Units per day for a 1-bed flat with no gas?

starshaped_2

Just wanted to see if I can get an idea of my comparative usage, as I'm currently looking at switching electricity tariffs.

So... anyone else here in similar circumstances to me who can share with me their daily electricity usage? I live in a 1-bedroom flat, on my own, and there's no gas in this building - the heating & water is electric along with everything else, there are storage heaters but after getting a nasty shock when I received my first bill after moving in, they've not been switched on since. I heat the flat using an oil-filled radiator in the living room and a small fan heater in the bedroom, both for short periods when needed - and just keep my dressing gown on all the time! I use the oven only once every 2 days or so; TV etc are never left on standby - and I'm largely housebound due to disability so am pretty much always in.

For the first few months after moving in I was using an average of 30 units a day; since I discovered how expensive the storage heating was, I've managed to halve this and am now averaging 15.

Is this considered reasonable for my circumstances? I read somewhere that the average per person is 5 units a day, but I'm assuming the "real" average will be more than that because it's per person, not per household.

Magentasue

I think 15 for all electric is reasonable. There's a poster called atrauk (or similar) who is in similar circumstances and I'm sure she said she was using 15-20 now the heaters were on.

anthonykeates

I would have thought that if you need heat all day long the storage heaters would by far be the cheaper way to heat.

Although you've now halved your usage of units from 30 to 15, the units that were used to power the storage heaters should be on an overnight economy 7 tariff, which is normally about a third of the cost of peak electric so in theory making it a lot cheaper method of heating.

stew510

I'm currently using 50 units a day, which is causing me enormous bills. I use Dimplex PLX heaters to heat my flat, but have put them to turn on only at minimal times. Does this seem a normal usage to anyone else?

maggie21

I have a two bed house and only use an average of 7 units per day. This includes two quick showers a day, cooking every day, computer on most of the day, all lights are energy saving bulbs though and I don't have electric heating.