Energy bills: How much does it cost to boil a kettle? You may be surprised by the answer

Energy bills, from electric to gas, are an unfortunate fact of life.

But with many providers announcing price rises this year, homeowners are looking for ingenious ways to slash their bills.

One way could be by using certain household items less, and the kettle is one of the most switched on electrical items in homes across the UK.

But how much does it cost to run a kettle and how much could be saved by not using it?

According to Npower, a kettle costs around 2.5 pence to boil.

They say: “The average kettle holds 1.5 pints and uses about one unit of electricity to boil 12 pints of water (or 8 x 1.5 pint-full kettles) – so that’s around 2.5p every time you boil a full kettle.”

Research by Contact the Elderly found Britons drink an average of 876 cups of tea a year.

Foregoing these would save £21.90 a year – and further savings are available for those who also drink lots of coffee.

Another popular item in the winter which could potentially be adding to electricity bills is the electric blanket.

And they aren’t as expensive as you might think to run.

Rather than using your household radiators to heat up a room, a heated blanket could be the answer to all your winter fuel issues.

Using an energy-efficient blanket for two hours a day, every day for six months costs just £2.99, Which? have revealed.

Even the least energy-efficient heated blanket the company tested cost just £8.06 to run for the same amount of time.

In Britain the average energy bill in a gas central-heated home is approximately £1300, according to TheGreenAge.

Looking at how the £1300 is split makes for an interesting read; 70 per cent of the total bill is the cost of gas for the house.

Of that 70 per cent – 85 per cent of this total cash paid out is for heating. That’s approximately £775 goes towards heating (£1300 x 0.7 x 0.85).

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