What is the average electricity usage Sept 2012

Cardew

joe_bloggs1 wrote: »

Thanks for yours, respect the theory

I was rather hoping someone would chip in and say they had a three bed house and used XXXXXunits to compare to

I suspect I am not the only person in the Country in similar circumstances <g>

I think the above 'estimate' using average UK figures is more likely to be a guide than looking for a 3 bed house with 4 adult occupants.

There are so many variables. Type/size of house, standard of insulation, pattern of use, area of country - Cornwall is a lot warmer than the 'Frozen North'.

In any case I suspect there are not that many houses using straight single tariff for electrical heating and hot water. Many 3 bed houses without gas/oil/lpg/solid fuel CH will have storage heaters and be on Economy 7, whilst others will have open fires

amiehall

How you.could use all that and not keep your house warm is a puzzle to me though? I assumed the bulk of that usage came from heating. It might be hard for people to help you with their own figures as when I lived in a similar arrangement, my ll took responsibility for the bills.

Cardew

amiehall wrote: »

How you.could use all that and not keep your house warm is a puzzle to me though? I assumed the bulk of that usage came from heating. .

The OP used 12,500kWh in an all-electric house.

With 4 adults it is very likely they used 4,000+kWh on 'normal' household electrical consumption - appliances, lights, cooking etc. Leaving 8,500kWh for heating and hot water.

As the house has no CH, it is probably fairly old; and thus not well insulated.

Given the average UK gas CH house uses 16,500kWh for heating and hot water, to use only 8,500kWh electricity is very low IMO.