High gas usage... Please help

Jo1001

Hi I originally did this post but had to change my user name

We have an imperial meter and it is worked out how lindsaygalaxy's is workes out.

I have contacted scottish power who don't want to know really:mad:

notbritishgas

Jo1001 wrote: »

Hi I originally did this post but had to change my user name

We have an imperial meter and it is worked out how lindsaygalaxy's is workes out.

I have contacted scottish power who don't want to know really:mad:

It looks as if your bill is correct then, so SP will not want to know.
Multiply the units used on the bill by 31.5 and it should come to approximately 6129.
I have just checked my usage for the past 92 days and it comes to 6772Kwh :eek: But in the summer the usage comes right down and my average yearly is about 17000kwh.

Jo1001

Thank you, that looks about right

I worked it out we we are averaging about 16000kwh a year

It just seemed really high

notbritishgas

Jo1001 wrote: »

Thank you, that looks about right

I worked it out we we are averaging about 16000kwh a year

It just seemed really high

It depends on how often you use the heating, how well insulated your house is and how hot you like to be.
We are at home all day mostly in a well insulated bungalow so that reflects in our 17000 yearly average.

Candy53

mattcanary wrote: »

No, it doesn't look right at all.
They should not be converting the bill into metric units because your meter does not calculate your usage in metric terms.

They should not be multiplying the imperial units used by 2.83 times.

I think you need ro ring your supplier and tell them you have an imperial meter.
Make a note of the meter serial number (long combination of numbers and letters that is displayed on your meter) so that you have that to hand when you ring them. Your supplier will need this information - it is fairly likely also that this serial number does not correspond with the serial number that is given on your bill.

You're wrong. You do multiply the imperial units by 2.83. That turns it into cubic metres.


Candy

memento82

Candy53 wrote: »

You're wrong. You do multiply the imperial units by 2.83. That turns it into cubic metres.


Candy

This is right.