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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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17th Feb 11 at 13:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

What do you pay for your leccy a month?

More so aimed at people without Gas....?

Had a bill through and seems pricey as fuck.
Cavey
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17th Feb 11 at 13:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

got gas central heating (I think)

Electric is £40ish a month for us? £120ish per quarter
Whittie
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17th Feb 11 at 13:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've had a bill for £700 for 7 months worth, seems a bit steep

No gas though, so it may be right.
Cavey
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17th Feb 11 at 13:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

We're about even on gas and electric at £40 a month each, so it's probably not too far off tbf
AndyKent
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17th Feb 11 at 13:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Same, electric and gas DD set up for £40 each. I'd say yours is a bit expensive but depends how much you have the heating on I guess.
Conway563
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17th Feb 11 at 13:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

In our old place which was economy 7 I was paying around £110 a month
Now we're on GCH it's £40 gas and £35 electric
Kerry
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17th Feb 11 at 13:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£66 a month no gas but it's an Eco house so some fandango electric system
Kerry
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17th Feb 11 at 13:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Having said that we have lots of electric stuff!
But we use energy saving stuff to the max, light bulbs, plug socket things!
AndyKent
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17th Feb 11 at 13:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
plug socket things!


What, those power wizard 'energy smoothing' things?

Pointless, they don't do anything.
Kerry
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17th Feb 11 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

At the back of the tv everything is plugged it to something that you control by turning the tv on. So when it's off nothing is on standby

I thought the whole standby thing was supposed to waste electric?

Got the same thing for mac setup
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17th Feb 11 at 14:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'm using £20 a month electric and approximatly £35 a month gas spread over a full 12 months. I'm only there 5nights a week though and I have nothing downstairs but breezeblocks, dust and hell
AndyKent
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17th Feb 11 at 14:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
At the back of the tv everything is plugged it to something that you control by turning the tv on. So when it's off nothing is on standby

I thought the whole standby thing was supposed to waste electric?

Got the same thing for mac setup


Oh right no, thats something different. Yeah, they will help reduce consumption.

I'm thinking of this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ecotek-EWIZ-Energy-Wizard/dp/B003JI9EDY - which cost about 4 times more than they save.
Kerry
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17th Feb 11 at 14:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ooo no not that, sorry I'm just crap at explaining!
Neo
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17th Feb 11 at 14:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I'm with BG, pay £30 a month electric and £45 a month gas. Got one of those leccy monitors which shows what is using what. Annoying really as when I get home its ussually at about 60p, just my gf watching tele, on the laptop and the fridge/washing machine.
A2H GO
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17th Feb 11 at 16:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by AndyKent
quote:
Originally posted by Kerry
At the back of the tv everything is plugged it to something that you control by turning the tv on. So when it's off nothing is on standby

I thought the whole standby thing was supposed to waste electric?

Got the same thing for mac setup


Oh right no, thats something different. Yeah, they will help reduce consumption.

I'm thinking of this - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ecotek-EWIZ-Energy-Wizard/dp/B003JI9EDY - which cost about 4 times more than they save.


Didnt the gadget show proove that turning off at the plug rather than leaving on standby saves around 10p a year?

We use £25pm electricity and £40pm gas.
John
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17th Feb 11 at 18:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Yip, anything modern you'll save a pittance turning off, absolute con.
Kathryn W
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19th Feb 11 at 00:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

We pay I think something like £16 a month... But we dont have that much on...
dannymccann
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19th Feb 11 at 20:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£45 a month covers gas and electric in 3 bed 3 storey, 10 radiators, 4 are doubles

Water meter is the most expensive, 20 a month but dead careful with that

[Edited on 19-02-2011 by dannymccann]
Aaron
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19th Feb 11 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My leccy has gone up to £58 per month! (from £40)

tbh, i'm hardly ever there, i have an oil heater which is on for 6 hours a day (just so the place doesnt get stone cold), and a server on 24/7 (which i access daily over the tinternet)

Apart from that (and my fridge/freezer of course), nothing else uses electricity in my place.
Aaron
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19th Feb 11 at 20:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
£45 a month covers gas and electric in 3 bed 3 storey, 10 radiators, 4 are doubles



What energy company is that?!?!?!
dannymccann
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19th Feb 11 at 21:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Scottish power

I'm 40 in credit after winter too lol

[Edited on 19-02-2011 by dannymccann]
Ian W
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19th Feb 11 at 22:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£25 a month electric and my gas just went down to £27 a month.

2 bed flat on my own.
Andrew
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19th Feb 11 at 23:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£60 Electricity and £40 Gas.

I don't really cook so gas is only used for heating. Electricity is eaten up with shower, server and lights mainly.
ed
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20th Feb 11 at 10:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My Direct Debit went up from £27 to £34 a month recently. I've never turned the heating on and I've got no gas.
Sam
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20th Feb 11 at 10:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

£50 for electric and £60 for gas each month - 2 of us (plus two greyhounds) living in a 3 bed semi detatched house.

Our electric energy usage thing says we use ~ £2/day on electric, and I've noticed the thing that uses the most electric is the shower.

Our gas usage is high because we have a shitty 30-odd year old boiler with an equally old cooker - both of which our landlord refuses to replace.

Can't wait to have our own house!

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