What's your esb bill like after christmas?

RiverOfLove

Our bill at home is usually comes to about 150 euro sometimes around 160 or 170.

The esb bill came and it was 257 euro.

Anyways a got a message from my sister with my mother going into a fcuking raging fit blaming me for the high bill because I charge my ipod overnight about 2 or 3 times a week. 4 at the very most.

Never mind that it's right after xmas, it was middle of winter. An extra home for the holidays. All 3 of my siblings have tablet devices but it's just me and my ipod that caused the hike.

Would an ipod cause should a hike?

Eutow

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Our bill at home is usually comes to about 150 euro sometimes around 160 or 170.

The esb bill came and it was 257 euro.

Anyways a got a message from my sister with my mother going into a fcuking raging fit blaming me for the high bill because I charge my ipod overnight about 2 or 3 times a week. 4 at the very most.

Never mind that it's right after xmas, it was middle of winter. An extra home for the holidays. All 3 of my siblings have tablet devices but it's just me and my ipod that caused the hike.

Would an ipod cause should a hike?

No, your mother is a lunatic.

You should get the freecharge app which allows you to charge your phone (iphone or android) without being charged by your electricity provider.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Charging your iPod overnight will only cost a few cent each time.

Christmas lights on the Christmas tree (if they're regular bulb type) will drive the bill up as will washing machines, tumble driers and the oven being on for long periods.

oldyouth

I'd say you are dealing with an estimated bill

joebloggs32

oldyouth wrote: »

I'd say you are dealing with an estimated bill

I got a similar bill and it was not an estimate, and the one before wasn't either. Usually around 140, but went to 240

donegal__road

yep, €220 here.. usually €140 or there about. I wouldn't have thought we used an overly excessive amount of electricity.. we are with Electric Ireland.

cml387

Deleted User wrote: »

You should get the freecharge app which allows you to charge your phone (iphone or android) without being charged by your electricity provider.

Pity they didn't prop their iPad in the corner and use the Christmas Tree app.

LordSutch

RiverOfLove wrote: »

What's your esb bill like after christmas?

Scary alright, but the wife pays it, and I pay the gas (which wasn't half as bad)

I presume ESB means all suppliers, and not just the ESB . . .

We get our electricity from Bord Gáis Energy, not esb.

shruikan2553

156 euro, was expecting worse.

MadsL

Formerly lived in a crap built Celtic Knobhead apartment that ran us a majestic €500+ per two month bill. €552 was our best effort.

We ran the gas off the electricity and the electricity off the gas and saved £400

UCDVet

I'm going to build a water powered generator and let my tap power my house. My bill was over 200.

Wacker The Attacker

bills. ha ha ha ha

funny guys

The Backwards Man

Didn't get one yet, think they forgot about me.:)

Angry_Mammarys

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Our bill at home is usually comes to about 150 euro sometimes around 160 or 170.

The esb bill came and it was 257 euro.

Anyways a got a message from my sister with my mother going into a fcuking raging fit blaming me for the high bill because I charge my ipod overnight about 2 or 3 times a week. 4 at the very most.

Never mind that it's right after xmas, it was middle of winter. An extra home for the holidays. All 3 of my siblings have tablet devices but it's just me and my ipod that caused the hike.

Would an ipod cause should a hike?

Tell her you'll be charging it in her head if she doesn't give it over :mad::mad::mad:


Seriously though there's noway an Ipod would cause such a hike.

Mint Aero

Put her in a home.

Old people :rolleyes:

Angry_Mammarys

Mint Aero wrote: »

Put her in a home.

Old people :rolleyes:

With no windows:)

SCOOP 64

Still waiting for the hell to drop though the letter box,worst bill of the year.

BrokenArrows

You could watch videos on your phone and have it plugged in all year and it would only cost you a 2 or 3 euro for the year.

suicide_circus

220 for 3 months here

Genuine Question:

I am running a little 800w halogen heater in which ever room i'm in rather than the central heating. how much is this costing me per hour? i'm hopelessly slow when it comes to calculating this stuff.

thanks to anyone who can help

Heroditas

suicide_circus wrote: »

220 for 3 months here

Genuine Question:

I am running a little 800w halogen heater in which ever room i'm in rather than the central heating. how much is this costing me per hour? i'm hopelessly slow when it comes to calculating this stuff.

thanks to anyone who can help

If you're paying 18c per unit of electricity, the heater is costing you 14.6c every hour it's running.
Have a look at your bill and see how much you're paying per "unit". The heater uses 0.8 units per hour so the cost of a unit * 0.8 is what it's costing you every hour.
It's an expensive way to heat a room

Odyssey 2005

Bill usually around €210/€230
Dd the other day was €300:eek:

Lennyzip

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Bill usually around €210/€230
Dd the other day was €300:eek:

Jayus you must have a big household !

prizefighter

I'm living in Melbourne, I got a quarterly electricity bill of $978. Was gobsmacked.

Heroditas

prizefighter wrote: »

I'm living in Melbourne, I got a quarterly electricity bill of $978. Was gobsmacked.

Using a lot of air conditioning by any chance?

Odyssey 2005

Lennyzip wrote: »

Jayus you must have a big household !

Fookin dryer
:eek:

Pumpkinseeds

The guy called to read the meter on Wednesday, so the bill will probably arrive next week, dreading it. Fricking hate January.

cookie75

Download the Electric Ireland appliance app tells you exactly what costs what

rubadub

Heroditas wrote: »

If you're paying 18c per unit of electricity, the heater is costing you 14.6c every hour it's running.

If the heater has a thermostat it might be turning itself on & off and so not be the full 800W per hour.

Heroditas wrote: »

It's an expensive way to heat a room

It can be cheaper than other supposedly/presumed cheaper methods, e.g. some people will turn on central heating and have the entire house blazing hot, while they are only sitting in the same room all night.

TireeTerror

If you are getting a bill from ESB, something is wrong. They have not been billing customers for a long time now. Time to get with the program people!

MadsL

prizefighter wrote: »

I'm living in Melbourne, I got a quarterly electricity bill of $978. Was gobsmacked.

The reason I installed a solar pv - AC Units are expensive to run...

mfceiling

99 a month....pay that every month as an average figure that they calculated for me. Way easier to budget for that.

Mind you the gas bill was a healthy 442 for Nov and Dec.

GotTheTshirt

prizefighter wrote: »

I'm living in Melbourne, I got a quarterly electricity bill of $978. Was gobsmacked.

Are you running Australia

anncoates

Haven't got it yet. Should be horrible.

Bill for October/November was about 350 I think. That's gas electricity combined.

Sure this one will be much worse.

Heroditas

rubadub wrote: »

If the heater has a thermostat it might be turning itself on & off and so not be the full 800W per hour.

It can be cheaper than other supposedly/presumed cheaper methods, e.g. some people will turn on central heating and have the entire house blazing hot, while they are only sitting in the same room all night.

Very true but 800w of heat is 800w of heat, whether the thermostat kicks in or not. 1kW of gas costs about 5c, 1kW of electricity costs about 18c.
It makes no difference as to the source of heat. It just depends on how easily the room leaks heat due to insulation issues.
For example, if the poster had every radiator turned off in the house bar the room they're sitting in, it's cheaper to use the central heating than an electric heater.

Christmas lights (especially if they're the incandescent type) extra cooking everyone at home for longer, it all adds up!
Just run an extension lead into the neighbours garage next year for your lights.

Heroditas

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Christmas lights (especially if they're the incandescent type) extra cooking everyone at home for longer, it all adds up!
Just run an extension lead into the neighbours garage next year for your lights.

Or bypass the meter.

I'm joking!!!

cena

250. On top of car insurances.

caustic 1

€245

prizefighter

Heroditas wrote: »

Using a lot of air conditioning by any chance?

Nope no air con. I lived with 2 other people and I was barely there. I don't know what was going on but I saw tge bills and the power usage was insanity. Ive since moved out of that house, $1100 rent a month for a room in a house with bills like that on top was just way too expensive.

BlurstMonkey

360. Sharing with three others. Way too high. I know where it came from. Two of the lads constantly putting on this electric fire place in the living room all god damn evening and night when they're in.
They wouldn't put on an extra layer, they'd rather be in there in a t-shirt or something pissing money up the wall. They won't just warm the place up a bit and knock it off, just leave it on until they're off to bed.
Sound lads, and I hate to begrudge someone comfort in their own home, but then I'm paying for it too.

caustic 1

caustic 1 wrote: »

€245

I don't know yet, the superglue on the meter door is helping to delay the bill!

BlurstMonkey

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

360. Sharing with three others. Way too high. I know where it came from. Two of the lads constantly putting on this electric fire place in the living room all god damn evening and night when they're in.
They wouldn't put on an extra layer, they'd rather be in there in a t-shirt or something pissing money up the wall. They won't just warm the place up a bit and knock it off, just leave it on until they're off to bed.
Sound lads, and I hate to begrudge someone comfort in their own home, but then I'm paying for it too.

Get a plug in thermostat for it (or make one up), that'll cut the bill a bit.

anotherposter

RiverOfLove wrote: »

Our bill at home is usually comes to about 150 euro sometimes around 160 or 170.

The esb bill came and it was 257 euro.

Anyways a got a message from my sister with my mother going into a fcuking raging fit blaming me for the high bill because I charge my ipod overnight about 2 or 3 times a week. 4 at the very most.

Never mind that it's right after xmas, it was middle of winter. An extra home for the holidays. All 3 of my siblings have tablet devices but it's just me and my ipod that caused the hike.

Would an ipod cause should a hike?

so
xmas lights
heating system
lights on for more hours at night

wouldnt be causing the bill to go up?????

Senna

Usually €180/190. €245 for last two months

OU812

Haven't hot the bill in yet, but I read the meters the other day & they're just under twice what they normally are (eek).

Have been paying a little a week off the account & built up credit , so not worried about the bill coming in. Much more manageable.

Patty O Furniture

I had the radio on in the background the other day & heard a woman on & mentioned that her bill was huge compared to other xmas's
& someone went thru the stuff she had on &
then told her to ring up just to check with the provider again, sure enough she rang up, had said she lives alone & only had xmas lights on, as they provided enough light & they almost halved the price :eek:

I suppose if you don't ask, you don't get anything?
In saying that, i haven't received the bill in yet!
but at least i know now what to do if its stupidly high!

The Backwards Man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Didn't get one yet, think they forgot about me.:)

Just got it now, €255.86

Average enough.

recyclebin

€65 for October and November. I live alone and work long enough hours.

Go home to see the parents at weekends

Heroditas

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I had the radio on in the background the other day & heard a woman on & mentioned that her bill was huge compared to other xmas's
& someone went thru the stuff she had on &
then told her to ring up just to check with the provider again, sure enough she rang up, had said she lives alone & only had xmas lights on, as they provided enough light & they almost halved the price :eek:

I suppose if you don't ask, you don't get anything?
In saying that, i haven't received the bill in yet!
but at least i know now what to do if its stupidly high!

It all depends on what the actual meter says.
They won't just reduce the bill for the craic!