what are the 5 top electricity costs that could be cut?

[juicychops]

does my son's night light use much electric?
i know the tumble dryer is a big expense

i put £10 on my electric key on Saturday. i had to put another £10 on this evening. my electric charges have recently gone up 29% so ive just changed electric provider online.

but im still trying to cut electri costs where i can as i haven't even started having my heating on this winter yet and i already cant afford my electric!!

so - 5 top electric expenses please (i have economy 7 electric heating, not gas central heating)

thanks

Top would be the heating I'm afraid. Are they storage heaters?

Dryer next depending on it's age.

TV/computer use quite a bit when added up.

Do you have energy saving lightbulbs or halogen etc?

It does all depend on the age of your appliances aswell. New ones are generally more energy efficient.

NPower offer financial support to customers on a low income (less than 13K something).

Low energy lightbulbs
Turn off everything when not in use-computer,tv,phone charger etc etc
Line dry clothes when poss.
Are you on a low income?If so you can qualify for warm front grant and get free cavity walland loft insulation.
Use washer at lower temperature
Close curtains to retain heaT.

think il get onto n power.
warmfront fitted my storage heaters. my landlady wont agree to the free insulation things cos she says they are good enough as they are (which they arnt, but she wont budge)

i have energy efficiant bulbs in most of my lights except the spotlight fittings

ive velcroed a blackout blind around the window square in my son;s room to keep out the draft, and i do try to turn lights/plugs/ chargers off although i could try a bit harder. i also use a lot of candles in the evening to generate some heat.
i do use the tumble dryer once a fortnight for an hour to dry all mine and ds's underwear as my house is too tiny to hang it anywhere and there is just so much of it

i even occasionally turn all the jets on high on my gas cooker just to blast out a bit of heat. my gas bill is only around £6 per quarter.

how would i find out if there is something wrong with the electric fittings - i mean how would i check im not paying for any of nect door's appliances?

i hate bills!!!

Spotlights use alot of electricity.

Are you paying a debt off? This can take up alot of money.

no not paying a debt off

if you have a light fitting for 3 spotlights but have one or 2 of the fittings with no bulb in them, does it still use 3 bulbs worth of elec, or will it be cheaper?

cos i could just have one bulb instead of all 3

Can't uyou put energy saving bulbs in instead? Meter's like this are notoriously more expensive than other ones. I would ask your electricity company to come out and check it. There are meters you can buy which monitor your energy usage, you plug them in and put the plug into them and it tells you how much they cost to run. I think they are £10-15, no idea where you get them from though.

spotlight energy saving bulbs are too expensive to buy. i really cant afford it

I have to say that when you have storage heaters to run, the usual tips like not leaving things on standby or using energy-saving lightbulbs are pretty pointless. You might save maybe 1 or 2 units a day, but when it's taking up to 50 units, perhaps, to keep your house warm, it's not going to help very much unfortunately.

Our money saving measure is doing without the storage heaters. We spend £120 a month and can't afford a penny more, but our charges recently went up by over 30%. We can't easily change supplier because of the particular heating arrangement we have, so we're stuck. So we've had to cut our usage by 30%. Seeing as we're running on bare minimum anyway, the only way to make that saving is to go without heating.

We have borrowed a portable calor gas heater and we're using that instead, so at least one room is warm. Then we have a couple of portable electric heaters which we use as and when the meter allows (ie we have set ourselves a daily allowance that we can't go above). Perhaps you could try something similar?