How much electricity do you use in a day?

the_optimist

tr3mor wrote: »

Are you being ironic? Or just stupid?

I might be stupid, but at least I'm not rude.

tr3mor

the_optimist wrote: »

I might be stupid, but at least I'm not rude.

I might be rude, but at least I'm not stupid.

I know which I'd rather be.

I wouldn't have had such a go if you hadn't tried to pin the blame on your daughter's mobile charger for 5KWh of electricity.

tr3mor

ScoobieGirl wrote: »

Our useage is a lot higher than it could be as I use the dishwasher on normal wash instead of economy (Yes I know I shouldn't use it at all )

No you shouldn't, you should eat hemp seeds and felafel off dirty plates like a proper greenie!

tomstickland

According to my spreadsheet I've used on average 3.9 daytime units and 13 night time units each day. No gas, all electric with economy 7 heaters.

Cardew

the_optimist wrote: »

I might be stupid, but at least I'm not rude.

I can't understand why, when you obviously don't understand anything about electricty, you persist in posting such silly information; especially when you have been gently told that you are posting rubbish.

Surely the point of this forum is to give people accurate information?

Ich spreche nicht Deutsches sehr gut, So versuche ich nicht, Leuten zu erklären, wie man Deutsches spricht.

bigpaws23

ScoobieGirl wrote: »

That does sound like quite a lot
So how many baths/showers do you have?

probably one bath each a week

We don't have a tumble dryer and we have one electric heater that only gets used about an hour a week (when we are doing something in that room as it gets very cold in there)

I've been on at dh to put a timer on the immersion, so I'm just going to experiment and start putting it on for 2 x 1 hour sessions a day I think as I cannot understand where all that electricity is going!!

Bigpaws x

ScoobieGirl

If there is no timer at all on your immersion heater and it's currently on all the time, it sounds like a likely culprit to me

Cardew

bigpaws23 wrote: »

I'm still using 20 units a day. This seems like quite a lot to me and I really don't know what else we can do to cut back.

If anyone would share their info, I'd find it helpful to know of your average daily usage with figures like number of people living in your house, perhaps size of house and if you have gas as well for cooking, heating or water.

We are:
20 units daily
3 of us living here (2 of us at home all day)
4 bedrooms
electric only, but using wood for heating.

Bigpaws x

20 units a day(in winter) in an all electric 4 bedroomed house is very low.

tr3mor

ScoobieGirl wrote: »

If there is no timer at all on your immersion heater and it's currently on all the time, it sounds like a likely culprit to me

It's not on all the time. Immersion heaters are thermostatically controlled.

The immersion heater will only be on when the water in the tank is not hot enough.

little_miss_thrifty

bigpaws23 wrote: »

I'm still using 20 units a day. This seems like quite a lot to me and I really don't know what else we can do to cut back.

If anyone would share their info, I'd find it helpful to know of your average daily usage with figures like number of people living in your house, perhaps size of house and if you have gas as well for cooking, heating or water.

We are:
20 units daily
3 of us living here (2 of us at home all day)
4 bedrooms
electric only, but using wood for heating.

Bigpaws x

Hi, we are 2 adults, 2 small children (one in nappies) in a 3 bed end of terrace. We have gas, (i'll check useage later) and since my elec reading last week, we have used 54 units, which averages 7.7 a day. No habits have been changed; hubby still leaves switches on, bathroom light is left on all night for children (energy saver tho), dishwasher and washing machine on at least once a day, sometimes use tumble drier, although i try to hang as much out as possible. Elec bills have been working out about 86p a day with Ecotricity.