Electricity bill

Anewbe4u

Anewbe4u

Anewbe4u

Associate
Joined
26 Dec 2003
Posts
2,221
Hiya,

I need a little advise.

My bill is £160 a month for 3 guys living in a flat.

There will always be one light on, 1 console and 3 laptops.

The washing machine gets used I'd say 7 times a week and the tumble dryer 3 times-ish. Obviously the usual, tv on from 16:00 till 00:00, Sky + on the same.

Does this seem a bit much? I live in a flat so think I might be paying for upstairs or maybe the hairdressers downstairs?

You know those plug in heaters? How much do they use?

Thanks for any help I'm bound to get.
 
Using that calculation, no where near enough. We only have one and that's not used that much. Certainly not in the last month or so.
 
matt_fsr said:
Anewbe4u - Meant to mention last time, does your flat have its own circuit board - the box with a bunch of miniature circuit breakers in? (small trip switches that control a certain circuit)

If not, then its a dead giveaway that your electric is being half-inched!

If so, try turning off each circuit in turn, seeing what doesnt work any more - leave off all those which have no effect on what you're not using.

Or, turn off mains electric while you're out for a day/weekend.

If it affects the flat above, or the hairdressers - you'll know soon enough! :p
Click to expand...

We have the trip switches yeah. I think the meters for upstairs and the the hairdressers below will be in the same cupboard. I can prob monitor how much is used by them too to see if something fishy is going on.
 
divosuk said:
For three students in a student house that may be about right.

Do you all also use an electric shower ? With the washing machine, tumble dryer going (i'm assuming they are heating the water and it's not hot plumbed)

Also, the house probably has no or few energy saving bulbs, and the appliances are cheap energy inefficient makes with poor ratings. They may also be old and things like leaving the fridge open, and leaving things turned on will affect the bill.

My mate and his wife just got a bill for £270 for 3 months. But that was due to 4 dehumidifiers running for a few weeks solid.
Click to expand...

Hi,

We're not students :) No shower just a bath but obviously that's probably worse! All our bulbs are energy saving.

There are certainly things we could cut down but nothing major.
 
Thread revival! Umm, well its kind of been sorted now. After 20 odd phone calls I actually spoke to some one who was helpful, turns out we had been underpaying for ages, so they bumped our bill up which to £160, it was meant to go on for 2 - 3 months but of course they didn't stop it so they sent me a check for the money I paid over and the bill is now £80 a month which is much more manageable.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom