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General Chat => The Bikers Cafe => Topic started by: NorthumBryan on December 11, 2022, 03:41:47 PM
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Yes, it's that time again, the cars a ball of ice (-5c overnight) and the 'leccy meter is moving so fast the last digit is a blur ! To be fair, that is all electric heating, cooking & lighting and 2 EV's charging as well. My PV system has managed only 42kWh this week but we've used nearly 800kWh...
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Blimey that does seem a lot😱 not that I know a lot about it lol
It was -4 last night here I managed to get out for my walk this afternoon with my wife and me being on 2 walking sticks trying not to slip 😱
We have no gas in this area so we have an oil tank and a oil combi boiler we have a electric oven & a induction hob & a Smart meter which at the moment is currently around £7 per day we try to be as careful as we can as I can imagine everyone is 😭 We also have a wood burner which at the moment is alight most of the day, my wife took some pictures of the frost on our walk today.
Sent from my iPad
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Nice, proper hard frost :thumb:
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Is that £261 for a week? That's about 3 months gas and electric for me.
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Yup, a single 7 day period. That's charging 2 cars as well and no gas or any other fuel to pay for. I get 6 months a year free when the solar PV is in decent production so I can happily live with it. I came home to find the mrs had used a lot of electricity cooking these beauties, home-made sausage rolls.
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Ohhhh they look delicious enjoy :thumb:
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:thumb: lovely!!
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I came home to find the mrs had used a lot of electricity cooking these beauties, home-made sausage rolls.
I'll let you know next time I'm in the area so she can bake some more :stir:
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Sorry to change the subject NorthumBryan
But you have got me in to Amyl and the sniffers after posting on the v-Strom owners forum ( what are you listening to ) they are so full of energy especially Amyl she is amazing and you are right reminds me of a 70s punk group love it cheers mate :thumb:
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I can only apologize for corrupting your ears... I've also discovered 'The Chats' a very lively Aussie punk/rock band, also worth a listen, well to my mind anyway. Enjoy -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrkuo0y8gMU
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I like that a lot :thumb:
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They've got quite a back catalogue, I like the fact they don't take themselves too seriously. For example -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGM82uPuvA
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It turns out last week wasn't that bad after all...
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:wtf: bloody hell mate what the hell is Drawing all that !!!!
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It's the two cars and the very thirsty Mitsubishi Ecodan 14kW heat pump. It's very efficient, giving a COP of 2.4 to 2.5 on average (for every 1kW of electric used it generates approximately 2.5kW of heat) but does use a lot of electricity to do that. And we need a lot of heat for the bungalow... No gas means all electric cooking too and those sausage rolls don't cook themselves!
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:wtf: Are you growing cannabis in your loft?
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I think that would cost less...
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lol lol
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at least it'll pay for the heating :whistle:
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There's too much competition to be profitable, living near to Blyth & Ashington (or Ashghanistan is we affectionately call it) which are Northumberlands main druggie centre's the amount of 'home grown' is staggering. Two-for-one offers kill the bottom line and the January sales are coming up too...
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lol lol lol
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lol lol lol