How much electricity do you use in a day

BirnamBear

i live in a fairly big detached house which could be classed as a 6 bedroom house.
We have gas central heating and hot water.Both of us out at work during the day and kids at school.
Cooking by electric oven and induction hob.

We are averaging 16kwh a day which still seems high.

How does this compare ?

tim9966

My parents live in a detached house as well with oil central heating, and an electric oven and they use 10-15 a day.

I live on my own and use 3-4 a day.

fwor

It doesn't seem excessive - I've averaged 14kWh per day during the last month in a smaller detached house.

I'm in the process of replacing older fluorescent fittings with LED lighting in an attempt to get this down though...

lifes-too-short

agreed, sounds pretty average, 3 bedroom house, electric cooking GCH - 13.2kwh

Andy_WSM

BirnamBear wrote: »

i live in a fairly big detached house which could be classed as a 6 bedoom house.
We have gas central heating and hot water.Both of us out at work during the day and kids at school.
Cooking by electric oven and induction hob.

We are averaging 16kwh a day which still seems high.

How does this compare ?

I think you got your answer. Not excessive at all! I wish mine was that low, but I work from home with the associated computers, lights, heat etc, so know it never will be.

The fact you have a 6 bed property doesn't really have any bearing, unless you leave lights on in every room, but having kids with associated TV viewing, computer use will do. Also, the fact that you cook all electric and are still a relatively low user is good going.

rogerblack

BirnamBear wrote: »

How does this compare ?

I would suggest that this is largely a red herring.

Almost everyone, if they actually look at the consumption of every item in their home can find one or two items that it's worth replacing.

Get one of these. (or similar) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170733678754 and attach to every appliance in turn in your house for a day.

(for constant loads, it will show the running cost immediately - but for stuff that is used intermittently, or has a thermostat, it needs a longer period).

A watt for a year is about a pound.

So, if you have an old clock radio that uses 10W, replacing it with a new one that uses 3, may pay off in a couple of years.

Measures like covering pots, and turning them down to simmer, once boiling also help significantly to reduce energy use, and using the smallest suitable pan too.

lordra

I have my meter reads but I don't know how to convert the units on the meter reads to actual consumption figures.

Please let me know! Thank you!

lifes-too-short

Hi Lordra, your electricity meter readings for Kwh are a simple subtraction. say meter read on the 1st March is 1000 and on the 14th March its 1500 then you have used 500kwh in 14days.

To calucltate this cost then its 500 x (your kwh rate) and possibly 14 days x standing charge depending on your contract.

Gas is pretty similar although depends on your meter. see this thread https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/891033

lordra

I've used this website:
http://energylinx.co.uk/gas_meter_conversion.html
and it has given me an estimate of, to quote,
"We calculate, based on the information input that you are using 1,079 kWhs of gas. If you have this supplied by the least cost supplier this will cost you £33.25 per annum."
All i did was input the number of units i used last month from my meter read that was 95.

I don't think that's right.