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  • elaines1
    elaines1 Posts: 32 Forumite
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    You can see that on my normal bill patterns I’m a bit tight to be honest with energy being the only wage and a carer on minimum wage I’m sure you can understand 
  • Ultrasonic
    Ultrasonic Posts: 4,265 Forumite
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    Gerry1 said:
    3kWh seems slightly on the low side for the daily energy usage; averaged over the year it's 7.975kWh per day for a typical household that also has gas. 
    You're right to make the energy/power distinction but 3 kWh is perfectly possible daily energy use, particularly for someone concerned how much they are using right now. My total electricity use so far today is 3.5 kWh. 
  • elaines1
    elaines1 Posts: 32 Forumite
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    Just checked mine again and it’s 4kw now but did a load of washing earlier so that will push it up a bit so looking right for me 
  • Ultrasonic
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    elaines1 said:
    Just checked mine again and it’s 4kw now but did a load of washing earlier so that will push it up a bit so looking right for me 
    As above, there is an important distinciton between kW and kWh. I think you mean 4 kWh, right?
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