Less than 2 months on gas

retired2011

A single bath per day (plus cooking) should use around 20 to 25 kWh per week.

Are you sure about that?

I use about 18 kWh a day of gas for 2 showers and cooking, although 3 kWh a day is the pilot light.

Also if I don't use any hot water or cook, my usage is 5 kWh a day as I found out after I went on holiday and forgot to turn the gas off at the meter.

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Deleted_User wrote: »

Had my central heating converted to gas (combi boiler) less than 2 months ago and I have used 21 kwh already, costing nearly £13 on Ebico.

Looks like this gas lark is going to be one expensive ride.

So now you are not a zero/low user anymore and have to ditch Ebico and visit a comp site such as Ukpower.co where all the tariffs and daily standing charges are easily seen. Ebico prices will be easily beaten. The smaller suppliers such as Extra Energy , Ovo and First Utility are offering cheaper tariffs than most of the big 6

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I used to put the immersion heater on for hot water when I wanted it. Not sure if it would have cost £13 in this amount of time. I only used to put it on for what I needed e.g 40 minutes before I wanted a bath etc.

Assuming that you have a bath 3 times a week, then with a standard 3Kw immersion heater you would use 6Kwhs of electricity (3 times 40mins*3). At my rates, that would be 72p plus VAT a week or £3 a month.*

Gas is not as efficient as electricity but it is about a quarter of the price.

Your problem is that every time you turn on the hot tap the boiler will fire to produce HW, so the answer is do not turn on the hot tap unless you actually need HW for a bath.

Seriously, your bill for HW is well-below average. That said, I do have colleagues that come into work wearing running kit (having done no running whatsoever) so that they can shower at the organization's expense. That is worthy of a MSE badge if anything is.:T

CashStrapped

The lowest I can get my usage is around 11kwh of gas per day, but this is very hard to achieve with a house of four.



My average daily use for the last three months is 26kwh per day. That is to heat a 100 litre tank twice a day, with an average of two baths per day (House of 4).

Based on your total usage for two months, you use around 4kwh (loosely roused up) per day. That is not bad really. It all depends on the size of the property (for heating) and how many people live in it.

I created a post to compare three bed semi usage, they all vary a lot.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5056007

Most peoples gas usage is much lower than mine.

ic

People don't wash daily?! Eughhhhhh....

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ic wrote: »

People don't wash daily?! Eughhhhhh....

My shower is electric.

Andy_WSM

ic wrote: »

People don't wash daily?! Eughhhhhh....

I was stood behind one in a supermarket last week that I don't think had washed in a month. Eye wateringly vile stench! I felt unclean after!

Dirty dirty people! The same ones that go to the loo in pubs/restaurants and don't wash their hands before grabbing hold of the same door handle you have to use too.

But that's way off topic.

Op, I did the same as you when my boiler was broken, used Ebico, but if I were you i'd start a switching process soon to a cheaper supplier as the cold weather may (or may not) arrive in 5-6 weeks time. We've had many a frosty Halloween in the past.

Take a look at Daligas. They don't tend to show up on switching sites, but have low monthly standing charge and very competitive gas kWh prices.

Taiko

Cardew wrote: »

If you have gas central heating, why are you using Ebico?


Much as they are a good company, their prices a high for anyone other than a very low user.

I've gas central heating, and with Ebico. I save around £40 a year in comparison to if I went with the next cheapest supplier, based on my usage.

The heating gets used in the winter months, but my place is well insulated, so it's not as much as most people. Being a low user, it makes much more sense this way.

lstar337

daveyjp wrote: »

If you really think this is too much (I don't), start by turning your hot water temperature down to about 45 degrees. Heating water so it is too hot is just a waste of gas.

I would say that too, but our boiler says otherwise!

I would turn ours down as it comes out extremely hot, but the dial on our boiler has an 'e' where the knob is set as this is the economy sweet spot. The manual says it is the point where the boiler is operating at its most efficient.

So do you turn it down to save on gas but at the same time sacrifice efficiency?

Hard to know if it is best to just leave it where it is, or try turning it down.

Anybody else got any thoughts on this?

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lstar337 wrote: »

I would say that too, but our boiler says otherwise!

I would turn ours down as it comes out extremely hot, but the dial on our boiler has an 'e' where the knob is set as this is the economy sweet spot. The manual says it is the point where the boiler is operating at its most efficient.

So do you turn it down to save on gas but at the same time sacrifice efficiency?

Hard to know if it is best to just leave it where it is, or try turning it down.

Anybody else got any thoughts on this?

My boiler dials go 1-5 for water and heating, yet water has a dot next to the 4 and a dot next to the 5 on the heating. I assume this means it is most efficient at these spots. Whether that means it uses less gas or if it just means you get more bang for your buck.

I haven't actually read the manual that came with the boiler yet so can't be certain.