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[Andy B]

Yes, insulation etc only generaly helps gas costs for most GCH houses.

Electricity consumption seems the area to focus, classic 'hidden' consumers can be older fridges/freezers (as the coolant leaks over time the motor ends up running 24/7 and guzzling energy), loft lighting, pond pumps etc, all lower energy users but running for long periods of time.

Hmmmm....what do you reckon a PlayStation, a Wii, a sky box, an LCD TV, a PC and a monitor would use on standby?

No Playstation, Wii or Sky box, but telly, HD recorder & surround/radio/DVD/CD player on stand-by

[MR MISTER]

Yes, insulation etc only generaly helps gas costs for most GCH houses.

Electricity consumption seems the area to focus, classic 'hidden' consumers can be older fridges/freezers (as the coolant leaks over time the motor ends up running 24/7 and guzzling energy), loft lighting, pond pumps etc, all lower energy users but running for long periods of time.

Hmmmm....what do you reckon a PlayStation, a Wii, a sky box, an LCD TV, a PC and a monitor would use on standby?

No Playstation, Wii or Sky box, but telly, HD recorder & surround/radio/DVD/CD player on stand-by

I was just thinking about my lad's bedroom. He spends his life up there with that lot on.

[pscocoa]

Yes, insulation etc only generaly helps gas costs for most GCH houses.

Electricity consumption seems the area to focus, classic 'hidden' consumers can be older fridges/freezers (as the coolant leaks over time the motor ends up running 24/7 and guzzling energy), loft lighting, pond pumps etc, all lower energy users but running for long periods of time.

Hmmmm....what do you reckon a PlayStation, a Wii, a sky box, an LCD TV, a PC and a monitor would use on standby?

No Playstation, Wii or Sky box, but telly, HD recorder & surround/radio/DVD/CD player on stand-by

I was just thinking about my lad's bedroom. He spends his life up there with that lot on.

Surely for you it is laundry costs - washing machine and tumble dryer etc must be on 24/7 with that amount of dirty bed linen?

[Andy B]

Yes, insulation etc only generaly helps gas costs for most GCH houses.

Electricity consumption seems the area to focus, classic 'hidden' consumers can be older fridges/freezers (as the coolant leaks over time the motor ends up running 24/7 and guzzling energy), loft lighting, pond pumps etc, all lower energy users but running for long periods of time.

Hmmmm....what do you reckon a PlayStation, a Wii, a sky box, an LCD TV, a PC and a monitor would use on standby?

No Playstation, Wii or Sky box, but telly, HD recorder & surround/radio/DVD/CD player on stand-by

I was just thinking about my lad's bedroom. He spends his life up there with that lot on.

As & when my daughter is home, the most she seems to use is the telly (our old CRT 28" - half killed me taking it upstairs  ) and her laptop

[aaronjb]

Switch everything off and see if the meter is still going round?

[Andy B]

Switch everything off and see if the meter is still going round?

      

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Switch everything off and see if the meter is still going round?

      

Also check for a large cable leading to your next door neighbour.

[Taxi_Driver]

I know i live on my own in a 3 bed terrace.....but my combined bill/month is about £75

30+ yo boiler, thats hardly energy efficient   

I always use the tumble drier.......i have one of those energy consumption gadgets.....it recorded the 15yo washing machine used 500w on a 40c wash and the tumble dryer, 2kw to dry the load.

One big difference i did notice.....2 years ago i swapped my 30yo (probably) fridge freezer to a sparkly new one (bigger fridge, same size freezer), that swap knocked about £10/month off the leccy bill....and the new one runs a lot colder than the old one (1c fridge -21c freezer). Ive also noticed the food in fridge stays fresher for longer.....so less food gets chucked 

You need to change your outside porch light to a low energy bulb.....that'll make a huge difference   

[TheBoy]

EON just dropped mine to £100pm, but I reckon that was in response to them getting notification that I'd flicked them the V, as I'm only just in credit at the start of the winter.

Now fixed for 3 years with another company, paying less than I was before I decided to leave EON.  Had a bit of an energy drive over the past 3 or 4 years, thus managing to keep my bills more or less stable.  Not much shite on 24/7, just the OOF server and associated network kit, 1 fridge freezer (the really old one in the garage won't go on again ), Media Center in standby, alarm clocks etc

Toying with changing the fridge freezer, as its almost 13yrs old now, and during the fire when the power was lost, warmed up to -11C - not too bad, but not as good as it could be. It wasn't a particularly energy efficient model when we bought it, as few frost free ones were at the time.

[Andy B]

forgot about our freezer in the garage ..... it's intended to be a built in under the work top type - no idea what it is, I was given it.

Outside light is a 50w (something like this Maybe we need a led type 

[Rods2]

Yes, insulation etc only generaly helps gas costs for most GCH houses.

Electricity consumption seems the area to focus, classic 'hidden' consumers can be older fridges/freezers (as the coolant leaks over time the motor ends up running 24/7 and guzzling energy), loft lighting, pond pumps etc, all lower energy users but running for long periods of time.

Hmmmm....what do you reckon a PlayStation, a Wii, a sky box, an LCD TV, a PC and a monitor would use on standby?

Does it matter where your local council's lighting bill is paying for it. 

[albitz]

One of our freezers came from Iceland ( the shop not the country) at least 25 years ago. I dread to think how energy inefficient it is but the bloody thing refuses to die. Even after being stood out in the elements one winter about 10 years ago.
I suspect theres now a sentimental attachment to it as it really would make sense to replace it.
Energy bill was £77 but now fixed for 3 years at around £95.

[Taxi_Driver]

EON just dropped mine to £100pm, but I reckon that was in response to them getting notification that I'd flicked them the V, as I'm only just in credit at the start of the winter.

Now fixed for 3 years with another company, paying less than I was before I decided to leave EON.  Had a bit of an energy drive over the past 3 or 4 years, thus managing to keep my bills more or less stable.  Not much shite on 24/7, just the OOF server and associated network kit, 1 fridge freezer (the really old one in the garage won't go on again ), Media Center in standby, alarm clocks etc

Toying with changing the fridge freezer, as its almost 13yrs old now, and during the fire when the power was lost, warmed up to -11C - not too bad, but not as good as it could be. It wasn't a particularly energy efficient model when we bought it, as few frost free ones were at the time.

My new one is "totally frost free", so its says on the front.....and its true, unlike the old one, always looking like an ice block  and being a pain to defrost it every year 

[TheBoy]

EON just dropped mine to £100pm, but I reckon that was in response to them getting notification that I'd flicked them the V, as I'm only just in credit at the start of the winter.

Now fixed for 3 years with another company, paying less than I was before I decided to leave EON.  Had a bit of an energy drive over the past 3 or 4 years, thus managing to keep my bills more or less stable.  Not much shite on 24/7, just the OOF server and associated network kit, 1 fridge freezer (the really old one in the garage won't go on again ), Media Center in standby, alarm clocks etc

Toying with changing the fridge freezer, as its almost 13yrs old now, and during the fire when the power was lost, warmed up to -11C - not too bad, but not as good as it could be. It wasn't a particularly energy efficient model when we bought it, as few frost free ones were at the time.

My new one is "totally frost free", so its says on the front.....and its true, unlike the old one, always looking like an ice block  and being a pain to defrost it every year 

Last couple I've had have been frost free, they do what they say on the tin....   ....if your daft missus doesn't ram it so full that the door opens, and the fan ices up

[Kevin Wood]

Get one of these and go round all your appliances:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plug-In-Power-and-Energy-Monitor/dp/B000Q7PJGW

It is a bit of an eye opener. It's not always true that modern stuff is energy efficient.

Oh, and if you have a Sky box, turn the thing off at the wall. Standby mode on those things is meaningless. It'll be up half the night trying to phone uncle Rupert to spy on you.