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High electricity usage help

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  • Sea_Shell
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    edited 25 October 2021 at 5:23PM
    Interesting thread this about high and low usage patterns.

    Last Thursday my old kitchen was ripped out and am presently without an electric oven (single to be replaced), a ceramic electric hob (to be replaced by an induction hob) and unable to use either wasing machine or heat hump tumble dryer.  Present cooking devices are a small slow cooker, an electric air fryer and an electric pressure cooker.  The average electricity usage has been 5.80 kWh/day (all house heating and hot water provided this year and last via Gas CH combi boiler).  The October days leading up to the kitchen rip out averaged 8.08kWh/day electricity and similar to same that have posted already.  Last year in a different house (3-bed semi v present bungalow) my October average was 10.77kWh/day BUT this house had an electric shower otherwise the same appliances with the exception of a new heat pump tumble dryer.  I suspect that October 2020 was colder than October 2021 and have only needed to 'finish off' drying in the new heat pump tumble dryer.
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