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?

our oven's not fan-assisted.

i hate ceramic hobs, too.

they are Satan's work.

I think washing machine may vary more. Some newer ones are cold fill, so heat the water themselves. This will cost more than one that takes the hot water from your existing hot water supply like ours does. But then in our case the wash cycle might be cheaper on the electricity front, but we will be charged for the gas!

ceramic hobs are spawn of Satan

See, I love cooking.

My landlord's wife, however, does not.

Hence, ceramic hob.

I hate hate hate that thing.

It hates me back.

thanks ggirl

ours is bosch maxx cold fill i think

ilove my dogs - apparently led lights are more energy efficient -buy yo do get a different quality of light, so they recommend you switch manybe half to led....http://www.lightbulbsuk.co.uk/led-gu10-cluster-warm-white-2-watt

ilovemydog....i linked some earlier

Thanks! Actually have been busy looking at lights! Fortunately don't have to change as kitchen is being gutted in a few weeks, so can start from scratch!

Am trying to be as energy conscious as possible, and trying to find evidence to dump the microwave which I hate. DP likes it though.

notanotter-dh has just said that this afternoon when the washing machine(cold fill) and the dishwasher were on it was costing 30p/hr for both!

I might as well rename my microwave "The Baked Bean Cooker". That's all I ever use it for, and it's a big posh combi oven grill thing too.

omg ggirl that sounds tiny!

I used to have solid electric hobs. Therefore I love ceramic hobs.

I'm still waiting for my "free" electric usage checking thingy.

oooh, how come free twinklemegan??

am liking spreadsheet idea

microwaves good for saving energy, actually.
We have tried various low energy halogen replacements but none have been much cop, sadly. But the moonlight thing mentioned earlier is fab, I wish we had had one years ago.

lol @ the baked bean cooker

mine is 'the tea/coffee heat installer'

oh btw, how much did this gadget cost ggirl?

our microwave is 'defroster' or 'butter melter'

here it is
sorry

wow 30 squids, i think i could prob save that per year based on some of the things you have told us!

i want one, but i can't afford one !

EBay current high bid £10

I would be interested to know where I am using all my electricity. Trying my best to cut down but each bill seems to be just spirralling out of control. My last one was for £200 for TWO months

Am I the only one to think that 50p per hour for a tumble drier is actually expensive?

We have quite a large-capacity washing machine, so if I want to dry a full load in the drier it would take 2 hours, so £1-ish. Given that I do at least one load of washing a day, sometimes 2, that seems an awful lot of money per year just to dry laundry.

I'll stick to outside drying and the indoor airer and keep the drier for strictly emergency use!

i usually do, eco. but it has rained NONSTOP here in Scotland.

this house is a drafy old Victorian - we are renting - and stuff just has not dried on airers in here before it starts to smell fusty again.

we can't afford to turn the heat on to dry the clothes that way, the LPG tank last cost £382 to fill 80% back in march and heaven knows how much that will have gone up come winter.

Oh, I understand why people are using tumble driers in wet weather, I'm just querying the fact that people seem to think it's cheap! Hundreds of pounds a year doesn't seem cheap to me...

I really think it's expensive, albeit a necessary evil in some cases.