Monitoring my gas use

dander

Apologies if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find the info on a search...

I have just had a new boiler installed and would like to be able to monitor my gas use to see how using the heating in different ways and different temperatures affects my costs. I have an Owl monitor for my electric use and would like to do something similar with gas. Is there anything out there that would help? Even if it was a manual thing where I had to nip out and jot down the meter reading and plug it into an online calculator at regular points would be helpful - does anyone know of anything like this?

Fire_Fox

http://www.imeasure.org.uk/
There is an MSE group on there too I believe: some post on this thread on the Green board:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=980757

KimYeovil

...or just work out how much your effective monthly standing charge is and work out how much one meter unit and one tenth of a meter unit costs you at the tier 2 tariff rates.

eg if your unit charge is 2.7p per kWh then one metric meter unit costs you 11.2 * .027 or 30pence. Or a bit more than 3 units to the pound. If you have an imperial meter then one meter unit is about 32 kWh so a bit more than 1 unit to the pound.

Essentially on a metric meter you get 3 units to the pound, on an imperial meter it is one unit to the pound. In addition you have a monthly flat charge of £3.50 to £12, (tier 1 - tier 2 x 4672 / 12)

dander

Thanks, I'm all signed up!