It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

cfw1994

michaels said:

enthusiasticsaver said:

I think at your level of drawdown you will be fine. 

Our pot is still up 17% on our original investment in 2018 in spite of us drawing down approx £10-£20k a year and DH gets his state pension this year so the drawdowns may stop. 

You know my pet hate is comparing a pot in current £s to its value in the past when the £s were each worth a lot more.  Each 2018 £ was worth about £1.26 of Today's £s.  Most of what we think about on here is about maintaining spending power in real terms.

I know what you mean,…..although that can also depend on your personal rate of inflation 😉

Good use of TopCashBack for home/car insurance, changes to shopping habits, being able to holiday during cheap seasons, etc etc, can *potntially* help keep your personal price rises under control for many years, so it might be possible to be spending the same as you were a few years ago 🤷‍♂️

Sea_Shell

Quick energy calc question.

We've been away, and everything electric that can (reasonably) be turned off was turned off.   

For the 72 hours (3 complete days) that we were away, this year the house used 1.05kwh per day.

Last year, for the same 3 days, we averaged 1 kwh.    

Am I right in thinking that the difference works out at 0.00208 kw per day  (0.05 / 24)

So am I looking for something that was drawing an extra constant 21w ?   Or something else, but not constant.

It could just be the fridge/freezer working harder, but it hasn't exactly been unseasonably warm this week!! 

I'm just curious, as nothing in the house is any different this year, compared to last, that I can think of.  

Or has next doors cat probably kept triggering our security lights!! 

Sea_Shell

[Deleted User] said:

Sea_Shell said:

Quick energy calc question.

We've been away, and everything electric that can (reasonably) be turned off was turned off.   

For the 72 hours (3 complete days) that we were away, this year the house used 1.05kwh per day.

Last year, for the same 3 days, we averaged 1 kwh.    

Am I right in thinking that the difference works out at 0.00208 kw per day  (0.05 / 24)

So am I looking for something that was drawing an extra constant 21w ?   Or something else, but not constant

I'm getting old but and decimal places confuse me but my mental maths suggests it is 2W different.

I did wonder if i was getting my decimals muddled.

2w is "noise", but 20w might have been "something" IYSWIM. 

MallyGirl

I was taking a look at the 'resting heart rate' of our house a while back and a faulty (and high wattage) security light was identified and replaced. An unsecured bit of rose was waggling in front of the sensor setting it off but this was even happening in daylight which was wrong.

pensionpawn

My house draws ~1.5 kwhrs between 2am to 5am which at ~ 22p doesn't cause me to lose any sleep! I take your point that you are merely curious about the fluctuation, however if you have managed to reduce your electrical import to a sixth of my background consumption, trying to find vampire drain in the magnitude of 10's of watts is some challenge.

Sea_Shell

pensionpawn said:

My house draws ~1.5 kwhrs between 2am to 5am which at ~ 22p doesn't cause me to lose any sleep! I take your point that you are merely curious about the fluctuation, however if you have managed to reduce your electrical import to a sixth of my background consumption, trying to find vampire drain in the magnitude of 10's of watts is some challenge.

Yes, curiosity only.     

Look after the watts and the kilowatts look after themselves!!  

pensionpawn

Sea_Shell said:

pensionpawn said:

My house draws ~1.5 kwhrs between 2am to 5am which at ~ 22p doesn't cause me to lose any sleep! I take your point that you are merely curious about the fluctuation, however if you have managed to reduce your electrical import to a sixth of my background consumption, trying to find vampire drain in the magnitude of 10's of watts is some challenge.

Yes, curiosity only.     

Look after the watts and the kilowatts look after themselves!!  

....or generate the kWs and let the pennies (and pounds) look after themselves!

FIREDreamer

If on Octopus, the Octo Aid app will tell you your base load.

MallyGirl

FIREDreamer said:

If on Octopus, the Octo Aid app will tell you your base load.

Thanks - recently added solar/battery and moved to Octopus

FIREDreamer

@MallyGirl Their Tracker tariff is terrific value