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Massive gas bill jump...correct??
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Thanks, you learn something every day as I had never heard of zoning!
Last night I had the hot water on for 1.5 hours and heating for 4.5 hours (concurrent with the water timing) and used 6 Metric Units on the Ideal Mexico according to the new meter.
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Last night I had the hot water on for 1.5 hours and heating for 4.5 hours (concurrent with the water timing) and used 6 Metric Units on the Ideal Mexico according to the new meter.
That's about 67kWh and not too bad.
Can you have your heating on without hot water? If you can, you'll have a valve somewhere controlling what gets heated. My Ideal Mexico setup doesn't have that - the hot water tank gets hot whenever the heating is on.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the In My Home MoneySaving, Energy and Techie Stuff boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.
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That's about 67kWh and not too bad.
Can you have your heating on without hot water? If you can, you'll have a valve somewhere controlling what gets heated. My Ideal Mexico setup doesn't have that - the hot water tank gets hot whenever the heating is on.
Yes, I can choose whether to have hot water and/or heating on a separate wall mounted control for the Mexico but I can't set timers for each independently.
Until now I have always run the hot water at the same time, and for the same time, as the heating.
Last night, I manually switched off the hot water after 1.5 hours at the control.......will this make any noticeable difference to my consumption, please?
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Last night, I manually switched off the hot water after 1.5 hours at the control.......will this make any noticeable difference to my consumption, please?
If your hot water tank is well insulated, it may not make that much of a difference, but it will use less gas.
With my heating off and just the hot water tank heated for 1 hour a day during the summer (with the boiler temp at 2/5), I use between 10 and 13 kWh per day.
The bulk of that usage is getting the water up to temperature. After that it's just maintaining it and using quite a bit less gas.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the In My Home MoneySaving, Energy and Techie Stuff boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.
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The plot thickens! BG have just been in touch and for the same period last year our units used were only 221!!! With almost identical usage I can't see how they have jumped to 795?
Their explanation for the higher cost is the increase in price...but I have pointed out that this does not explain the trebling of the amount of units used:mad:
I have asked for a meter check and also to see whether they are mixing up metric and imperial reading......will report back
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....just re-read the BG email...it doesn't say whether the "221 units" quoted for last year were imperial (as per the meter) or metric equivalent!! What is 221 imperial in m3, please?
TIA
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221 (cubic yards) = 168.966624 cubic metres0
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221 hundred cubic feet (which is what imperial gas meters measure) is 626 cubic meters. So your reported units at 795 cubic meters has increased but has not trebled. Your meter will say m3 or ft3 on it, if you want to confirm what it measures, and your bill should say the same.
221 HCF with a calorific value of 39.1 is 6951kWh.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the In My Home MoneySaving, Energy and Techie Stuff boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.
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