I’ve just had an email that my energy bill direct debit is increasing again to £138 a month! I need to do something about our power usage… 😭
What do others use, is this just me?
At 25p/kWh when nobody is here we’re using about £1.30 per day of electricity which is about 5kWh. That will be mostly my “homelab”.
The rest is contributed to by the fact the washing machine and tumble dryer are on most days because of the kids. An average day is around £2.50-£3.00 just in usage (10-12kWh).
@cablespaghetti I have electric everything. If I'm alone in the flat, I use about 10 kWh per day, hot water being a large part of that. If my girlfriend is here, it shoots up considerably. I don't know how she does it.
@mansr I was once like you. It was an inexpensive time. 😆
I have all kinds of power hungry things in the house that come with the family. However the homelab, tariff and to some degree when I turn the appliances on are in my control so I suppose I’ll focus on those.
@cablespaghetti I could reduce somewhat the amount of power used by always-on computers, but it would involve buying new stuff and some work. The rest is hard to do anything about. Somehow, I doubt that telling the girlfriend she can't take a shower would go down particularly well. (I'm not complaining, for the record.)
@cablespaghetti I'm on Octopus's variable tariff, which is good if you can shift your major usage outside peak times. For example, run the dryer overnight.
Have a £50 referral credit if you want it?
I can also recommend energy tracking plugs to see if it is worth replacing any appliances with more efficient ones.
@Edent Yes someone else suggested that too. I’m on their default one right now so no referral sorry, but definitely need to talk to my wife and see if it’s feasible to put the washing machine/dishwasher etc on based on pricing if we switch to Agile.
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