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Usage increased 50% in a year - how to track it dow
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matelodave wrote: »even a cheap and cheerful pond pump will consume around 25-30 watts. Something a bit more meaty would be 50 plus.
50watts for 24hrs is 1.2kwh x 365 = 438kwh. At 13p/kwh = £57 a year so it's worthwhile checking how much each item uses. Putting them on a timeswitch and only running them for 12 hours a day instead of 24 would halve their consumption
We were horrified when we found tha tthe transformers for our electrically operated recliner chairs took a continuous 15watts each even when the chair wasn't operating.
That reminds me of a treadmill I once encountered that consumed 40W when "off", but plugged in.
The pumps are a definite likely suspect.0 -
woolythoughts wrote: »I've worked out the old TV cost us 4.44 per day and the new one 9.200
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Norman_Castle wrote: »Based on what? The ratings given on the tv will be maximums given to prevent socket overloading. My tv is rated at 60 watts but in use uses 28 watts.
Well if that is the maximum then its less of an increase.0 -
Pond pumps:
We have koi so we can't switch them off for 12 hours or we would have dead koi.
We have always had three pond pumps.
The issue isn't our high usage - I'm happy with that as that is what we use.
The issue is in April almost overnight we went from circa 600kw per month to circa 1000kW per month - whilst the TV might account for 10% of that, there literally was nothing else new added.
husband has been off since last June and hasn't suddenly been mainlining tea (we have quooker so no kettles meaning shouldn't have any peak)0 -
Ok, slightly confused because you referred to an additional pump. Doubly confused as I misunderstood your "May June" figures as for two months, not monthly. So my guesstimates on the TV are wrong. Sorry!
Does your smart meter have a pulsing LED? If so, get a Geo Minim+ and monitor live consumption as you kill circuits on the consumer unit, in order to see where the consumption is going. If there is no flashing LED on the meter, you desperately need a working IHD.
Getting back to dodgy maths, you appear to have gained a 500W load running 24/7 (like a security floodlight left on 24/7?), or it could be a 3kW load running 10 minutes an hour (immersion heater??).
You'll only find it by doing some live monitoring.0 -
woolythoughts wrote: »
husband has been off since last June and hasn't suddenly been mainlining tea (we have quooker so no kettles meaning shouldn't have any peak)
I have to go back to the fact that your husband has been at home.Never pay on an estimated bill. Always read and understand your bill0 -
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Ok, slightly confused because you referred to an additional pump. Doubly confused as I misunderstood your "May June" figures as for two months, not monthly. So my guesstimates on the TV are wrong. Sorry!
Does your smart meter have a pulsing LED? If so, get a Geo Minim+ and monitor live consumption as you kill circuits on the consumer unit, in order to see where the consumption is going. If there is no flashing LED on the meter, you desperately need a working IHD.
Getting back to dodgy maths, you appear to have gained a 500W load running 24/7 (like a security floodlight left on 24/7?), or it could be a 3kW load running 10 minutes an hour (immersion heater??).
You'll only find it by doing some live monitoring.
I was working on what I could see previously but yesterday I put all the usage into a spreadsheet and now have pinpointed it to sometime in April.
Ovo are sending me an IHD so when we get back from holiday, this is exactly what I'll be doing!0 -
woolythoughts wrote: »I was working on what I could see previously but yesterday I put all the usage into a spreadsheet and now have pinpointed it to sometime in April.
Ovo are sending me an IHD so when we get back from holiday, this is exactly what I'll be doing!
Good luck! Do come back and let us know the outcome.0
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