Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: TTman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: British (european?) kitchen counter electric outlets Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:26:38 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <7bgc6jhk2ae8lp8g3si4loehv968oorocs@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:26:38 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="76d4ba7100bd7337391b4ead015c64de"; logging-data="4172770"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19iZHqNJuwjbTqMz5b6M89Z" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:h02wRElmkoPjez6Rd85otDsSLkA= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <7bgc6jhk2ae8lp8g3si4loehv968oorocs@4ax.com> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240616-0, 6/16/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 2213 >> depending. > > Our serious heat loads (house central heat, fireplace, water heater, > cooktop, clothes dryer) are natural gas. It's simple and very > reliable. Do brits commonly use gas at home? > > How much do you pay for electricity in a typical month? > Many houses have natural gas central heating to heat water filled radiators. Some apartments/ blocks of flats usually have electric night storage radiators. Current 'normal' electric costs ~23p/kWh. My 4 bed detached house ( we're retired) used to use 270 kWh/month. total cost then was around £90/month including 5% vat. We also have to pay a 'standing charge' of 60p /day ( robbery charge). I now have solar + 9.5kW battery . Summer months I'm a net exporter. Winter my bills are tiny. I import cheap overnight ( somtimes I get paid to import!) ~10p/kWh and runn off the battery all day . On a sunny day, I import less the following morning. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com