Just calaculated our weekly use of dual fuel gas & eletric

diystarter7

I took the reading last week in the morning about 10am Thursday and again today.

3 adults live in the house  mid 1960's semi with three double bedrooms, an integrated garage, a large kitchen and a living room of about just under 21 foot wide and 15 feet deep.

We all work from home so often 2 tv's on but we had reduced this over the last 7 days

Drier is on 6/7 times a week as is the washing machine

We've cut back on the heating and lighting.

We have those flat designer rads that do not heat efficient the boiler I think is about 6/7/8 years old I can't recall and I think it is a 850 valiant eco model

We all prefer the bath and that is used about 19 times a week but we have reduced the amount of water we put in.

We have gas hob and eletric oven

We have mostly led lights

Out TV's the 60inch is 5/7 years old and 40inch is about a year old

laptops are on most of the day

We are south facing livivng room with those tri fold doors x 2 the width of the house and get masses of sun that heats the house and back bedrooms have big windows and no nets/blinds so get warm/hot easily


We are with EDF, dual fuel, variable rates

Eletric rates 29.9 per unit and stand charge 32.2p daily =  ===== Gas 7.6p per unit and stand charge 27.3p

We used over the period 116 units of electric total for week/7 days is  about 42 pounds

Gas over 7 days was only 8 units costs about  just under a 5 pounds

Have I got the gas prices right or have I misread the gas meter last week as the difference between the gas and eletric units is massive?

Thanks

ps - I will record next week as well and i am aware with longer daylight hours etc over April to end of sept bills are lower

SAC2334

yes, me too.I took a reading on 2nd April and one today and was pleasantly surprised. I ve made a few economies eg.GCH heating has not been going on mostly until evening .l 3 bed detached bungalow .live on my own 
Daily gas use  is 20 kwh s. Daily electric use  3.8 kwh s.
.gas is 7.28p  kwh electric 27.2 p/kwh 

Robin9

The gas meter reads in m3 (old ones in ft3)  - you need to multiply by 11.2 (33 if ft3)

macman

As above, a gas unit is a measure of volume, not power. You need to convert from cubic metres or 100's cu ft to kWh.
You are correct in that gas is about a quarter of the price per kWh though.

MWT

diystarter7 said:

Gas over 7 days was only 8 units costs about  just under a 5 pounds

Have I got the gas prices right or have I misread the gas meter last week as the difference between the gas and eletric units is massive?

Your gas tariff is priced in kWh, your meter reads in either cubic metres (m3) or cubic feet (ft3) which are then converted into kWh.

Something isn't quite right with your calculation though as if your meter is metric that would be roughly 90kWh which at 7.6p/kWh would be £6.80 even without the standing charges...

If your meter was imperial then the use would be much higher still...

diystarter7

Good job as i posted here as I said to Mrs Diy, turn up the heating

I am pretty thick, so please advise. What is one unit/number equating to ie  unit as displayed on gas unit = kwk

so please tell me in simple term a gas unit on my meter equals, then I will times that by the unit price of 7.6p plus standing charge per day.
Thanks

ps - deflated big style

gefnew

The calculation is shown on your gas bill.
If your meter measures in cubic metres, the following calculation is used to convert m3 to kWh: Cubic metres (m3) used x calorific value (usually 40.0) x Correction factor (1.02264) ÷ kWh conversion factor (3.6) = kWh Calculate the number of units used over a billing period. Take a meter reading at the start and end of this period.

Gerry1

Use the converter here (scroll down).  Note that the default kWh prices are well out of date !

sammyjammy

19 baths a week for three people!  That is madness!  That is virtually a bath a night for all three of you.  Lots of people prefer a bath but even without the energy costs from a water POV its so wasteful.

MWT

diystarter7 said:

I am pretty thick, so please advise. What is one unit/number equating to ie  unit as displayed on gas unit = kwk

so please tell me in simple term a gas unit on my meter equals, then I will times that by the unit price of 7.6p plus standing charge per day.
Thanks

A good close approximation is if your meter is metric then 1 unit = 11.2kWh.

If it is an old imperial meter it is a little more complicated so lets not confuse things unless you tell us that you don't see 'm3' on the meter somewhere...

diystarter7

How do I know the gas meter is metric please