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Originally Posted by Tali
Electricity suppliers aren't allowed to force domestic customers into a timed contract. Of course, if your land lord is being a proxy for your electric your contract is probably direct with him.
With regards to how much each item uses, the £100 per month does seem a little excessive. Do you have access to your meter? The best way to do it is to read your meter at regular intervals.
You may also have got your units mixed up slightly. When you say your hot water tank uses 6000kWh, where are you getting that information from? The average domestic consumer only uses around 4000kWh per year.
If the hot water tank is rated as 6kW, then if you turned it on for one hour, it would cost approx 60p - ah! the penny has dropped.
But based on what you've said there, that still only accounts for around £60 per month, then you need to add on your other leccy charges. I would say around £70 per month sounds about right given the current prices.
DO you know if you're on Economy 7? If you've got electric heating, you may be on E7. Do you know if the radiator is a storage radiator? On E7, the water heater and radiators come on at night when leccy is cheaper.
Sorry for rambling; it's late.
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Thanks for your reply, i know its late but this extra stress means i can't sleep
Firstly, yes the contract is with the landlord who is legally not allowed to make profit on us.
We're not on economy 7 unfortunately, even though i suggested this a while back.
I don't have access to my meter (even though i have asked on numerous occasions!), apparently because my neighbours is in the same place (the riser area between us), i'm not allowed to see hers and she's not allowed to see mine.
As far as i can see, i've reduced my costs as much as possible. I use my radiators (electric panel heaters) for 1 hour per morning and 1 hour per evening, unless its really cold. As for the hot water tank, 2 hours (on a timer) is the minimum to manage a shower and hair wash. I even eat at friends/family most evenings per week so i don't use my electric oven/cooker on a regular basis.
Its getting to the point where i'll have to make a choice about heating or water
In this day and age, its just wrong
