Bills

Dobiesmon

Hi
Well I have just had my gas and elect bills in for this quarter from BG pay by DD only 2 of here all day and have only put my heating on when freezing to take the chill off use blankets to keep warm and gas fire on low in the front room , water comes on twice a day , have dishwasher goes on 3 times a week washing machine 2/3 times a week .
gas dd is £30 bill is £151 .12.
elect dd is £39 bill is £153.34
from sempt to dec can some one tell me how to convert units if I take readings per week to check the amounts I am using

Magentasue

For electricity, the meter units are the same as kwh (what you're charged for). For gas, the formula should be on your statement but a reasonable conversion from units to kwh can be done by multiplying by 11 or 31.

If your gas meter is metric (look for cubic metres) x11, and if imperial (you'll see cubic ft on meter) x31.

We check ours every week and find it very useful - one reading doesn't tell you much but after a few you see patterns. You can record these on https://www.imeasure.org.uk - they will do the conversion for you!

Dobiesmon

Thanks for the info .

Dobiesmon

Hi
Put the details in last week and again today but it says I have used

• £993,867.49 on gas
• £6.00 on electricity
• where /what have I done wrong

[Deleted User]

this site is wonderful to help keep track of usage and possible costs. I have used it for 22 weeks and one of the best aspects os the usage graph

http://www.imeasure.org.uk/

whoops I just saw the magentasue link. I am so glad I saw a link 22 weeks ago because I am now prepared to get a bill 3 times my costing for last quarter

KimYeovil

Dobiesmon wrote: »

Hi
Put the details in last week and again today but it says I have used

• £993,867.49 on gas
• £6.00 on electricity

where /what have I done wrong

Have a look on your bills. You will see when they quote the readings (not kWh) they only use the four or five leftmost digits of your gas meter and five or six from your electric meter. Make sure you put the decimal point in the correct place when you enter the reading on imeasure. (Enter your meter readings, not your kWhs.) (On your meters it should be clear - there should be a change in size or colour where you should stop.)

And check in 'user details' on imeasure that you have correctly chosen cubic feet or cubic metres.

Dobiesmon

Hi
thanks KimYeovil
have re set and gas is now £12.80