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Don't understand why it costs so much to power a 1-bed flat!
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If I were in your position I would be buying a wireless electricity monitor from a well known auction site for £10-15. This has a sensor which clips around the incoming power cable to your consumer unit (fuse box) and lets you know how much energy you are using, both instantaneously and historically. I would then turn off everything you reasonably can and check to see what if any power is still being consumed. With a fridge and a few bits of standby equipment it shouldn't be more than a couple of hundred watts.
If the results seem OK, leave the monitor running for a couple of days while you are away with the heating off and then check the results on your return. If the meter has red anything significantly more than about 4-5KWh per day then something is definitely up and you can move on to the next step of what temporary loads may be turning on and off and causing the additional power consumption.
Your earlier figures suggest you are using 24KWh per day which is the equivalent of boiling a large kettle constantly from 9-5 each day, so something is definitely using a lot of power (which usually means something is also generating a lot of heat).• The rich buy assets.
• The poor only have expenses.
• The middle class buy liabilities they think are assets.0 -
If I were in your position I would be buying a wireless electricity monitor from a well known auction site for £10-15. This has a sensor which clips around the incoming power cable to your consumer unit (fuse box) and lets you know how much energy you are using, both instantaneously and historically. I would then turn off everything you reasonably can and check to see what if any power is still being consumed. With a fridge and a few bits of standby equipment it shouldn't be more than a couple of hundred watts.
Try your local library first. Many have energy saving kits which includes the loan of an electricity monitor.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
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