Average electricity units used a day

KimYeovil

Magentasue wrote: »

This was recommended to me years ago by a trused washing machine engineer

Information obtained under duress from bound victims is not usually thought to be dependable.

Magentasue

KimYeovil wrote: »

Information obtained under duress from bound victims is not usually thought to be dependable.

:rotfl:I'm not sure what it says about you that you saw an 's' missing rather than a 't'!

Have edited.

whatatwit

No wonder your machine lasted so long, the poor bloke was obviously too terrified to return

preetic

I have been havign discussions with our electricity provider after they sent us a huge bill of £3000. It transpires that they didnt accept a reading we gave them in July last year and have been estimating since then. I have been in discussion with them and found out that our regular consumption for approx 19 months is about 3600 units. However for the period of March 07 to July 07 (4 months) our consumption was approx 30,000 units!!!
There was nothing different that took place at this time. Its a four bedroom house, we are all out for at least 10 hours a day and have the regular utilities on during the evening and morning. Is there any way possible to use approx 298 units a day??????

Wolfsbayne

Ive just used 6 units in a 24 hour period - one double bedroom apartment. Computer on approx 9 hours, tv on the same time. Occasional use of the kettle.

Thats high for me though, im stuck at home full of cold when id usually be working a 10 hour shift so probably 4 units would be more accurate.

woogiegammon

(Its a four bedroom house, we are all out for at least 10 hours a day and have the regular utilities on during the evening and morning. Is there any way possible to use approx 298 units a day??????)

erhhhh Preetic - only if there is someone hiding in your loft using so much electricity for some...how shall we say?...wrong-side-of-the-law-activities (involving the growth of a recently re-classified drug...!)...that it would alert the local police interceptors and their heat-seeking helicopter devices!!
That's an outrageous amount of electricity!
Poor you.:o

woogiegammon

I recently had to call up the electricity board as the first electricity bill came 2 weeks ago and I nearly fell over as it was twice as much as our last house...(new house that we are renting is 1980s, cavity wall insulation, double glazing, new energy-efficient appliances and gas central heating system - our old house was early 1700s, no damp-proof course, no double-glazing, leaded draughty windows, 20 year old 'well-nursed' gas boiler, 10 yrs old+ appliances)...basically everything was modern compared to the old house...but we had swapped like-for-like in terms of what used electricity/what used gas.
The electricity board couldn't account for it and suggested we get an electrician in and they would monitor the power and if there was deemed to be a ‘power surge’ at the property then the electricity board would come and fix it f.o.c. ...I decided to go for the D.I.Y. Power Meter option (http://www.homeenergysaving.co.uk/electricity-monitor-owl-plug-in.html - this company does a cost-saving pack for the monitor and excellent plug-in device - £49.99 incl UK Delivery).

We discovered the so-called gas heating didn’t extend to the water…and an immersion heater had been on 24/7 for the past 3 months!! Might account for it…
Having said that, we are now being uber-careful but can’t seem to get our usage down to under 23 units per day.
The landlord has ridiculously expensive, high-energy usage lightbulbs (and 4 bulbs per ceiling light!). So, we have taken out all superfluous bulbs and – where financially practical have replaced the high-consuming ones with low energy. However it costs £16 per bulb in the hall/landing/stairwell/bathrooms (arghhhh!) and so we are not keen to change too many! Especially as at this rate, we might be finding new lodgings pretty quickly!

woogiegammon

sorry...I get verbal diarrhoea once I get started...

We are a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children) and I am at home all day – I work from home. Hardly any power is used during the day.

Typical week in January 2009 – (2 adults, 2 children)

• 5 x 30 degree washes
• 2 x tumble dryer for as short a time as possible (otherwise line/airer drying)
  
• 1/2 x unit of ironing (we prefer creases!)
• 5 hours electric oven use (making casseroles and putting in freezer)
• ¼ hr microwave use
• 10 hours immersion heater
• Dishwasher – 7 x per week on 'economy' setting
  
• Lights on only when needed
• Computer – 4 hours per day, ‘on and off’
• TV – 10 hours per week (LCD TV)
• No games consoles, no separate Freeview or satellite box
• Amplifier – 21 hours per week
• Burglar alarm – on constantly (how much energy does a burglar alarm use I wonder???)
  
• 3 x Outside intruder lights – these are high energy users - eurghh. We turned one off as it came on every few minutes. The others are lower energy and/or come on very infrequently.
• ‘A’-rated appliances – oven, fridge, freezer, (2nd fridge now turned off permanently), dishwasher
• Laptop charging – only when needed
• Mobile phone/organiser charging – only when needed
• Hairdryer use - 34 minutes (based on 2 minutes per session)
  

The rest is gas (which I am being very good about NOT using – it is turned off during the day at the moment – so I am wearing 2 jumpers! And gloves when necessary) - incl the kettle. We try to warm up our food on the gas hob as much as possible.

When I do use the oven, I fill it up with things to then go in the freezer once cooked.
At the moment (with this computer and flatscreen monitor on), my 'background' usage is 0.225 KWs, so the meter tells me.
I'm really looking forward to milder weather and everything being turned off even more

rhiwfield

Woogiegammon,

3 adults, large house, someone at home all day, similar usage pattern to you

• without amplifier*, immersion*, burglar alarm, intruder lights* and with no high energy bulbs* (* prime suspects?)

• but with more tv, computer time, cooking ,TD and 2 electric showers

we are averaging 14.8 kwh a day this Jan, lower than our budget

by comparison last Jan was 26 kwh a day :eek: