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What's your consumption?

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  • Cardew
    Cardew Posts: 29,064 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Rampant Recycler
    edited 3 January 2010 at 5:05PM
    From your table 61 gas units = 633 Kwh

    You are all confusing me!! we have had 333kWh, 633kWh I make it that 61 gas units = 678kWh from the table!!

    Any further advance - or do I get the prize?
  • sdd7677
    sdd7677 Posts: 128 Forumite
    edited 3 January 2010 at 8:09PM
    3 bed semi detached
    cavity insulation
    3 adult
    one 2 month old baby

    Gas is flying off : around 80-85Kwh per day since december
    Electricity : around 7-8Kwh per day
    Temp set : 19 C during day and 18 during night using electronic thermostat
    Saved quite a lot keeping temp. down till last year, but can't be the case with baby.
  • LumpyCustard_2
    LumpyCustard_2 Posts: 267 Forumite
    edited 3 January 2010 at 6:55PM
    2 bed terraced (built 1996), combi boiler
    1 adult home all day
    Average daily usage for 2009:
    Gas: 19.87 kwh per day (although can be as high as 70 with this cold weather)
    Elec: 4.71 kwh per day (and 1.5 is the fridge-freezer with broken thermostat)
  • cake21
    cake21 Posts: 1,039 Forumite
    2 bed mid-terrace, loft insulation, gas CH, can't have cavity wall insulation, out most of the day, average annual usage:
    Gas 6,000 kwh (down from 15,000 a few years ago :eek:)
    Electricity 1,000 kwh
  • karen_123
    karen_123 Posts: 30 Forumite
    We live in a 3 bed victorian terrace .
    We pay £150 per month for both our
    gas and elec,we just have all
    standard stuff ,laptops ,games
    consoles,nothing out of the ordinary.
    Would be interested to find out if you
    think this is high .(I do but have
    nothing to compare to )
    This below is for 59 days usage.
    wont let me insert into this post so will post seperate .sorry
    Thanks
  • karen_123
    karen_123 Posts: 30 Forumite
    Electricity

    Billing period

    04/11/09 to 02/01/10

    Charges
    £99.04
    VAT
    £4.95


    Total charges inc. VAT
    £103.99



    Gas

    Billing period

    04/11/09 to 02/01/10

    Charges
    £173.57
    VAT
    £8.68


    Total charges
  • RHYSDAD
    RHYSDAD Posts: 2,346 Forumite
    edited 4 January 2010 at 6:56AM
    karen_123 wrote: »
    Electricity

    Billing period

    04/11/09 to 02/01/10

    Charges
    £99.04
    VAT
    £4.95


    Total charges inc. VAT
    £103.99



    Gas

    Billing period

    04/11/09 to 02/01/10

    Charges
    £173.57
    VAT
    £8.68


    Total charges
    It'd be helpful for you to post your actual consumption of gas and electric in kw/h. When you know this you can then compare what you're using and also visit uswitch, energy helpline etc to see if you're getting the best deal.;)

    PS: your gas does seem high for only 57 days use but lot's of factors to detail there. Post up your kw/h usage if you know it.
    "Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead."

    Chinese Proverb


  • dopester
    dopester Posts: 4,890 Forumite
    4-bed semi.

    Looking at our consumption since 1st December 2009:

    Electricity at 25 kWh per day (rounded up from 24.59)
    Gas at 141 kWh per day (rounded up from 140.84)
  • RHYSDAD wrote: »
    It'd be helpful for you to post your actual consumption of gas and electric in kw/h. When you know this you can then compare what you're using and also visit uswitch, energy helpline etc to see if you're getting the best deal.;)

    PS: your gas does seem high for only 57 days use but lot's of factors to detail there. Post up your kw/h usage if you know it.

    Sorry had only just submitted meter reading so bill is not available to view yet hence couldn,t show kwh usage.

    Will post usage when it shows online .

    Thanks for your help

    Karen
  • Samalex
    Samalex Posts: 15 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well its very interesting this thread

    here is what i have used over the last year 3 bed semi in cold stirling scotland

    Gas per year is 12000 kWh
    ele per year is 7000 kWh

    i have one pc on 24/7 try and switch other stuff off as much as possible.
    Back boiler is on for hot water 1hr a day as my water is always hot
    gas central heating is on in the morning from 6am till 8am everyone out
    then normally on 6pm till 9pm but if cold its on till we go to bed and at weekends its on most of the time cooker is all gas

    2 adults 2 kids parrot and hamster :)
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