lisilou
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Can I ask what peoples quarterly marina leccy bill is and what do you normally leave running when you're not there and what you typically have on when there?
Thanks
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Quarterly bill
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alt
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Can I ask what peoples quarterly marina leccy bill is and what do you normally leave running when you're not there and what you typically have on when there?
Thanks
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You're much better off asking your marina what they charge per unit, it'll give you a no-nonsense answer as to whether you're getting value or not!
lisilou
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They've attached a 2nd monitoring meter to ours. I haven't asked them to or ever questioned our bill, they just did it so I asked why and although he wasn't sure, the marina guy said it was likely they feel something is amiss. Just wanted to get a few comparisons.
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Thepipdoc
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I've never paid more than £25 per quarter.
(When we had the boat - Sealine F43 ) it was used every weekend and almost certainly the occasional weekday visit would have occurred. Battery charger was left on permanently and we switched everything else off when not on board.
AFAIK it's illegal for the marina to charge any more for the electricity than they are actually paying. In other words they can't profit from selling electricity.
In my case we were paying 12 pence per KW
(When we had the boat - Sealine F43 ) it was used every weekend and almost certainly the occasional weekday visit would have occurred. Battery charger was left on permanently and we switched everything else off when not on board.
AFAIK it's illegal for the marina to charge any more for the electricity than they are actually paying. In other words they can't profit from selling electricity.
In my case we were paying 12 pence per KW
gjgm
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But they can charge for the installation and maintaining the means of providing you with electricity.
Firefly625
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I know of a certain chap who's metre has not worked for over a year now, has been upfront with marina office and offered to pay the same amount as last year...(he is of the old school!)
To date he still runs the defunct metre as after giving it into the office for replacement they said they didn't have one to replace it with so gave him his old one back, that was in June.... and has not received a invoice.
As for my 1/4'ly bill, around £12 during the summer and £30 during the winter (but then I do like to keep Seabird nice and warm...!)
To date he still runs the defunct metre as after giving it into the office for replacement they said they didn't have one to replace it with so gave him his old one back, that was in June.... and has not received a invoice.
As for my 1/4'ly bill, around £12 during the summer and £30 during the winter (but then I do like to keep Seabird nice and warm...!)
lisilou
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Hmmm thanks 'pip'. We leave our fridges and bat chargers on, everything else off. Our last quarterly was £128. This is the first bill we've had since being here but it was not much different at the last marina so we never questioned it.
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Firefly625
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wow, that is a bill! Turn fridges and battery charger off and I think you may find it less than half!
Matt341
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£128 per quarter sounds a lot, is something like the immersion being left on accidentally?
Our power is on permanently but from around April to October there is no permanent draw, now and then the charger will be on for a few days and the kettle will be used.
When we used to stay onboard our last boat the bill for one quarter was particularly higher than average, the marina suspected a fault with our meter so connected an additional meter, this established no problem with the meter but there was a larger than normal consumption. Turned out that the calorifier immersion had been left on by mistake, at 900 watts over a few weeks this easily accumulated a large bill.
During the Winter months we leave a couple of small tube heaters on which I believe accumulate a charge of roughly £15 per quarter. I can't remember the exact amount the marina charge but it's something like a 12p per unit cost charge plus 12p per unit service charge which is capped at X amount of units per year.
Our power is on permanently but from around April to October there is no permanent draw, now and then the charger will be on for a few days and the kettle will be used.
When we used to stay onboard our last boat the bill for one quarter was particularly higher than average, the marina suspected a fault with our meter so connected an additional meter, this established no problem with the meter but there was a larger than normal consumption. Turned out that the calorifier immersion had been left on by mistake, at 900 watts over a few weeks this easily accumulated a large bill.
During the Winter months we leave a couple of small tube heaters on which I believe accumulate a charge of roughly £15 per quarter. I can't remember the exact amount the marina charge but it's something like a 12p per unit cost charge plus 12p per unit service charge which is capped at X amount of units per year.
oGaryo
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We leave the battery charger on and everything else off until we get on board. The last bill for the period April to June was £18.39. Lisa, you spend more time on board than most so I think that's where your cost is rather than when you're not there. Try leaving the hair tongs at home, that'll half your bill for sure 
lisilou
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Using the boat most weekends and a few days during the week when I can over the summer for sure means my usage will be higher than most I guess. Hairdryer, straighteners etc (usual girlie stuff 
) I will also stick the fan heater on if it gets nippy in the cockpit but there's been no call for that this summer so that's not really a factor this time around.
Re the water heater...no, that's always switched off when we leave but is on continually while onboard.
I will switch off fridges from now on too and see what difference that makes.
Thanks all.
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) I will also stick the fan heater on if it gets nippy in the cockpit but there's been no call for that this summer so that's not really a factor this time around.Re the water heater...no, that's always switched off when we leave but is on continually while onboard.
I will switch off fridges from now on too and see what difference that makes.
Thanks all.
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Powersalt
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£15 a qtr in summer, £80 to £100 a qtr in winter.
Summer is only bat charger and fridge plus cooking etc. all switched off when we leave
Winter, we have de humidifier and heaters on all the time on stats, the boat is left ready to go and we come down for circa 1 weekend a month when we really cane the heaters
Summer is only bat charger and fridge plus cooking etc. all switched off when we leave
Winter, we have de humidifier and heaters on all the time on stats, the boat is left ready to go and we come down for circa 1 weekend a month when we really cane the heaters
jimmy_the_builder
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That might be your culprit. If they are charging you say 20p a unit, and let's say for the sake of argument that your immersion is actually on for 50% duty cycle then even if you've got a weedy 1200w element in the immersion heater, that's £2.88 every 24 hours. 13 weekends at 2 days a weekend gives you £74.88. If you add a bit for the extra use for weekday trips, then what you're left with for the electricity bill is about right for 'ordinary use'. [All assuming that they are charging you 20p/unit of course, alt is quite right, you need to know this - should be on the bill]
Cheers
Jimmy
oGaryo
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Re the water heater...no, that's always switched off when we leave but is on continually while onboard.
Lisa, we turn ours on for half an hour or so when first getting on the boat if we know we're not going for a run and as the immersion tank is insulated, that tends to provide enough hot water for the day. That said, we don't shower on board so only use the water for washing pots and the like
CharlieAlpha
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Jimmys spot on so get your priorities right, fridge on for cold beer when guests (and passing forumites) might arrive. Immersion off until shower time (use kettle for everything else) or go for a trip to heat the water.
lisilou
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Need to rethink a few things clearly. Sounds like the bill is right according to the things we leave on continually while onboard.
Thanks again
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Thanks again
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oGaryo
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Need to rethink a few things clearly. Sounds like the bill is right according to the things we leave on continually while onboard.
Thanks again
L
Just one last point re the fridges and you'll no doubt know this anyway. If you're going to leave them off whilst not on board, leave the doors ajar else they'll start to pong a bit.
AdeOlly
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Unless you are using gallons of hot water I doubt it's the water heater. We also leave ours on permanently when on board, four of us. We also use electric heaters, TV, kettle, microwave, two fridges, and in winter an engine bay heater, dehumidifer and oil filled radiator. Battery charger is on 24x7. I think my bills for the past year only tot up to about £130. My annual household bill for a largish detached house only comes in about £800.....
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Firefly625
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immersion is a big draw as JTB says, we use ours very much like a kettle, it heats the water up very fast, but like all boats I have ever experienced it gets too hot if left on very long so it gets switched on throughout the day we it feels like its getting a little cold, but I never leave it on for more than an hour max.
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About £25 per quarter in the summer, maybe £50 in the winter with the dehumidifier and patio headers(!), no, I meant tube heaters.
