Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)

TonyTurbo78 · 2 Apr 2022 at 21:23

Thank you very much for the advice everyone, definitely more wiser to ways I csn reduce the bills, it definitely seems like the hot water/heating is the key area I need to sort here.

Tom|Nbk · 2 Apr 2022 at 21:23

Mickie said:
7kw on standby only is bad. Is something up with the fridges? Did your boiler turn on? How old is everything?

Pretty sure it's the gate. Never really thought about it however after a quick Google they are absoloute power zaps. Wow erm okay. Any ideas how to approach this with my neighbour anyone

Surveyor · 2 Apr 2022 at 21:25

Tom|Nbk said:
I think it's the gate! Never really thought about this but apparently they use 100w of power just on standby.. that's .50p of electricity a day...

This puts me in an awkward position as they are superb neighbours but don't think this is fair that I'm covering the gate electricity.

Tom|Nbk said:
Pretty sure it's the gate. Never really thought about it however after a quick Google they are absoloute power zaps. Wow erm okay. Any ideas how to approach this with my neighbour anyone

There's presumably something in the deeds of the properties as to who pays not only for the electricity but also maintenance etc.

The_Arbiter · 2 Apr 2022 at 21:26

On Octopus' fact thing they do, it said a microwave uses more energy displaying the time than heating your food. So plain jacket potato from the garden every day maybe?

Mickie · 2 Apr 2022 at 21:28

Tom|Nbk said:
Pretty sure it's the gate. Never really thought about it however after a quick Google they are absoloute power zaps. Wow erm okay. Any ideas how to approach this with my neighbour anyone

Dangerous Dave · 2 Apr 2022 at 21:57

Tom|Nbk said:
Pretty sure it's the gate. Never really thought about it however after a quick Google they are absoloute power zaps. Wow erm okay. Any ideas how to approach this with my neighbour anyone

Electric gates don’t use 100w an hour in standby they use about 3-5watts.

LabR@t · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:02

The_Arbiter said:
On Octopus' fact thing they do, it said a microwave uses more energy displaying the time than heating your food. So plain jacket potato from the garden every day maybe?

Just checked mine users .0.8w in standby

Mickie · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:03

Dangerous Dave said:
Electric gates don’t use 100w an hour in standby they use about 3-5watts.

Unless the motor is jammed on.

LabR@t · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:04

What's the best smart plug low profile?

LabR@t · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:28

Select tariff: UK: Price Cap - April 2022

Energy consumption: 100W
Time in use: 24 Hrs
Cost of electricity: 1.12p

*Calculated using the UK Price Cap rate of 28p/kWh (April 2022 tariff)

Just imagine if we were still rocking 100w bulbs

Tom|Nbk · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:32

Surveyor said:
There's presumably something in the deeds of the properties as to who pays not only for the electricity but also maintenance etc.

Dangerous Dave said:
Electric gates don’t use 100w an hour in standby they use about 3-5watts.

Then it must be the operation of the gates which is causing the electricity usage of nearly 5kwh when I've not even been in the house. The bottom line is the gate is probably the cause of this.

I did a quick Google for the 100w number and done some sums on the wattage usage of gates in operation and how often they're opened daily and it does seem to tally. I need to do some more investigation I think..

The gates are old (2012) it is possible that these are power zappers but I'd need to Google the mechanism to get the true figures.

I hate that I'm now even bothered about this but hey there could be worse things to concern about ...

Tom|Nbk · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:34

LabR@t said:
Just imagine if we were still rocking 100w bulbs

This is the thing isn't it. Years ago a totally none issue.

Tom|Nbk · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:35

LabR@t said:
Just checked mine users .0.8w in standby

That's still a bit of change every year! If like that 24/7

Lol at this even being a topic, total none issue. My mindset has changed on everything

LabR@t · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:38

Tom|Nbk said:
That's still a chunk of change every year! If like that 24/7

£1.97 a year

jonneymendoza · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:39

Tom|Nbk said:
I have energy light bulbs throughout, have my rig spec below which I work from home couple days a week. We have electric gates which may be zapping power. However I totally can't get to the bottom of this electric usage at all

washing machine?

any servers?

LabR@t · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:39

Tom|Nbk said:
This is the thing isn't it. Years ago a totally none issue.

Progress

Tom|Nbk · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:41

jonneymendoza said:
washing machine?

any servers?

Always use quick wash 30c

Tom|Nbk · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:41

LabR@t said:
£1.97 a year

Yea I edited to a bit of change I calculated wrong but hey still 2 quid down the drain.

LabR@t · 2 Apr 2022 at 22:43

Tom|Nbk said:
Yea I edited to a bit of change I calculated wrong but hey still 2 quid down the drain.

All adds up

arknor · 2 Apr 2022 at 23:12

PRO tip if you wanna save power take the light out of your fridge oven, and microwave :cry:

I'm suprised i've not seen anywhere suggesting it yet

LabR@t said:
Just checked mine users .0.8w in standby

I'm pretty sure they mean like over a year assuming you barely use the microwave so it basically becomes a clock.