Have used 651kwh electric in 1 mth.. No electric heating /shower!!

Mckele

I have no idea how this can be right.based on two meter readings by myself 1 mth apart. 651kwh?!
Gas hob, gas central heating, no electric shower.
Just 1 Adult 2 kids and a 3 bed semi.

ajbell

Electric fan heater?, Mining bitcoin?

Mckele

Don't even understand bitcoin lol.
We do have a small electric fan heater but don't think we have used it that much? Surely it would need to be on round the clock?

Neil_Jones

Mckele wrote: »

I have no idea how this can be right.based on two meter readings by myself 1 mth apart. 651kwh?!
Gas hob, gas central heating, no electric shower.
Just 1 Adult 2 kids and a 3 bed semi.

My best guess would be the use of electric fires, what with it being winter and everything. Washers, dryers, TVs, ineffective lights, leaving things on standby... None of this stuff runs on fresh air.

Mckele wrote: »

Don't even understand bitcoin lol.
We do have a small electric fan heater but don't think we have used it that much? Surely it would need to be on round the clock?

Electric heating is 100% effective. You run it for an hour it uses 1KwH of electricity. If you were to leave it on 24hrs a day it would use 24kWh, 720kWh a month.

Mckele

I definitely am used to a high ish bill as we are all crap at turning things off standby etc but it's just sooo much higher than previous years all of a sudden. Will defo get rid of the fan heater

ajbell

Do you use the immersion heater?.

Mckele

No we don't have an immersion

Streaky_Bacon

So that's about 22kWh per day. High, but certainly not impossible. I'm using about 18kWh a day at the moment, but somehow managed to use 50kWh in two days last week (still not entirely sure what happened to make it go up so much). I do have an induction hob though.

I seem to remember, from past experimentation, that my gas boiler actually uses quite a lot of electricity.

brewerdave

Streaky_Bacon wrote: »

I seem to remember, from past experimentation, that my gas boiler actually uses quite a lot of electricity.

Important point - "modern" gas boilers have a circulating pump and an exhaust fan both drawing leccy - if the boiler is on all day (as against a couple of hours am/pm) , I have found that we use the equivalent of 100kwh pm extra:(

dogshome

651 Kwh in a month seems to be a lot.

There can be all kinds of causes for in jump in consumption - An iffy meter/ A failing appliance ( fridges & freezers are prime candidates)/ A wiring fault


Go back through the past bills and note the Daily consumption on each one - Most households are creatures of habit and the daily consumption will only vary just a little, until that is, something changes See above

jk0

Mckele wrote: »

I have no idea how this can be right.based on two meter readings by myself 1 mth apart. 651kwh?!
Gas hob, gas central heating, no electric shower.
Just 1 Adult 2 kids and a 3 bed semi.

Ha. But you've got two naughty people who don't pay bills and think electricity is free.