Five energy saving myths that could actually be adding £100s to your bills

YOU'LL have heard lots of energy-saving hacks as bills soar - but not all of them are true, and could be driving costs up.

Families are being clobbered with eye-watering hikes to energy bills as a cost of living crisis continues.

Brits will have to dig deep to find another £693 for their energy bills after a new price cap was confirmed earlier this month.

The energy price cap, which comes into effect on April 1, will take the average household bill to £1,971 a year.

But costs are expected to only to keep going up.

There's still another price cap review to go this year - it is likely that the average household bill will hit more than £2,000 a year in October.

With budgets squeezed to the max, households will want to know how to save cash.

We've rounded up five energy myths you should avoid though - because you could end up paying MORE for your bills.

Myth 1 - it's cheaper to put the heating on a low level all day

Storm Eunice has just battered the country, and with rainy gloomy weather still in place, you'll be wanting to heat up your home.

But you might be puzzled over whether it's cheaper to put the heating on a low level all day, or whack it up when you need it.

Uswitch energy expert Sarah Broomfield says it's not true that putting your heating on a low level all the time will save you money in the long run.

That's because a certain amount of heat is constantly being lost from your home - even if you have good insulation.

Having the heating on a low level is wasting a lot of energy trying to replace lost heat.

It's better to programme your heating system so it comes on at times when you need it the most.

Myth 2 - energy saving lightbulbs aren't worth it

You can't buy halogen light bulbs any more - shops are no longer allowed to sell them under a shake-up launched last year.

But energy saving lightbulbs are more expensive to buy - EnergySavingTrust has previously estimated that it would cost £100 for a household to replace all their bulbs with LED ones.

But the savings could be significant in the long-term.

Homes which have LED bulbs pay £146 a year to run them, compared to halogen ones which cost £378 a year, according to research from Compare the Market.com in 2017.