Electricity 22 units av/day for large family - normal?

Nada666

Ten minute showers would be more than £50 per month, not £25. Well over half the annual usage. And that is not accounting for extra showers in the evening over summer.

macman

Nada666 wrote: »

Well, with five adults that's more than double the average! So getting away with only 8000 kWh is pretty good. Seems entirely normal.

Showers, even kettles and toasters will be significant. I disagree with 4,600 kWh being a high usage - that is a low usage for a large family.

As long as the adults are contributing to the household I wouldn't worry too much.

No it's not. Double the number in the house does not double the elec consumption. You light a room whether it's for one person or ten.
Kettles and toasters use a lot of power but are only on for minutes.

Nada666

macman wrote: »

No it's not. Double the number in the house does not double the elec consumption. You light a room whether it's for one person or ten.
Kettles and toasters use a lot of power but are only on for minutes.

No. The OP stated his family prepared breakfast separately. There are large numbers of small items that do build up. For electricity, many of the same-regardless-of-number-of-users items are not large contributors. There's a big difference between a couple not using much more than a single person and a family of six/eight not using much more than a couple. And, remember, they have gas heating.

Six people individually using a 4-slice toaster to brown a couple of slices of toast is going to mount up. Four or five people making individual coffees is going to mount up. Six people using an electric shower - could easily be far more than £25 per month.

Washing machines are a mixed bag - for every efficient full whites and full colours washes chances are, with five adults, there'll be more than enough I need this item washed now to counter this efficiency.

Six television viewers - is there really only one television? Is there really only one living space used at a time - surely there will be bedroom lighting used for significant amounts of time?

Other than the fridge there is not much that will not be higher than the average.

macman

Higher than average, certainly. but not more than double.

DragonQ

Nada666 wrote: »

Ten minute showers would be more than £50 per month, not £25.

How so? Did I make a mistake in my calculation?

Unless you mean because the OP has more than 4 people, it would be higher.

Nada666

macman wrote: »

Higher than average, certainly. but not more than double.

Yes, more than double. Not that important and not worth fighting over but I just don't get why you think it would not be more than double for electricity consumption.

No matter how close-knit or loving a family of eight are not going to be as communal as a family of three. Not unless they are zombies. I really do not think you can scale the lack of difference of usage between a singleton and a family of three to a lack of much difference between a family of three and a family of eight.

There are six people using pro rata items like the shower alone. Kettles and toasters misused at breakfast. Lights too. Closer to pro rata increase in washing machine cycles. With eight family members including two babies there is likely to be someone at home most of the time - that is not the case in an 'average' home.

Of course there is scope for efficiency and large reductions. But I just don't get the 'not more than double' idea.

Nada666

DragonQ wrote: »

How so? Did I make a mistake in my calculation?

Unless you mean because the OP has more than 4 people, it would be higher.

Yes, sorry, I was working with six shower users. And I was factoring in a quick second shower over summer (remember them?) So I ended with more than £60 per month.