The “how much does this cost to run” thread?

[AtomicBlondeRose]

Based on posts about people thinking of using candles instead of electric lights - which is both dangerous and not likely to save any money, I’d like to set this thread up as a place where people can ask how much items in their house cost to run, to let posters make informed decisions about whether or not to keep using them after energy price rises.

If you want to ask, useful information to have is: the energy usage of the item - eg a heater might say on it that it’s 1000w. If you don’t know that the name/model number as accurately as possible. Also to give you a useful estimate it would be good to know your current gas/electricity price tariff price per unit. However it’s easy enough to work out at current and predicted price cap levels.

I can’t promise to answer everything so please can I call upon other numerate MNers to help out? I think this could be a real lifesaver.

Yeah airing cupboards are great.

Plus ... one thing to remember is that the heat leak from a system boiler tank is only really wasted in summer - in winter the heat just goes into the house and if you didn't have that happening you would need more radiator heat to maintain the house at the same temperature.

I am somewhat amazed at how well my current tank maintains the water temperature (2005 tank). It must have a shedload of insulation on it. I added some extra to the pipes as well to stop heat leak.

I have a system boiler, would never swap for a combi. Apart from the lovely airing cupboard I have an electric immersion heater fitted to the hot water tank as back up, so if the boiler goes kaput we still have hot water.

Also, I think heat pumps need a hot water tank, so less disruption if in the future those become standard?

Just me using the airing cupboard for storage then? 😬😄

Anything slightly damp goes on top of my lizards viv to finish drying!

I've created more drying space in our airing cupboard by having a good sort out this weekend and paring down the spare bedding etc. I'm quite pleased with my handiwork, but feel daft that I haven't done it before.

www.ft.com/content/2b7109f8-04e2-4137-b7ff-b1caf44cb4bc?shareType=nongift

Free to read piece on energy usage including a calculator. (Love a calculator.)

Yeah - I am going to do that too. At the moment mine is full of bog rolls and blankets - I haven't really needed the drying capacity but it will be useful to have more as I guess the house temperature will be lower this winter.

I guess the issue is where I am going to put the blankets.

I had to google how do airing cupboards look like and I think mine is tool and shoe storage. Wouldn't put clean clothes in there even after cleaning. Needs total refurb😂
It has a boiler in as well

I think we have a traditional boiler system - in fact we have 2 boilers as it is a large house. More useful information on this thread - thanks.
We had the heating on briefly yesterday as so much coming and going and son back from being away.

I would be interested to learn how much electricity RoboVacs (we have an Eufy) pull when charging similarly Cordless Dysons?

Also interested in robot vac cost, I am now turning off fully when not in use.

Yes I mentioned eufy aka Eddie a while back

think I took a pic of bottom but dont know what kWh he is

not sure is @AtomicBlondeRose worked eufy out ?

he is plugged in all the time. Use him maybe every other day for 30m clean

@AtomicBlondeRose any info on this to run

seems a good price for a small heater but will to cost tons to use ? Thanks

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How Many Amps and Watts Does This Heater Use?
650W (Low) - 1200W (High)

Based on 34p/kwh, thats about 22-40p/hour (assuming its running constantly throughout the whole time).

50 quid for that heater, it's worth about a tenner. There is no magic bullet for heat energy.

Regarding robot Hoover's,sorry, I thought I had answered this, your picture shows it uses 40W, so from fully flat to fully charged you could charge it 25 times for 1kwh, so less than 2p a charge.

Household battery operated things use very little power as batteries can only hold a little bit.

Thanks @Nolongera and @NewBootsAndRanty

The robot vacuum at 40W is 0.04kWh or about 1.5p per hour to charge. Internet suggests 6 hours (9p) to charge from empty. It should stop drawing power once charged.

An interesting article on air fryers and their economy on the BBC, I quite fancy one now, might be on my Christmas list.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63317138

Boiling the kettle was working out much cheaper per day... til my bloody kettle blew! 🙄

Just the fuse blown or the element gone ?

Element gone, not a surprise as it's not exactly new. Luckily a new kettle is all I need to ride out the COL crisis, so I'm sorted now! 😁

Just out of interest how much were you saving on kettle vs. system boiler ?

It's hard to tell exactly as I can't price the kettle as it boils (lost the display for my smart meter to show instant usage), but it's about 60-80p a day at a guess. Here's my month so far, orange days were above my expected usage and green days below...

Your new kettle will pay for itself in about a month then.

70p per day - that's not too bad at all - £21 a month or £250 a year.

The robavacs Ivd found slightly difficult to calculate as they are always on the dock but for part of that time they are actively charging and for part of the time they are on standby. So it will be 2 calculations I think for daily use.