Wasters BBC - did they want the family to use < 1 unit of electricty a day?

Dave2112

Hi, just caught the last bit of tonight's programme (4th Sept) and I thought the experts said the family had to aim to use 1Kwh (ie 1 unit) or less electricity a day and they averaged about 1.2. Did I hear correctly and if so how did they do it? I use 5.5 units a day and I reckon my "on all the time" stuff like fridge/freezer would take more than 1 unit a day?

SusanCarter

That sounds quite impressive! We used to use 5.2 and it's gone up to 7.1 since we had a baby. Presumably they stopped using TV, computer, radio microwave etc and were very economical with lighting?

Lotus-eater

I heard that and it set me to searching the internet for average electricity usage. Comes in at about 4000 - 4500 Kwh per year, depending on whose figures you use. For a 3 - 4 bedroom house.

On Wasters, I think they said the family uses 10 x the amount they wanted them to use, ie 1 kwh per day, so if I remember that correctly they use about 10kwh per day, which is about say 3700 kwh per year........... but they also said ( if I remember rightly ) that they use about twice amount the average household does in the UK.

So a couple of things stand out, we use about 9 kw's per day and I can't believe we use anything like the amount the family on tv did and if they use twice the average household use in the UK, surely their usage should be twice the quoted figure?

I might be mixing something up, or not understanding it properly?

I missed the bit where they said they got to 1.2 Kwh per day, I don't know how they did that either, the washing machine must have helped alot.

Btw, that bloke, he was s**t scared of anything that was alive wasn't he I found him an uptight bit of an ahole to begin with, after the three days in the yurt he suddenly relaxed and almost looked like a hippy and very happy, soon as he got home, he went back to my first impression of him.

Oh and while I'm on my soapbox, whats with the complaining about the toilets, if you want really basic mate, go and dig a hole in the woods and squat. I would love a few days away in a place like that, which is why I'll never get on tv