Expensive electricity for 2 bed flat?

browolf

they were just approximations. i went thru my electrical usage once with powergen, they concluded my 480w computer was using approx 35% of my power usage being on 24/7

ilace

well ive a two bed property the gas ive used is 250 in 3month, seems expensive to me to..

masonic

browolf wrote:

they were just approximations. i went thru my electrical usage once with powergen, they concluded my 480w computer was using approx 35% of my power usage being on 24/7

Well 885 units per quarter works out at about 10 units per day. If your computer was using 35% of 10 units in 24 hours, it would be using 3.5 kWh in 24 hours, which is 145 W.

Cardew

masonic wrote:

Well 885 units per quarter works out at about 10 units per day. If your computer was using 35% of 10 units in 24 hours, it would be using 3.5 kWh in 24 hours, which is 145 W.

Exactly right.

Although Browolf can reduce this by using the power management facilities - for the time he is not sitting at PC.

Quote 1 - computers 2hrs a day each ~ 250 kwh / quarter

Quote 2 - So a PC on for 2 hours a day would use approx 30kWh per quarter(at 160 watts)

Quote 3 they were just approximations

Mmm - not my definition of approximate!!

browolf

ah right. prob a bit higher cos i have 3 hard drives and an x850xt which even idle must use more that your average onboard or budget card.

Cardew wrote:

Although Browolf can reduce this by using the power management facilities - for the time he is not sitting at PC.

my idea of power management now is if im not in the house its off

melancholly

if the gas meter readings don't match, it might be worth checking if you've had a new meter installed recently. we had a new one before Christmas and the numbers don't correspond at all.

i'm also in an old victorian house so i know how much it costs to heat the high ceilings (i think we also heat the street because of poor insulation, but not much we can do about that in a rented property!) - i've resorted to having a small blanket which i wear around the house.... on the upside, when it was really hot last summer (both days!), the house was nice and cool