Whats your Electric kWh usage per month ?

Cardew

Alfrescodave wrote: »

I dont believe its physically possible to use £327 worth of electricity in 18 days, even in winter!!!

They 'only' used 666kwh in 18 days which is perfectly possible using electrical heating.

The £327 must be arrears or something else - certainly not for 666kWh.

Magpye

That is expensive, it's at the level of usage I would expect to see on a small dairy farm.

If you were using over 3000 units for the 61-day period, that would give you an estimated daily usage of 55kWhs, or over 20,000kWhs annually.

I would call your supplier and politely insist that they send someone out to check the meter. Have you had a look at the meter itself? It might be obvious something's wrong, such as the units registering much faster than normal.

From the figures given here I would reckon your parents are paying on average 12 p/kWh, so the amount charged on the first bill certainly does not add up. I agree with Cardew, the charges must have been carried forwards or something.

Cardew

Magpye wrote: »

That is expensive, it's at the level of usage I would expect to see on a small dairy farm.

If you were using over 3000 units for the 61-day period, that would give you an estimated daily usage of 55kWhs, or over 20,000kWhs annually.

I would call your supplier and politely insist that they send someone out to check the meter. Have you had a look at the meter itself? It might be obvious something's wrong, such as the units registering much faster than normal.

From the figures given here I would reckon your parents are paying on average 12 p/kWh, so the amount charged on the first bill certainly does not add up. I agree with Cardew, the charges must have been carried forwards or something.

There are 2 issues here.

If you take the average energy consumption in a household as 20,500kWh for gas and 3,300kWh for electricity(23,800kWh total) I don't find it surprising that a house using 'normal' electricity for heating can consume that sort of energy. Especially with the usage the OP mentions - dryers/washing machines etc.

The other issue is the prices being paid for their electricity. Obviously the 666kWh/£327 is down to other issues. However the other charges are still too
high.

ChaosUk

Well it turns out the 666KWH for 18 days actually cost £65 the other charges as mentioned was previous balance.

Do you reckon 666kWH is a lot for 2 weeks, note that the heaters havn't been on for months.

I got one of those Mains Energy Monitors today so im in the process of using it on every appliance in the house for an hour to see what each thing uses.

Cardew

666kWh in 18 days is a lot but with heating hot water and using a dryer and you probably had some heating in April/May, not surprising.

There is no point in putting on the monitor for an hour on some appliances. With items like fridge freezer you need it on for 24 hours or longer to get a picture of true consumption.(the compressor might be on for most of an hour, or not at all) For washing machines/dryers you need to measure a whole cycle.

ChaosUk

Cardew wrote: »

There is no point in putting on the monitor for an hour on some appliances. With items like fridge freezer you need it on for 24 hours or longer to get a picture of true consumption.(the compressor might be on for most of an hour, or not at all) For washing machines/dryers you need to measure a whole cycle.

Good point Ill take note of those appliances.