Electricty used by gas heating

victor2

The_Fat_Controller said:

@Cardew, appliances use POWER in WATTS, not kWh

You are billed in kWh. The amount of ENERGY you have used over the billing period, which is the point Cardew was making, and the OP doesn't seem to understand. Electricity meters show kWh.

zagfles

MikePh said:

@zagfles  Thanks for reply.   Are you saying that freezer and fridge drawer significantly more in a colder room?

No, I'm saying the opposite! Think about it. A fridge or a freezer is a heat exchanger. They take heat from the inside and transfer it to the outside (the rails at the back get hot). They will consume power to run the heat exchanger, which will only be on when the temperature inside exceeds 4 degrees/-18 degrees or whatever you've set the thermostat to.

So the hotter the outside, the greater the temperature difference, the faster the inside will gain heat, the more the motor will have to run to keep the inside the required temperature.

Although I can't see it making the difference in usage you observed. Unless you have very inefficient fridge/freezer or seals are worn etc.

MikePh

@ zagfles

I am somewhat confused. I thought that you were suggesting that the fridge and freezer may be contributing to my using more electricity in the winter. But your last post suggested the opposite

zagfles

MikePh said:

@Reed_Richards

yesterday I consumed 11.4 kilowatts of power

No, you didn't. You don't consume power, you consume energy. Energy is measures in kWh, kilowatt hours. Not kilowatts per hour, that makes no sense. Kilowatt hours, ie kilowatts times hours. That's what your bill will show. Energy use, not power.

Power is measured in kilowatts. Power is the rate of energy use. Appliances will show power rating, eg a kettle will be about 3 kW, a light bulb maybe 15W.

If you use a 1 kW appliance for one hour, you will use 1 kWh of energy. If you use a 15W appliance for 10 hours, you will use 0.15 kWh of energy.

Gerry1

The speed limit is 30 miles and it's 70 miles per hour from the coast.  You can fill up your car for £1.49 because that's the price of a petrol.  You'll get a pay packet of £8.91 if you work full time until Easter because that's the minimum wage.

Must be interesting in MikePhTown...

[Deleted User]

Hi,

oh boy, this could take a while, good idea who the loser is going to be.

zagfles

MikePh said:

@ zagfles

I am somewhat confused. I thought that you were suggesting that the fridge and freezer may be contributing to my using more electricity in the winter. But your last post suggested the opposite

You thought wrong. I was suggesting they use less energy when the heating is off than when the heating is on, due to lower house termperature.  Read my posts again.

MikePh

An awful lot of clowns here

Thanks to everybody who was  genuinely trying to help

victor2

If you didn't make statements like "The total amount of electricity I have taken from the grid in a day is measured and charged in kilowatts" and then refuse to accept you could be wrong, you might get more help and fewer "clowns".

[Deleted User]

MikePh said:

I noticed from my bills that we have been using considerably more electricity in the winter than in the summer.

Having made careful daily records, it would appear that when the central heating is on to keep the house at around 18 degrees, our daily electricity usage goes from an average of around 6 kW per day to an average of around 10 kW per day

Yes electricity usage goes up for me in Winter (as it does for most people) due to:  More lighting on for longer time esp after clocks fall back, use of electric blanket 30 mins before bedtime, more use of (heat pump) tumble dryer, wahing machine operated at higher spin speeds to minimise drying time.  I also use a dehumifier (as sparingly as I can) more in winter.  That is my experince

My records FWIW (from 2020) show that in mid-June I was using (consumption measured in kWh) 8.37kWh per day rising to 11.39kWh per day by mid-December.  Since moving house (to a bungalow) though my usage has gone down by about 20% compared to my previous house (3 bed semi) so the last month saw my usage go from 11.39 to 8.57 kWh of leccy.  The old had an electric shower wheras the new house does not.  Both houses use gas CH BTW.  And 18C is the bare minimum I like to have the temperature at from when I get up to when I go to bed..