Above average Elec usage

mrchimps

Hello,

I'm on prepay smart Electricity with Bulb and my daily cost has gone from £5 per day (18 months ago) to £14 per day yesterday.
I know the weather has turned and prices are high, but it seems like i'm wasting energy somewhere. Its a 1930's 3 bed semi, gas CH, tumble dryer and washing machine used once every day. Pretty standard stuff.

Anyone else on bulb prepay have their daily spend to compare to? Any tips on what I should look for that could be draining energy?

Any help appreciated

Robin9

Please forget £'s -  have you some actual meter reads ?(in kWh)  What is the unit rate in p/kWh ?


Even £5 a day is suggesting a very high consumption (30+ kWh / day which is treble average) -  do you have an electric shower ? using panel or fan heaters ? big freezers ? electric cooking ?

mrchimps

Thanks for the reply.

Just took a manual meter reading of 23444 - 29/11.
Last reading on the app was smart 22358 - 07/11.

Electric oven/hob that's it really.

Robin9

That's is 1100 units in 22 days - that's 50 units a day - which is EXCESSIVE.

Daft question but have you a garden pump ?   Heaters in a greenhouse ?  Fish tanks ?   

mrchimps

No greenhouse or pumps.

Do have an aquarium, but nothing excessive.

I have talked on other forums with fish keepers and even those with huge aquariums don't pay as much as me.

Robin9

It's going to be a bit of an approximation but can you read your meters say now and again 2 hours later then do the same exercise with the aquarium pumps/lights/heaters off ?   

Cardew

Those readings must be suspect!

Robin9

mrchimps said:

Thanks for the reply.

Just took a manual meter reading of 23444 - 29/11.
Last reading on the app was smart 22358 - 07/11.

Electric oven/hob that's it really.

Have you other readings going back 12 months ?

Take great care when reading the meters - look for a decimal point !

When were the meters put in ?

QrizB

As everyone else has said, 1100 units in 22 days is massive. That's enough for 3-4 months, not 3 weeks.

emmajones1976

QrizB said:

As everyone else has said, 1100 units in 22 days is massive. That's enough for 3-4 months, not 3 weeks.

Is it? Not in my electric-only house it isnt

Robin9

@emmajones1976    It is massive for OP's gas heated home