Energy Prices (Strictly NO referrals!)
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Bloody EU
Mine is over 10 years old, it won't use 60w in standby. It's either still on or your reading is wrong.
Only seems to be vacuum cleaners that are a eu energy farce - dyson - let's make it cordless which seems to obviate responsibility for current during charging, or, power used whilst it works at max power for 15mins; if you have Octopus 5/7.5p you can charge overnight.
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I swapped my 7 year old Samsung 48" for a 2021 Samsung 55" recently. It's using about 100w less in operation. Goes out the window when I play any HDR content though....
Totted up my daily reading on remote smart meter - 57 from monday to sunday last proper meter was 60 - All I did was make sure wife turned oven on when we needed it instead of and hour before to warm it up,
I can't decide wether to buy a new fridge/freeze for garage as the one we have is 30yrs old - Are they massively more efficient these days.
I can't decide wether to buy a new fridge/freeze for garage as the one we have is 30yrs old - Are they massively more efficient these days.
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Bosch Series 6 KGE49AWCAG Freestanding 70/30 Fridge Freezer, White
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Spending £700 to save money seems a bit odd. That's a lot of electricity. Wait for your current one to die.Bosch Series 6 KGE49AWCAG Freestanding 70/30 Fridge Freezer, White
Buy Bosch Series 6 KGE49AWCAG Freestanding 70/30 Fridge Freezer, White from our Fridge Freezers range at John Lewis & Partners. Free Delivery on orders over £50.www.johnlewis.com
For in your garage you should look at Beko, not many brands other than Beko work well in an unheated room.
£700 - I am a baby boomer -where do you think I am going to get that from. ??
Yes I will wait till it packs up.
Yes I will wait till it packs up.
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163 KW
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I've got some good readings on my fridge freezer, it's a 50/50 split frost free Indesit, it's about 5 years old,
March - 25.7 kWh
April - 26.3 kWh
May - 25.1 kWh
If I take high month and x 12 = 315.6kWh per year x 0.29p = £91.52
March - 25.7 kWh
April - 26.3 kWh
May - 25.1 kWh
If I take high month and x 12 = 315.6kWh per year x 0.29p = £91.52
£700
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I got an air fryer yesterday as it was down to £40 in Tesco.
Fancied a snack last night so chucked a handful of frozen fries and scampi in there, done in 10 minutes from switching the machine on.
For stuff like that it seems that it should save an awful lot of power over pre-heating and using an oven.
Fancied a snack last night so chucked a handful of frozen fries and scampi in there, done in 10 minutes from switching the machine on.
For stuff like that it seems that it should save an awful lot of power over pre-heating and using an oven.
It'll still take quite a few years to pay for itself even if it lives up to the label.
If you want to go down the route of spending capital to save energy there's better value:
RB34T652DWW | Samsung Frost Free Fridge Freezer | ao.com
This RB34T652DWW Samsung fridge freezer has a 341 litre capacity, Total No Frost tech, All-Around Cooling, and SpaceMax Technology™.
ao.com
Just a random pick. £200 quid cheaper and labelled at 38kWH/annum more, it would pay for itself sooner.
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I have a combi oven/microwave. Tend to use that for cooking things like fish cakes etc instead of the oven as microwave is 20 litres. Think my oven is 2.5-3 times bigger.
You sorted out your dodgy TV yet?
Agreed. It won't be using that.
I've often wondered if an air fryer or combi microwave might be more efficient than a traditional electric oven/gas hob.
My logic being, yes they will cause a bigger power spike, but are turned on for a far shorter period of time.
Same with hoovers, a 1000w hoover uses more than a 500w hoover, but in theory you'll only be using it for half the time due to the better suction, so theres no efficiency gain or loss there, all else being equal, other than youll; spend more time hoovering with a lower power model.
My logic being, yes they will cause a bigger power spike, but are turned on for a far shorter period of time.
Same with hoovers, a 1000w hoover uses more than a 500w hoover, but in theory you'll only be using it for half the time due to the better suction, so theres no efficiency gain or loss there, all else being equal, other than youll; spend more time hoovering with a lower power model.