High Energy usage

brooklyn07

I always go downstairs first thing before showering so the meter is always read before the shower. Don't have a hot water tank so it's not that.
I did wonder if next door were somehow connected to ours! 

Flight3287462

In the evening turn off the main switch and check if the neighbours lights go out.  (only slightly tongue in cheek, you never know)

Verdigris

Flight3287462 said:

In the evening turn off the main switch and check if the neighbours lights go out.  (only slightly tongue in cheek, you never know)

Although you may not notice if the lights are in the loft!

Gerry1

Try the Meter Sanity Test.

Robin9

Even at 13 KWh a day - your usage is high for a gas heated property.

My guess - that fridge freezer

brooklyn07

Robin9 said:

Even at 13 KWh a day - your usage is high for a gas heated property.

My guess - that fridge freezer

I plugged a monitor plug into each fridge freezer and it was only coming out at about 300w over night each. 

brooklyn07

Gerry1 said:

Try the Meter Sanity Test.

Just had a look at the sanity test - I don't understand the red LED part - i don't have any kind of lights on my meter...

Verdigris

brooklyn07 said:

Gerry1 said:

Try the Meter Sanity Test.

Just had a look at the sanity test - I don't understand the red LED part - i don't have any kind of lights on my meter...

The red light is generally for electronic meters. If yours electro-mechanical the look to see if the disc is spinning.

Phlik

brooklyn07 said:

Robin9 said:

Even at 13 KWh a day - your usage is high for a gas heated property.

My guess - that fridge freezer

I plugged a monitor plug into each fridge freezer and it was only coming out at about 300w over night each. 

Time to go room by room and monitor everything that's plugged in until you find the culprit.

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brooklyn07 said:

Robin9 said:

Even at 13 KWh a day - your usage is high for a gas heated property.

My guess - that fridge freezer

I plugged a monitor plug into each fridge freezer and it was only coming out at about 300w over night each. 

Not the case. If I plug in a 100W bulb, the monitor will show 100W. If I leave the light on for 6 hours, then that bulb will consume 600Wh of electricity. A freezer may be drawing 300W but the amount of energy used will depend on how long it is drawing electricity. Normally, a freezer will switch on and off to maintain the set temperature but a freezer with a dodgy thermostat might be running continuously. It follows that a freezer drawing 300W which is on from 10pm to 8am would account for 3kWh of the energy used.