Tech guys- What is your electricity bill?

jonneymendoza · 28 Nov 2019 at 07:29

As i imagine most of us here have lots of electrical tech like computers, game consoles, nice tv's etc etc, what is your average electricity bill each month and who is your provider?
My average bill is around £60-£70 a month and my missus thinks thats way too much and watching my use now on the tech i use and buy

For your information i have the following:

42 inch 1080p TV(missus wont let me get a bigger one!)
ps4console
denon 5.1 surround sound system with sub woofer and AV unit
HTPC with a 980gtx inside and 4 core i7 cpu
Desktop PC with 6 core i7, 64gb ram, around 5 ssd's inside it and a 2080ti card
one 32inch 4k wide gamut hdr monitor from asus
one 30inch dell wide gamut monitor
Old midi hIfi system with 2 speakers for my pc
a desktop tower server with about 8-9 WD Red NAS drives inside it(i use to have this on 124/7 but not anymore)
raspberry pi 4 connected to two external 2.5 hdd's for my always on file server
another Raspberry pi 3 running pi-hole all the time

Is this overkill? Am i paying way too much for electricity?
I only live in a 2 bedroom flat

jsmoke · 28 Nov 2019 at 07:33

You got smart meter?

NoobCannon · 28 Nov 2019 at 07:46

Yes or no you maybe are or aren't paying too much for electricity.

maddness · 28 Nov 2019 at 07:52

What about lighting around the house, are you led'd up? I found that made a massive difference for me

Also I don't leave PCs on 24/7, I let them go in sleep though they are on in the day

Are any of your TVs plasma variant

Who is your energy provider, you're not on a standard tariff?

pinkpound · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:00

We pay about the same per month tho we have 4 in the house , 21 & 15 year old sons

PC is on 24/7 , sons is on few hours a day

4 TV's 55", 2x 40" + a 32"

most of our usage is probably on washing and drying even tho with A+ rated Miele washer and a Bosch dryer

jonneymendoza · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:01

maddness said:
What about lighting around the house, are you led'd up? I found that made a massive difference for me

Also I don't leave PCs on 24/7, I let them go in sleep though they are on in the day

Are any of your TVs plasma variant

Who is your energy provider, you're not on a standard tariff?

I'm with EDF with standard varient tariff

maddness · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:03

You need to get off standard, I think British gas had a very good fixed tarrif recently, bulb too

Check your lighting and go led

Radox-0 · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:07

Going to vary quiet abit tbh where you live. Are you a flat in which the heating is all via electric (water and storage heaters)?

Going to change the answer vs those who use electric and gas. Usually more expensive to heat both water and home using electric only.

I was paying around £65 on average in 2 bed flat on all electric with lowest tariff I could get when working out my habits.

jonneymendoza · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:07

maddness said:
You need to get off standard, I think British gas had a very good fixed tarrif recently, bulb too

Check your lighting and go led

Cool ill check the lights. I don't think they are leds but let me see

Efour · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:12

The joys of hydroelectric power.
I pay about 4p kwh..

jonneymendoza · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:15

Efour said:
The joys of hydroelectric power.
I pay about 4p kwh..

I checked mine and it's between 16 to 18p kwh
I use an average of 330-490 kWh according to one of my bill's

Pawnless Endgame · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:15

maddness said:
What about lighting around the house, are you led'd up? I found that made a massive difference for me

This.

LED everywhere for me. This includes 17 DMX fixtures. My leccy bill is £25 / month.

VincentHanna · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:16

I pay about £76 a month for gas and electric on a 2 bedroom end terrace house and am about £350 in credit

Wife also works from home.

So yeah, that's a lot. Do you have electric heating though?

Luckystrike123 · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:19

Do you use a tumble dryer? These drink electricity and now I have a littleone it's on all the time and my electricity bill is relatively large.

200sols · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:20

Ours is £149 a month with Bulb, 4 bed detached house.

Edit: Duel fuel that is!

jonneymendoza · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:22

VincentHanna said:
I pay about £76 a month for gas and electric on a 2 bedroom end terrace house and am about £350 in credit

Wife also works from home.

So yeah, that's a lot. Do you have electric heating though?

Nope no electric clothes dryer here and our boiler is gas.we hardly have heater on as our flat doesn't get too cold unless it's on single figure temperature outside

jonneymendoza · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:24

Radox-0 said:
Going to vary quiet abit tbh where you live. Are you a flat in which the heating is all via electric (water and storage heaters)?

Going to change the answer vs those who use electric and gas. Usually more expensive to heat both water and home using electric only.

I was paying around £65 on average in 2 bed flat on all electric with lowest tariff I could get when working out my habits.

Heating is by gas and I'm in London

james.miller · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:25

You need to look at both what you are paying AND how much you are using. Each provider will have their own set of tariffs with different costs per Kw as well as different standing charges. We can't tell you for sure if you are paying the right amount unless you can tell what your charges are and we don't know if your using too much electric for the kit you've got unless you tell us how much you are using

randomshenans · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:30

270euro a month :O

Cuchulain · 28 Nov 2019 at 08:33

Around £80 a month but my wife and I both work from home.