806 KWh)
 
pokerking said:
Comparison Yeah 28p is quite high! I am on the 'Elec Online Energy with EnergySmart' tariff. I may need to do some serious homework it seems.
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I'm on 9.7p +27p a day standing charge. Edf fixed till 2015 iirc.

Still can't understand how your also paying so much for gas with no gas heating, unless that's silly high as well.

You do haves cheap night rate, so you could look at electric storage heaters.
 
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I think gas is around the right sort of price? We do use it quite a lot to be fair. The cooker is on twice a day, a full bath a night sometimes it gets filled twice and various washing up during the day, we dont have gas central heating but with gas prices atm £45 seems fair?

Eon phoned me the other day offering a much cheaper Gas tariff but could not match British Gas on electricity.
 
Glaucus said:
I'm on 9.7p +27p a day standing charge. Edf fixed till 2015 iirc.

Still can't understand how your also paying so much for gas with no gas heating, unless that's silly high as well.
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That's cheap, we're on BG under a fixed to June this year and thats First 79 kWh @ 14.35p and 11.09p after...

Is that deal still on?
 
pokerking said:
I think gas is around the right sort of price? We do use it quite a lot to be fair. The cooker is on twice a day, a full bath a night sometimes it gets filled twice and various washing up during the day, we dont have gas central heating but with gas prices atm £45 seems fair?

Eon phoned me the other day offering a much cheaper Gas tariff but could not match British Gas on electricity.
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Expensive. I do lots of cooking and baths don't use much more than showers, especially as I spend ages under it. Although depends how long you shower. Also use gas central heating, 3 bed large house with next to no insulation.
Pay less than I thought £38 a month. 3.353p + 19.72p per day.
 
Glaucus said:
Expensive. I do lots of cooking and baths don't use much more than showers, especially as I spend ages under it. Although depends how long you shower. Also use gas central heating, 3 bed large house with next to no insulation.
Pay less than I thought £38 a month. 3.353p + 19.72p per day.
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Baths use much more that showers?? A shower is not gas for a start?
 
You say the heaters have been on all day so I assume one or both of you are at home in the daytime?
If so then you should be taking advantage of the E7 you have by using storage heaters charged up overnight on the cheap rate and releasing heat during the day. Good if you are at home all day but not so good if only home in the evening. You can pick up s/h storage heaters for £50 or so, there's nothing to go wrong just an element inside and some heat retaining bricks.
There must be a cheaper dual fuel tariff to yours, I'm electric only and it's 12.6p per kw tier 2 and 5.6p E7. Dual fuel should always a cheaper tariff than elec only.
Dont bother with the calor super-ser type heaters unless you like the place running with condensation and mould behind all your furniture.
 
ron3003 said:
You say the heaters have been on all day so I assume one or both of you are at home in the daytime?
If so then you should be taking advantage of the E7 you have by using storage heaters charged up overnight on the cheap rate and releasing heat during the day. Good if you are at home all day but not so good if only home in the evening. You can pick up s/h storage heaters for £50 or so, there's nothing to go wrong just an element inside and some heat retaining bricks.
There must be a cheaper dual fuel tariff to yours, I'm electric only and it's 12.6p per kw tier 2 and 5.6p E7. Dual fuel should always a cheaper tariff than elec only.
Dont bother with the calor super-ser type heaters unless you like the place running with condensation and mould behind all your furniture.
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I work during the day so leave at 7am and back at 5pm my GF has been off work for 2 months so I guess they have been on during the day which to be fair if she is cold she turns them on. I really had no idea or didn't think they would use so much :(!! Sorry if I sound really stupid here but what is E7? I will look into the storage heating bit but would I really save much more than £45?? Gahhhh anyway the heaters are coming off pronto ha!! They have a 750W setting but its always been on 2400W and on the max heating setting. It has been turned right down if it needs to go on.

I have been looking at http://www.heatingdirect.co/Econo-Heat-Panel-Heater-p/eheater.htm I shall be replacing my 2 2400W heaters with one of these, hopefully it will reduce my bill by £400 :eek:
 
Where 'bouts in the Uk are you OP? Stafford over here, temps been around 5C-9C, now down to 0C for the night. Still haven't turned on my central heating, just hot water. You might wanna look at cavity insulation. Had that done in 2010 and it made a huge difference. I only need to turn the heating on if the outside temperature is in minus degrees.
 
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