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Hi
We’re considering a new oven, and both electric and LPG are possible. Which is cheaper to run?
Thanks!
Re: Electric v LPG?
I’d opt for the electric by a mile.
Much cheaper to install and maintain, more stable temperature and runs cleaner as well as being cheaper to buy in the first place generally and offering a much wider range of options.
HTH
K.
Re: Electric v LPG?
Thanks, v helpful. A couple of thoughts:
– We’ve got an LPG supply already (currently got an LPG hob). Presumably in this case our installation costs would be lower? We’d need a gas engineer to connect up I know, but the new electricity legislation requires us to use an electrician to connect up an electric oven if it’s to go into a fixed (fused) point.
– What maintenance costs would LPG incur?
– I note you say electricity is cheaper to buy – do you know by how much?
Many thanks!
Re: Electric v LPG?
If you already have a supply to the hob then yes, the installation cost should be lower, but only marginally I expect.
Electricity, no idea on cost as it depends entirely on what you have there but, if there’s already a suitable cooker point then it should merely be a case of hooking it up and Part P won’t apply to that connection.
Gas ovens, generally, if they fail are both expensive and difficult to repair quite often, mostly from a labour point of view although parts can be very expensive for them too.
Gas ovens are also expensive in comparison to a similarly specified electric oven to buy, lower volumes so more expensive basically although I’ve not made any recent comparisons TBH. That said, the performance of an electric fan oven is way, way better than a static gas oven by miles especially on heat up times and temperature stability.
HTH
K.
Re: Electric v LPG?
ajn1982 wrote:Thanks, v helpful. A couple of thoughts:
– We’ve got an LPG supply already (currently got an LPG hob). Presumably in this case our installation costs would be lower? We’d need a gas engineer to connect up I know, but the new electricity legislation requires us to use an electrician to connect up an electric oven if it’s to go into a fixed (fused) point.
– What maintenance costs would LPG incur?
– I note you say electricity is cheaper to buy – do you know by how much?
Many thanks!On a hob the only electric hob I would consider is ceramic, most hobs come with the injectors in the box for conversion (but beware just swapping injectors is never a proper conversion a bypass screw will also need adjusting) the cost of a gas hob will be less but fitting costs will be more so swings and roundabouts here, having said that I would always go for gas for a hob, I just dont like electric hobs.
Re: Electric v LPG?
ajn1982 wrote:Hi
We’re considering a new oven, and both electric and LPG are possible. Which is cheaper to run?
Thanks!Oven or cooker ? if its just an oven I would do what kwatt said as its far easier for a start, if it was a cooker I would not have all electric myself but thats just personal choice.
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