If I Use The Gas And Electric Really Sparingly...
like now, and I really am being very, very careful. 12 units of gas and 28 units of electric per week I will come in around the same amount annually as VQ who posts here and I cannot see a way to reduce it further.
And if it keeps rising in price(and it will)and money gets tighter I'm not sure where we'll end up. If I am not helped with the rent and community charge at some point(in work or out of work)I don't know where I'll be...
Anyhow, my calculations come out at approx £930 annually for the two. If I have to put it on longer in Winter that could see my figures out considerably.
And if it keeps rising in price(and it will)and money gets tighter I'm not sure where we'll end up. If I am not helped with the rent and community charge at some point(in work or out of work)I don't know where I'll be...
Anyhow, my calculations come out at approx £930 annually for the two. If I have to put it on longer in Winter that could see my figures out considerably.
posted by The Great Gildersleeve | 9:56 pm
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I've had to keep two pc's on the last day or two so I don't lose files. I have also had the washer and tumble drier going and even the vacuum cleaner so my electric use may be up a little, it will be interesting to see by how much...
I checked...so far one unit's difference for all that!
Generally I cannot see how I can use any less than I do now...To keep the electric, gas, internet and tv going I will need approx £1,500-£2,000 before I even think about food, rent, community charge.
Unless I am helped I cannot see how most people earn enough to keep a rough over their head. Even if I had to get rid of the internet and tv and sit with only a radio for entertainment, I would still need food, heating and elctric and the untility bills alone would come in at around £1,000-£1,500 a year if I was careful. And even on a tight budget...you have to eat.
At best if I dropped the tv and internet, I'd be save £300-£500. Approx £1.50 per day.
But if that money had to e diverted to food then I'd have no choice. And I'd probably have to try and save a little more on the gas/electric as £1.50 a day is not much to spend on food...
Oh I've had the laptop on a bit today too...
The problem when on a tight budget is it doesn't allow for when you need to repair or replace something. And I haven't taken into account that I may need to take out home insurance when it comes arond again in December...
I have also had two DAB radios on today too(I forgot about them)
Two PCs, two Dab radios, and a lap top seems a bit extravagant to me.........and a TV. You need the Internet and TV and a radio. You said you needed two PCs but why two Dab radios and a laptop? Or am I missing something?
One upstairs and one down?
.....but both on together......because that's how it reads.
Yes it is handy having a radio in another room so you don't feel tied to one room but usually the second one is on batteries but I have been told a DAB radio hardly uses any power.
Usually the second one is used when a programme clashes or I want to hear something else.
The second one was the one I purchased for Mum when she was at the home...
I leave one in the bedroom to record from on the PC, the second is usually in the room that I sleep in and if I have finished recording I now put the PC to sleep and swith the DAB radio off.
And yes, whilst I have access to the internet and broadband I sometimes record the radio from the net and therefore leave the DAB radio off.
The DAB radio sounds better sometimes and as I don't like using my allowance which is between 8am-Midnight after that I can download as much as I like and go mad but that means staying up through the early hours and I have still managed to go to bed at reasonable time and actually sleep.
I don't usually have two pc's on at the same time...and I haven't had the tv on for approx 3 days...and where possible though I have to charge the battery I am using my laptop at present...
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