Can't get under 30 kwh electric per day.

kittywaa

I got mine from Amazon but they are available in lots of places.
Just google owl energy monitor.
You will soon recoup the initial outlay ,well I certainly did
kitty

Fairwinds

Any idea how this one compares??

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Efergy-Elite-Wireless-Electricity-Friendly/dp/B001Q1G4WK/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&m=A27I9PUC3YADPK&s=generic&qid=1237495834&sr=1-6

Shonk_2

Wow you use alot

I dont consider my power use at all

In the last 29 days 667kw so average 23kw a day

Power use

40" lcd on around 18 hours a day
Xbox 360 maybe 14
Set top box 18
5.1 Amp 18
PS3 Standby 18
Hd-dvd Standby 18

3.2ghz duel core pc with high end graphics card 24/7
2.2ghz duel core 17" laptop 24/7

11 Network Devices 20w each 24/7
3 Gigabit switches 24/7 around 12w each
1 Laser Printer 24/7
1 Inkjet 24/7

37" Lcd maybe 5 hours
Xbox 360 maybe 2 hours
Set Top Box maybe 5 hours
Pc 3.2ghz P4 (power hungry) maybe 3


32" Crt Maybe 5 hours
Set Top Box maybe 5 hours
5.1 Amp maybe 5 hours
Dvd player standby maybe 5 hours

Washing Machine once every other day
5 Kettel's a day ish

Allways On or Standby

Microwave/Coffee Machine/George Forman/Toaster/Kettel/Dyson Handheld
6 Foot Freezer 24/7
4 Foot Fridge 24/7

6 or 7 Various small devices chargers/clocks etc. 24/7

Central Heating Pump 120w 24/7 seems its hard wired to never go off

Im just about to order an owl though and see what i can get it down to without going to mad

Shonk_2

Just worked out how much I have used since being with the current supplier

751 Days
15869 Units

Average 20.89 Units Per Day

andyfuk

Shonk, I can't believe how much you are using, do you REALLY need all that turned on all the time!!?

Shonk_2

As I said I have just ordered an owl and will try and get it down a tad

Fozz

On our latest electricity bill it says we were using 37.5 Kwh per day for this period last year (this bill is wrong, so don't know what our current usage is) which seems astronomical compared to everyone on this thread! We are trying to get our usage down, but I'm not very well informed on which appliances are the most power hungry etc,(would guess cooker, washing machine and fridge/freezer?)
We are an all electric household with storage heaters on Economy 10.
I think our hot water must be very expensive, as we have two teenage daughters, no shower and a very old immersion heater which is on far too much despite my nagging!
I am trying to do the washing on cheap rate as much as possible, limit my oven use etc, but we do seem to use an awful lot of power.

Leeolly

My electric meter said i was using 30-45 units a day in my one bed flat, with gas central heating.

Eventually got a check meter fitted and that showed that i do infact use 6 units a day, E-on owe me about £2k

Get your meter checked thats all i can say people.

anniecave

Fozz wrote: »

On our latest electricity bill it says we were using 37.5 Kwh per day for this period last year (this bill is wrong, so don't know what our current usage is) which seems astronomical compared to everyone on this thread! We are trying to get our usage down, but I'm not very well informed on which appliances are the most power hungry etc,(would guess cooker, washing machine and fridge/freezer?)
We are an all electric household with storage heaters on Economy 10.
I think our hot water must be very expensive, as we have two teenage daughters, no shower and a very old immersion heater which is on far too much despite my nagging!
I am trying to do the washing on cheap rate as much as possible, limit my oven use etc, but we do seem to use an awful lot of power.

Is that including all the cost of your heating? Do you know how much (what number of kwh per day) is for heating, and what is for everything else?

fatsheep_2

Sorry to jump in,
I guess huge electric bills will always make people assume they are being overcharged rather than they are using huge ammounts of electric, however.

My meters show that over the last 126 days I have averaged 89kw usage per day.
Economy 7 Night time 9309 kw (73.8 each night)
Day 1986 (15.7 each day)

3 bed house. No gas. 5 storage heaters and water heated overnight. 2 adults, no kids. Washing machine, dryer, PC. Someone at home 50% of the time. This is my first bill at this address

Before I lump over the best part of £1000 to eon (they estimated my bill at £109!) am I likely to be consuming this ammount.
Cheers
David