New house - first week high useage

markharding557

cally6008 wrote: »

No computers ? How are you getting online then ?

What wattage light bulbs ? Change them all to energy saving ones

What energy company supplies electric ? Key/Prepayment Meter or DD or quarterly bill ? Any debt left on meter that you paying off for previous tennant ?
Outside light switched on ?

Do a search of every single room, even look behind furniture and make sure everything off and that you know what is plugged into which socket

A computer won't use that much power,they can use up to 500w but nomally use a lot less,mine uses about 80w inc monitor and goes up to about 200w when under load like 3d gaming

andrewmp

andrewr22 wrote: »

I have been reading the red tenths digit! Well that's lucky I was getting quite worried! So my use is 26.1 which sounds much better.
Lucky I asked on here now, thanks for your help.

Haha, quality, easily done though!!

andrewmp

markharding557 wrote: »

A computer won't use that much power,they can use up to 500w but nomally use a lot less,mine uses about 80w inc monitor and goes up to about 200w when under load like 3d gaming

A laptop only uses about 20 too which is good. I think I use about 3kw per day usually. A bit more at the moment as I'm running an electric heater for a couple of hours per day (probably doubling my useage there).

Former_E.ON_Company_Representative:_Malc

andrewr22 wrote: »

Hi
I moved into my first owned house a week ago. I took an electricity reading when I moved in and took another a week later. I've used 261 units (kw/h) in 7 days. This seems a lot! Must be approx £50-55.

It's a 2 bed end of terrace house with 1 person living it. Gas central heating. Elec oven used once. No microwave. No computers being used. Small fridge and freezer been on most the time. Washing machine used 4 times. Tv used a couple of hours each evening. Just the living room light used in the evening. Sky+ box on when tv is on.

What are your thoughts? I can't think what's using so much power.

Hi Andrew

Sounds like you have already sorted your issue with the help of the excellent advice posted above. :j

Just thought I would mention a section on our website designed to help customers read their meters, should you or anyone else be having further difficulties.

It is under Existing Customers/Meter Readings. Select continue and then 'read your meter.' There is a link to the website in my Personal Profile.

As you have just moved in to the property, I also thought you might be interested in ways we could help you save money. We have an Energy Efficiency team who specialise in helping customers reduce their usage. Give them a call with a list of your appliances; they will be happy to help.

Ask them for a copy of a booklet called '100 ways to save money by saving energy.' It's free and contains lots of useful advice to help you become energy efficient.

Check out our website too; particularly the interactive house, energy menu and the Winter Advice Bureau. Plenty more good tips here. :cool:

The 10:10 campaign could also be of interest. This is designed to help customers reduce their energy consumption by 10 per cent by the end of 2010.

Make sure you are on the best tariff for your circumstances. As you have just moved in I suspect you will be on a standard product. There are better discounts available for paying with a Monthly Direct Debit and managing your account online. Either give us a call or have a look at the website.

I would suggest popping you details on to one of the comparison sites to see how we stack up. Just a heads up if you decide to change supplier, we don't give discounts on final bills so you would be better to time a move to reduce the impact of this.

Hope this helps Andrew. Give me a shout if I can help further as will be glad to do so.

Malc