▲ 55 ▼ 'I've given up eating hot meals to pay for equipment to keep my son alive' (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 months ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (4 children) The article is about the cost of electricity to have the equipment running which is not covered. How expensive is electricity in the UK anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago For me currently (pun intended), it’s a flat rate of £0.20772 per kWh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* Currently ~20-30p per kWh. Depending on your tariff night time can go down to 7p per kWh. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Not much, makes me wonder how much power these things use. Surely they can't take multiple kW, it's not like you are running a CT scanner at home which at least probably does take a good chunk of power. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 child) An oxygen concentrator and a ventilator running 24/7, alongside the other things mentioned such a humidifier and suction machines. I can certainly see how that would add up quickly. Let's say all the equipment together consumes 600W, which is probably very conservative. At a price of 24.67p/kWh (which is the average price, so she could very well be paying more) that's £3.55 a day on top of regular household energy use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) To get to over £800 or so a month you need to be using like 5kW constantly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago The over £800 was what the energy company suggested she pays, which to me sounds like she's in debt with them and £800 a month would be partly paying it off permalink fedilink source parent [–] Krill@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago The title is "to pay for equipment", which isn't fair, and is almost certainly wrong. "To use equipment" would be fairer. The article is a bit of a hit piece. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago For me currently (pun intended), it’s a flat rate of £0.20772 per kWh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago* Currently ~20-30p per kWh. Depending on your tariff night time can go down to 7p per kWh. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) Not much, makes me wonder how much power these things use. Surely they can't take multiple kW, it's not like you are running a CT scanner at home which at least probably does take a good chunk of power. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 child) An oxygen concentrator and a ventilator running 24/7, alongside the other things mentioned such a humidifier and suction machines. I can certainly see how that would add up quickly. Let's say all the equipment together consumes 600W, which is probably very conservative. At a price of 24.67p/kWh (which is the average price, so she could very well be paying more) that's £3.55 a day on top of regular household energy use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) To get to over £800 or so a month you need to be using like 5kW constantly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago The over £800 was what the energy company suggested she pays, which to me sounds like she's in debt with them and £800 a month would be partly paying it off permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 child) An oxygen concentrator and a ventilator running 24/7, alongside the other things mentioned such a humidifier and suction machines. I can certainly see how that would add up quickly. Let's say all the equipment together consumes 600W, which is probably very conservative. At a price of 24.67p/kWh (which is the average price, so she could very well be paying more) that's £3.55 a day on top of regular household energy use. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) To get to over £800 or so a month you need to be using like 5kW constantly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago The over £800 was what the energy company suggested she pays, which to me sounds like she's in debt with them and £800 a month would be partly paying it off permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) To get to over £800 or so a month you need to be using like 5kW constantly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago The over £800 was what the energy company suggested she pays, which to me sounds like she's in debt with them and £800 a month would be partly paying it off permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago The over £800 was what the energy company suggested she pays, which to me sounds like she's in debt with them and £800 a month would be partly paying it off permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Krill@feddit.uk 0 points 2 months ago The title is "to pay for equipment", which isn't fair, and is almost certainly wrong. "To use equipment" would be fairer. The article is a bit of a hit piece. permalink fedilink source parent