Electricity

If you want to cut your electricity bill try pulling out the fridge/freezer and clean the heat exchanger and motor. (Unplug first)
This is usually the appliance that uses most electricity over the course of a year as it is switched on 24/7
If it is all covered in fluff round the back the compressor will be constantly struggling to maintain temperature and so will be running for much longer than necessary.

I think if I put on all apliances, radio, and vacuum the floors at 1am, I will save on my bill.

PGA wrote:

sunworshipper wrote:We have just received our electric bill for 3 weeks with the new tariff and only 38 euros. Unbelievable , as we have never had a bill that low and certainly not at this time of year. I have not used the dishwasher or washing machine during the most expensive hours but not changed anything else. Very happy.

That is remarkable! Mine was higher than that and I am back in the UK so the house is empty!

As was mine PGA and like you I'm not presently in Spain - perhaps they have a special tariff for us blow-ins

I'm with Iberdrola and when I saw the new rates I was dreading the bill as I'm on the 8 hour tariff and my "cheap" hours are all the new high rate hours. Just had my new bill and it was a pleasant surprise at €39.81, about €20 less than normal! I'm using my appliances the same as normal, i.e. between 9am & 1pm in the morning and between 7pm & 10pm in the evening. No way am I running the washing machine etc at midnight, I'd never sleep!!

marcliff wrote:With smart meters, there is no meter reader. It gets logged at the central monitoring station and the times used are recorded. They charge you the rate applicable at the time of use.


Gone are the days of the chap with clipboard and baseball cap coming round and writing it on his pad.

They still do that on the Torettas, ive seen the guy.

You mean to say they have now got electricity in the Torettas.