How do you convert M3 to KWH?

OrbitHeadache

Sorry of this is a stupid question but I can’t work it out.

My electricity meter is showing 00850 KWH which is I can submit as a meter read but my Gas meter is showing as 00081.480m3, how do I convert this to KWH?

Talldave

OrbitHeadache said:

Sorry of this is a stupid question but I can’t work it out.

My electricity meter is showing 00850 KWH which is I can submit as a meter read but my Gas meter is showing as 00081.480m3, how do I convert this to KWH?

You don't convert the gas reading, your supplier does. So submit your 81.48 reading as is to your supplier.

If you were to read the meter again in a month's time and say it was then showing 110.00, and you're interested in how many kWh you're using, subtract 81 from 110, giving 29m3 used.  As a rough rule of thumb, multiply that 29 by 11 to get kWh - in this case 319kWh.  The 11 multiplier varies over time because it depends on the calorific value of the gas, which is quite low at the moment.

The_Fat_Controller

You do not need to convert the gas reading to kWh if you are submitting a reading to your supplier, just put in whole units, in your case 81.

Only the supplier can do the conversion

My last EDF bill shows how they do it

GAS UNITS USED X CALORIFIC VALUE (39.7) X VOLUME CORRECTION (1.02264) ÷ 3.6

OrbitHeadache

Thank you so much for your help but I am still confused, I have attached the screenshot below, do I enter 00081 or 81480 as my meter read?

MWT

The screenshot clearly tells you not to enter anything after the decimal point, so you will put in '00081', or just '81'

The_Fat_Controller

@Talldave is incorrect and @MWT is right

The answer is 81

Gerry1

Enter 00081.  A reading of 81480 would trigger a bill of about £64,000 (but it would be rejected).

https://www.businessenergy.com/business-gas/gas-bill-calculator/

matelodave

Gerry1 said:

Enter 00081.  A reading of 81480 would trigger a bill of about £64,000 (but it would be rejected).

https://www.businessenergy.com/business-gas/gas-bill-calculator/

You have more faith in the system than I have - it should be rejected but sometimes silly things like this get through

Talldave

The_Fat_Controller said:

@Talldave is incorrect and @MWT is right

The answer is 81

Well I  was correct in so far as answering the OP's question - you don't convert to kWh. I couldn't know whether the supplier wanted digits after the decimal point or not?

Matthaus73

I use this site to convert m3 to kwh ...find it the easiest to use
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.theenergyshop.com/guides/how-to-convert-gas-units-to-kwh&ved=2ahUKEwi9odHB6IroAhUJCsAKHZ1xC90QFjACegQICxAM&usg=AOvVaw1A39uS0UW7XE7VX23rr7HN

Talldave

The Business Energy site allows you to enter the calorific value (shown on your bills) which can affect the accuracy of the conversion.