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Strangely High Gas Use

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  • Gerry1
    Gerry1 Posts: 10,848 Forumite
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    Muzzzz said:
    Yeah the meter has FT3 on it. The parents will have been billed correctly as they are very on the ball with this stuff.
    Remember that their bills would have been far smaller if their imperial meter was mistakenly being treated as metric, so they might not have even noticed !
  • badmemory
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    In the 3 summer months I'm lucky if my gas hob uses 3 units altogether for those months, that is cooking every day using usually 2 rings & occasionally the oven, which works out at barely 0.33 KW per day.  Pilot lights??
  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 12,691 Forumite
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    Muzzzz said:
    Talldave said:
    I'm paying 2.37p per kWh - that helps!
    How old is the boiler?  Is the hot water tank well insulated?  How many hours a day is the hot water on, at what temp?  Is your place getting excessively hot in some rooms whilst being cooler elsewhere (thermostat fighting against a TRV)?  Does the meter move when nothing's on or only when the boiler's running? Etc Etc!
    I believe mine at the minute is around 3.61p per kwh, I have took a few readings starting yesterday I am monitoring at multiple times a day to try and find the sauce of the jump. In 24 hours we have used 2 units, I calculated 1 unit at £1.17 However the weekend will be telling as yesterday was standard heating and water only. No washer or dishwasher. I plan to do this for at least a week. 
    I am note sure about how many hours the water is on? The boiler is quite new. How would I check the water on times? As I know the temp is set to "e" which reading the manual specified this is the most economical temp (I can't remember what temp this is as I only briefly read it)
    Rooms all seem fine for the most part, we turn some radiators down or off anyway, last night the heating took one hour to get up to the correct temp to switch off.D_M_E said:
    You say you have an imperial meter - does it say FT3 somewhere on the meter?

    Were the parents being billed for an imperial meter - have you seen any of their bills - or were they being billed for a metric meter?

    Yeah the meter has FT3 on it. The parents will have been billed correctly as they are very on the ball with this stuff. I haven't seen a bill but I know it will have been right, there's even a spreadsheet of meter readings dating however far back (I haven't looked at it properly as I don't have access to it at home)
    You say that your boiler is a new condensing boiler. Has it been sized correctly for the house and radiator system?

    Ours in our new build is woefully oversized and if we dont have all of the TRVS on the radiators turned up to full then the boiler cycles in and out and never gets into condensing mode as the return water temperature is too high. By turning all of the TRVS up the return water temperature drops, the boiler runs in condensing mode and our gas bill has dropped accordingly.
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