Comment on 'I've given up eating hot meals to pay for equipment to keep my son alive'

Krill@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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?

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  • Krill@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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  • stsquad@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Currently ~26-30p per kWh. Depending on your tariff night time can go down to 7p per kWh.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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.

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    • KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        To get to over £800 or so a month you need to be using like 5kW constantly.

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  • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    For me currently (pun intended), it’s a flat rate of £0.20772 per kWh.

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