Gas reading in kWH

vegtablepatch

I would appreciate some help please.
I have gas and electric with e-on and want to compare rates with other suppliers.
My current statements (only have of 2 of the past 12 months) convert gas reading total . to kWh with a multiplier value of 1.
and conversion value 1.02264. calorific value 39.1

I have only kept a record of meter numbers.
The reading April 15 2010 is 40480
The reading April 2009 was 36353

What is the kWh for above 4127 meter units used for the above period?

Do hope someone can help to enable me to get a correct comparison.

Thanks.
Vegie.:)

E.ON_Company_Representative

Hi Vegie,

4127 metric gas units would be approx 45,000 kWh.

Or more precisely the calculation is:

4127 x 1.02264 x 39.1 / 3.6 = 42,838 kWh

This is very high, twice the OFGEM average actually. Are the readings provided correct?

Are there any decimal points in the numbers provided? check the bill against the meter to see if they are the same.

Does your meter show whether it's metric or imperial?

Brian

vegtablepatch

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Brian wrote: »

Hi Vegie,

4127 metric gas units would be approx 45,000 kWh.

Or more precisely the calculation is:

4127 x 1.02264 x 39.1 / 3.6 = 42,838 kWh

This is very high, twice the OFGEM average actually. Are the readings provided correct?

Are there any decimal points in the numbers provided? check the bill against the meter to see if they are the same.

Does your meter show whether it's metric or imperial?

Brian

Thanks for the quick reply Brian.
I think I must have made a mistake.
I will log onto account and check the numbers. The current reading is 11812 00 (4tenths) . My gas/ electric bill Sept 08 to Sept 09 on fixed rate was under £1000.00. I had the meter checked in December as its ancient but was told its working perfectly. Will let you have the reading as soon as I can get them on line.
Vegie.
NB. What a relief. My mistake. I typed in the Electric reading. The correct readings are
15 april 2010. 11788 and 2nd april 2009. 10332 Units used 1456.
Thanks for telling me something wrong. I was getting a bit worried.

Vegie.

dogshome

Hi vegetablepatch - That wonderfully complex equation on your bill between the units your meter has recorded and the number of Kw being charged, is somewhat irrelavant to the average customer, and anyway it varies from bill to bill depending on the quality of the the Gas.

The things to concentrate on are the units your meter has recorded and Kw charged
The conversion from units used to Kw charged depends on your type of gas meter - If it's a Metric one, ( It will be marked "M3" on the front), each meter unit will be charged as appx 11.2kw - If it's an Imperial meter, (Marked "Ft 3" on the front), each unit will be charged as appx 31.5Kw.

As the EON rep has pointed out, there is something awry with your figures.
An average family household, depending on lifestyle and the quality of house insulation, would be expected to use roughly around 20,000 Kw of a gas a year.

But with a Metric meter your meter readings of 4127 units a year, converts to app 46,222 Kw a year, which is twice the average, and for an Imperial meter it would be an astounding 130,000kw.
Meters measure part units as decimal places, and these part units should not be counted when reading the meter, so maybe your 40480 should be 4048 and 36353 is 3635, which would make 413 units a year (4625Kw on a metric meter or more likely, 13009Kw on an Imperial meter)

You say you have only 2 bills for the period - If you are on Qtrly billing and have mislaid 2,
Eon will supply copies if you ask
All the best

E.ON_Company_Representative

Hi Vegie,

Glad we spotted it!

1456 gas units equates to 16,172 kWh using the standard calculation from the earlier post. I’d say that looks perfectly normal!

Brian

vegtablepatch

dogshome wrote: »

Hi vegetablepatch - That wonderfully complex equation on your bill between the units your meter has recorded and the number of Kw being charged, is somewhat irrelavant to the average customer, and anyway it varies from bill to bill depending on the quality of the the Gas.

The things to concentrate on are the units your meter has recorded and Kw charged
The conversion from units used to Kw charged depends on your type of gas meter - If it's a Metric one, ( It will be marked "M3" on the front), each meter unit will be charged as appx 11.2kw - If it's an Imperial meter, (Marked "Ft 3" on the front), each unit will be charged as appx 31.5Kw.

As the EON rep has pointed out, there is something awry with your figures.
An average family household, depending on lifestyle and the quality of house insulation, would be expected to use roughly around 20,000 Kw of a gas a year.

But with a Metric meter your meter readings of 4127 units a year, converts to app 46,222 Kw a year, which is twice the average, and for an Imperial meter it would be an astounding 130,000kw.
Meters measure part units as decimal places, and these part units should not be counted when reading the meter, so maybe your 40480 should be 4048 and 36353 is 3635, which would make 413 units a year (4625Kw on a metric meter or more likely, 13009Kw on an Imperial meter)

You say you have only 2 bills for the period - If you are on Qtrly billing and have mislaid 2,
Eon will supply copies if you ask
All the best

Thanks doghouse. My OH pays the bills. I offered to shop around and only found two bills in the file. I have now got passwords from him to view on line account. The problem was my error!.
I transposed the gas and electric figures.The ones quoted were electric not gas. Have had a cup of tea and now ready to continue. I will get it right and I change to a better tariff.
Now I'm off to a comparison and C.B. web site.
Thanks for the interest and explanation.
Vegie.

vegtablepatch

E.ON_Company_Representative:_Brian wrote: »

Hi Vegie,

Glad we spotted it!

1456 gas units equates to 16,172 kWh using the standard calculation from the earlier post. I’d say that looks perfectly normal!

Brian

Thanks for your help Brian. Its a great relief. Hopefully e-on fix on line will come out tops.

Vegie