A man was staggered by the standby cost of two common household appliances after measuring every single electrical item in his home.
Martin Lewis warned people should consider fixing their gas and electricity bills at double their current rates amid predictions of average household bills hitting £5,000 a year by January - up from just £1,200 per year as recently as 2021.
One savvy homeowner has taken a step towards cutting his bills as much as possible after buying an electricity usage meter which plugs into any wall and measures how much power - and therefore, money - any given device in the home is using, even on standby. His results shocked him as he discovered two appliances in particular were adding a huge amount to his bills just on standby alone, YorkshireLive reports.
