Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"Bob Minchin" writes:

"Staffbull" wrote in message
ups.com...
Is it possible to get Scottish Power to fit a timed meter like used on
storage heaters so I can put the washing and drying on at night? I dont
have and dont want storage heater though

The tariff you refer to is called Economy 7. Not sure if it is still
available to new users
The units might be cheap for the 7 hours over night but they are really
expensive during the daytime. In this way the tariff only makes sense if
nearly all of your consumption is at night.
I suspect that this won't suit your needs.

Modern (anything in last 30+ years) european washing machines
don't actually use much power per wash either. I suspect you
would have to be running several of them all night before it
became economical.

BTW, Maplin had their plug-in power meter on special offer when
I was in there last weekend. You could use this to work out
exactly how much a wash costs you, but I suspect it's in the
pence range.

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Andrew Gabriel

Thanks, and cheers for the info on Maplin, I've been after one of those
for "toy" vlaue :-)