Where is all this electricity going?!

Fire_Fox

At no point has the OP said whether the £70 a month is based on estimated or actual readings - possibly the former if access is a problem? Also can we have your usage in KWH not by cost, are you using all this excess electric on the dayrate or at night or both?

Premier_2

girltuesday wrote: »

Premier - Do energy monitors need to be connected to the meter? The meters are all in the building basement, and only the building manager can access them. We have to ask him whenever we want a meter reading!

Strange set up I know, but I think it's down to the building being a factory conversion!

KimYeovil - eeewwww!!!

You ideally need access to your meter. The monitors work by you placing a clip around the main cable. This then sends a signal to a remote display unit you have indoors.

You only need access to the meter to install the sender unit, and then to replace the battery (probably about once per year)

espresso

Premier wrote: »

You ideally need access to your meter. The monitors work by you placing a clip around the main cable. This then sends a signal to a remote display unit you have indoors.

You only need access to the meter to install the sender unit, and then to replace the battery (probably about once per year)

The sensor clip does not need to be fitted at the meter, it can be fitted at the other end of the meter cable where it enters the consumer unit/fuse box in the flat. Obviously the same current flows at both ends of the cable, so the sensor can be fitted at either end.

lsatdown

thats sound normal. we get through £110 per month in a brand new 1 bed flat with hardly any heating.

Businessgirl

I got a great monitor (I think it was an Owl) from an online shop called earthwhile.co.uk....great service and prices! We found that within a week we had figured out our problem....it wasn't what we thought it was! ON advice from their staff, we also (about a week later) boughts a hot water jacket for our boiler, radiator foils and loft insulation....and our usage has gone right down!

Magentasue

lsatdown wrote: »

thats sound normal. we get through £110 per month in a brand new 1 bed flat with hardly any heating.

£43 a month in three bed house, family of six with no electric heating/hot water. Something's wrong if you're paying £110 with hardly any heating.

Fire_Fox

lsatdown wrote: »

thats sound normal. we get through £110 per month in a brand new 1 bed flat with hardly any heating.

:eek: I live in a five year old two bedroom flat in Yorkshire. We were averaging £26 a month until the winter hit, and have recently had our DD increased to £34 a month. What do you call "hardly any heating"? How many rooms? How many hours? How many months of the year? What ambient temperature?

littletommytucker

lsatdown thats sound normal. we get through £110 per month in a brand new 1 bed flat with hardly any heating.

I think there talking about an all electric property. If so this is normal. Im in a brand spanking new flat, fully stuffed to the brim with insulation etc, electric wall heaters that I just switch on at the wall for 45 mins to bring the flat to a warm temp.

Work five days a week, dont even bother to have it come on before I go to work, so just on when I get back in for a bit, and I averaged around £100 a month over winter.

Living life all electric more expensive than people realise. If it wasnt such a big difference, people probably wouldnt bother with gas!