keitha
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Post by keitha on Sept 13, 2024 14:01:14 GMT
for those not on TOU tariffs expensive things
Ovens with pyrolytic cleaning, dishwasher or washing machine cleaning cycles. ironing, topping up immersion tanks, electric showers, hoovering. yes I know that some of these take > 1 hour but if 1 hour of it is free it significantly reduces the cost
for those of us with more stuff add in charging house battery ( I dump some before to make space ), running disinfection cycle on hot water storage, charging EV.
As it gets into winter preheating the house using fan / convection heaters.
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spiral
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Post by spiral on Sept 15, 2024 6:53:04 GMT
for those not on TOU tariffs expensive things dishwasher Our cycle takes about 1.5 hours to complete. The expensive parts are at the start (water heating) and end (drying). I never know which end is best to have in the "cheap" zone i.e do I start at 1230 and have the drying cheap or do I start at 1300 and have the water heat up cheap?
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Sept 15, 2024 10:58:00 GMT
for those not on TOU tariffs expensive things dishwasher Our cycle takes about 1.5 hours to complete. The expensive parts are at the start (water heating) and end (drying). I never know which end is best to have in the "cheap" zone i.e do I start at 1230 and have the drying cheap or do I start at 1300 and have the water heat up cheap? Heating the water is the most expensive end (google is always your friend in these matters) so 1 o'clock kick off. I would be surprised if you only had the one cycle option, using dishwashers is not my speciality subject but I know most have a range of options. Ours certainly fitted into the slot yesterday. As an alternative simply skip the drying part, they will dry anyway in a few hours. My wife suggests if they had one every day we would get a lot more done. I mowed two lawns and trimmed one hedge whist charging a wide range of things. She rather more impressively did the washing and dishwashing, Had a shower vacuumed dried her hair and cooked the evenings dinner.
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Post by adrianc on Sept 15, 2024 11:28:22 GMT
We bought a new wishyBoscher a couple of years ago.
The "ECO" cycle is the slowest - 3hr45. There are (much) faster cycles, but they use more power and/or water. Unless, of course, you're the kind who would think the labelling of the slow one as eco is some kind of conspiracy, although to what benefit for whom I have no idea, but since when did that ever stop a good conspiracy...?
It started off annoying me how slow it is, compared to its predecessor. But now? Meh. I just use the delayed start more, so that it's finishing in the morning or when we get back in, so we can open it still hot and let the heat and humidity out.
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agent69
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Post by agent69 on Sept 15, 2024 12:21:08 GMT
for those not on TOU tariffs expensive things dishwasher Our cycle takes about 1.5 hours to complete. The expensive parts are at the start (water heating) and end (drying). I never know which end is best to have in the "cheap" zone i.e do I start at 1230 and have the drying cheap or do I start at 1300 and have the water heat up cheap? When energy prices went through the roof I tried using the timer on my dish washer and washing maching to use cheaper economy 7 electricity at night. Didn't appear to make a lot of difference, so I went back todaytime use. My dishwasher cycles range fro 75 minutes up to over 3 hours, and I always use the quickest.
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adrianc
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Post by adrianc on Sept 15, 2024 14:25:28 GMT
If you can get to the socket that it's plugged into... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0B6FZRNBF/Plug in, run cycle, on each of several different programs. Compare kWh used.
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Post by michaelc on Sept 18, 2024 17:11:06 GMT
Got an email today saying they couldn't get in to read my meter. I thought one of the advantages of a smart meter was that it didn't need reading.
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Post by Badly Drawn Stickman on Sept 18, 2024 17:29:34 GMT
Got an email today saying they couldn't get in to read my meter. I thought one of the advantages of a smart meter was that it didn't need reading. They like to check intermitently that meters are not being tampered with/bypassed. Meter readers are trained to spot all the usual tricks. Not sure sending an email beforehand would be a smart move, sending one afterwards just means you need to check your house for small observation droids. These usually look like spiders.
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Post by bracknellboy on Sept 18, 2024 20:33:44 GMT
Got an email today saying they couldn't get in to read my meter. I thought one of the advantages of a smart meter was that it didn't need reading. They like to check intermitently that meters are not being tampered with/bypassed. Meter readers are trained to spot all the usual tricks. Not sure sending an email beforehand would be a smart move, sending one afterwards just means you need to check your house for small observation droids. These usually look like spiders. Yes, I also had a physical meter reading/checking visit a while back. Need to make sure the homeowner isn't smarter than the smart meter.
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