Gas usage (please help)

HappyMJ

lovey69 wrote: »

Hi thanks for all your help but just see whether this is right

start at 4354.5
ends at 4354.6

am I suppose to times the 0.1 units by 10 (this is the usage i used in 6 minutes)

which would leave 1 unit converted into khw would be 32 kwh

have I done it the right way to how happymj has asked?

It's close enough...The 30 in the model name means 30kW output and as they are about 90% efficient then 32kW used in an hour would be Ok. It's also a modern condensing combi boiler so is very unlikely to have used 803kWh in a day so I'm guessing the intial meter reading was not correct. Do you have any older meter readings than last year?

macman

lovey69 wrote: »

Hi thanks for all your help but just see whether this is right

start at 4354.5
ends at 4354.6

am I suppose to times the 0.1 units by 10 (this is the usage i used in 6 minutes)

which would leave 1 unit converted into khw would be 32 kwh

have I done it the right way to how happymj has asked?

You've used 0.1 units in 6 minutes, which equals 1 unit in 60 minutes. So yes, 32kWh.

dogshome

Been quietly following this thread with the same shock and horror as everybody else.
I think we need to know a bit more about this 2 Bed house -
Terraced/Semi/Detatched/How well insulated/Area of location ?

If it's a well insulated Terrace house in the south, the numbers point to a case of the classic Metric v Imperial meter billing mix-up, but lovey 69 seems to know what's what, and is positive it's an Imperial meter - Maybe a photo of the meter?

lovey69

HappyMJ here are the meter readings from npower the supplier before

I have checked the last npower bill
23/06/10 - 2309
30/03/11 - 3232

923 units in total been used over roughly a 9 month period, which is 29,680 kwh which is a lot, or is it? This is why I need some advice.

lovey69

It is defo an imperial meter with ft3 on the front, I live in a semi detached house, single brick no cavity wall, loft insulation not saying its the best but I have only live here for nearly two years had it all re-boarded and replastered, so really I cannot see to much hot air getting out, I can send a photo if you do wish that should not be a problem. Location DUDLEY

dogshome

OK lovey69 - You can only improve insulation to a certain level in any given house, but loft insulation is cheap and effective with a very short pay-back time.

That said, your gas consumption is so way off the norm., that it's probably worth biting the bullet and paying for that meter exchange

jalexa

lovey69 wrote: »

I have checked the last npower bill
23/06/10 - 2309
30/03/11 - 3232

This is not a trick question but it's important to state whether these are actual or estimated.

victor2

lovey69 wrote: »

1st is the total of the dates shown the 2nd is the daily average

All based on kwh

09/03/12 - 11/03/12 - total 189 - daily average 63
28/10/12 - 08/03/12 - total 9052 - daily average143
29/07/11 - 27/10/11 - total n/a - daily average n/a
28/04/11 - 28/07/11 - total n/a - daily average n/a
14/04/11 - 27/10/11 - total 4076 - daily average 21
31/03/11 - 13/04/11 - total 11247 - daily average 803

TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 34,564

This is what its says exactly on the data consumption bill, we changed supply with scottish power last march meter reading 3232 it is now 4350.3

lovey69 wrote: »

HappyMJ here are the meter readings from npower the supplier before

I have checked the last npower bill
23/06/10 - 2309
30/03/11 - 3232

923 units in total been used over roughly a 9 month period, which is 29,680 kwh which is a lot, or is it? This is why I need some advice.

Ignoring the reported usage up to 13/04/11, you have only used 13,317kWh between 14/04/11 and 11/03/12. No matter how you extrapolate that to annual usage, you'll get a much smaller annual figure than previously considered.
The usage in the past does look very high, but going forward may not be so bad, so maybe it is an historical problem to look at, rather than a current one.

lovey69

1st is the total of the dates shown the 2nd is the daily average

All based on kwh

09/03/12 - 11/03/12 - total 189 - daily average 63
28/10/12 - 08/03/12 - total 9052 - daily average143
29/07/11 - 27/10/11 - total n/a - daily average n/a
28/04/11 - 28/07/11 - total n/a - daily average n/a
14/04/11 - 27/10/11 - total 4076 - daily average 21
31/03/11 - 13/04/11 - total 11247 - daily average 803

TOTAL FOR THE YEAR 34,564

The days that have n/a have been averaged for the days between 31/03/11 - 13/04/11 if this makes sense, that is why it is so high in those 2wks so they have just for some reason just put them all on for those 2 wks

victor2

Apologies if you've already given this, but do you have actual readings for 13/4/11 and a recent one (preferably today)?
It doesn't make sense if they have dumped kWh from the n/a periods into the 31/3 to 13/4 figures, but might go some way towards explaining the high figures.
From actual readings, you can calculate actual kWh usage and perhaps see more clearly where things stand.