ok we have one of those things that measure how much electricity you're spending and the tumble dryer is on...

[brimfull]

so guess how many pence per hr I am spending right now?

oh i x posted! thats really good!

Gherkin I am not entirely sure, but I think that if you are paying off a debt, then what they will do is charge you slightly more for your current electricity.

So, (very basic example as I am rubbish at maths) if you owe them £10, they will claim it back gradually. So you pay £5 for a token/card, but only actually receive £4 worth of electricity. (the other £1 going towards the debt). Eventually the debt is paid off, and you will then receive (in theory) £5 worth of electric when you pay them £5.

i've had to start tumble drying a lot here.

this has so far been the wettest summer since Scotland started keeping records.

the line is also up a rather steep hill and i'm getting very pregnant and it's ALL in front.

this house has a lot of damp and the clothes just were not getting dry and when they finally did they smelled fusty.

i'm not happy about it, but i don't see what else to do.

also, we've all got a cold at the mo' and DD2 keeps coughing till she pukes in the night, so i wind up having to wash stuff to get the boak out.

ggirl don't forget all the things that are on all the time - fridge, freezer, pc (!) - if not on battery - and in my case assorted extra lights my dh has left on.

not too £££ though expat

I can get a load dry in the dryer in just over an hr

so 40-50pence

cheap as chips!!

my mother sent me DryerBalls and they do knock about 10 minutes off the time i need to dry something. so i've been using them because after all, they were free .

expat we are the same with the dryer.

I think it is a false economy if things start to smell damp as you risk having to wash them again rather than finishing them off in the dryer.

I try and take pleasure in the big pile of fluffy towels as I get them out, because it is rare that we use the dryer. (but little choice with the constant rain).

Someone else recommended putting an already dry towel in with the wet clothes and it cuts the time down a bit, I have never tried this.

whne there are no appliances running just a few lights it runs at 3-4p/hr

i just did a big load of towels, onepiece.

i needed to wash DD2's boak covered pillow cases and jimjams at 60, so i needed more stuff to wash with it.

they're so soft.

i hear two tennis balls are a good substitute for the dryer balls.

Yes definitely need to tumble dry towels expat, or at least finish them off. Your big pile of fluffly towels will make a change from crunchier ones off the line (that's what we usually have, anyway)

Hope your dd2 is soon better. Mine threw up a couple of times last week. (I had just got to the bottom of the laundry basket too, and felt very satisfied, then she created a whole load of laundry just by opening her little mouth! )

she's full of mucus, and as she's only 2 she hasn't learned to get up instead and spit.

i do dry towels on the line where possible, but i pop them in the dryer for 20 minutes before pegging them out and they stay all soft.

ditto jeans.

ditto shirts for me too - rarely have to iron dh's workshirts or anyone's t-shirts.

(hope that apostrophe is in the right place?!)

A friend of mine reckoned it was about 50p a load, so not far off.

good job it's low as the weather for the next coupls of weeks is to be rain, rain and ooooh, some more rain.

mp, you need some of these

i have this in the hallway.

mainly because there are no streetlights here and so the night is very dark and, at 32 weeks along, i have to pee at night a lot .

that's what ds needs

he has night light but we also have to keep hall lights on,willl have to get that

it casts a really lovely glow and it's cool to the touch.

where did you get your leccy measuring thing from then? was it expensive?

amazon about £30 I think
hang on will find it

no ggirl, not boring at all. In fact, could you do a test of every individual appliance in your house and then make up a spreadsheet of cost per hour and then post it to us all and then we don't have to buy a meter too, therefore saving much carbon and money and being more ethical than had we all rushed out and bought one.

Please?

here

ah but wilself-everyone has different suppliers -you'd have to add that variable in-could you handle it?

can one get energy saving bulbs for halogen lights?

anyone know about washing machine costs on say a 40 degree wash/hour?

about the same as tumble dryer I think notanotter

haven't got anything to wash bt will tomorrow no doubt

fan oven was unexpected big user