how low is your leccy consumption now, this very week..... asking for a friend

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Averaging 3kWh a day.

Electric oven and hob, gas hot water and heating.

2 people in all day.

pensionpawn

Peter999_2 said:

We're half way through September and so far we've used 105 kWh of electric.    Over the last 6 months we have been using, on average, 370 kWh.

Therefore we should have used 210 kWh for September and saved 107 kWh.  Using October's 35p per kWh I reckon we've saved £37 worth of electric.   Quite pleased with that seen as I haven't really changed things to our detriment.

How is that possible, 7 kWhrs / day? I've imported 96 kWhrs however I have 7.1 kWs of solar panels! My house actually wanted 170 kWhrs, the panels providing the rest. The best I can achieve this year is 4.1 kWhrs / day in June.

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pensionpawn said:

5Peter999_2 said:

We're half way through September and so far we've used 105 kWh of electric.    Over the last 6 months we have been using, on average, 370 kWh.

Therefore we should have used 210 kWh for September and saved 107 kWh.  Using October's 35p per kWh I reckon we've saved £37 worth of electric.   Quite pleased with that seen as I haven't really changed things to our detriment.

How is that possible, 7 kWhrs / day? I've imported 96 kWhrs however I have 7.1 kWs of solar panels! My house actually wanted 170 kWhrs, the panels providing the rest. The best I can achieve this year is 4.1 kWhrs / day in June.

I expect freezers use a lot. I only use 3 kWh a day and have a electric cooker and hob, but no freezer or dishwasher, use the washing machine once a week and don't use the tumble dryer.

chris1973

6.2 kw/h per day daytime use - provided from ancient Lister diesel generator running on waste veg oil

1.2 kw/h per night overnight use - running from grid

QrizB

pensionpawn said:

How is that possible, 7 kWhrs / day? I've imported 96 kWhrs however I have 7.1 kWs of solar panels! My house actually wanted 170 kWhrs, the panels providing the rest. The best I can achieve this year is 4.1 kWhrs / day in June.

@pensionpawn I wasn't sure where best to reply to you (here or there) but you seem to be quite a high user of electricity.

My situation isn't all that different to yours - 3 bed semi vs. 4 bed det, 2 adults & 2 teens vs. 3 adults, Hampshire vs. Wiltshire - but even though you've got almost 3x as much solar PV as I do, your electricity consumption and import are both significantly higher than mine.

In 2020 I imported about 2100kWh from the grid. (I've since added a battery so 2021 and 2022 aren't directly comparable.) I don't know exactly how much I self-consumed but it's likely to have been around 1200kWh, for a total of 3300kWh.

Do you know where all your electricity goes?

Ally_E.

Robgmun said:

Chrysalis said:

Crazy how variable things are, on another forum many have daily usage at about 20 kWh a day and they consider my usage tiny, but then my usage seems high compared to those posting 3 kWh a day.

My daily average is 6-7 kWh a day.

The difference is that most normal non-MSE people aren't obsessed about saving money like we are and 20 kWh was pretty common. I know because I was one of them. Once I started to take notice a month ago it went from an average of 20 down to about 8-10 without impacting our daily lives.

I could go lower but that would mean much bigger changes that would we'd find reduces our comfort. We're pretty happy with where we are now

Even when we were mining crypto we didn't use more than 12kW/h a day. Not sure what people who use 20 are doing

wrf12345

Currently 1.3-1.5kw a day, one grilled meal a day, small freezer (newish), three cups of coffee, six hours on computer/24 inch led monitor, four hours LED 40 inch TV (inc 5W amplifier, sat receiver, TV on eco mode), all bulbs 1-2W LEDs, cold water showers, no hot water, no heating (gas turned off at meter since Feb), no fridge... quality of life just the same as when I was using twice as much electricity. Live alone in 3 bed bungalow so have total control over things, much more difficult when lots of people, everything except freezer is turned off when not in use and freezer in coldest part of house, unheated, north facing hallway.

dunstonh

Ally_E. said:

Robgmun said:

Chrysalis said:

Crazy how variable things are, on another forum many have daily usage at about 20 kWh a day and they consider my usage tiny, but then my usage seems high compared to those posting 3 kWh a day.

My daily average is 6-7 kWh a day.

The difference is that most normal non-MSE people aren't obsessed about saving money like we are and 20 kWh was pretty common. I know because I was one of them. Once I started to take notice a month ago it went from an average of 20 down to about 8-10 without impacting our daily lives.

I could go lower but that would mean much bigger changes that would we'd find reduces our comfort. We're pretty happy with where we are now

Even when we were mining crypto we didn't use more than 12kW/h a day. Not sure what people who use 20 are doing

Living normal lives.

We used 18kWh in early summer but after learning a bit about our use, it dropped to around 8-10kWh a day.    During the winter, it is nromally around 58kWh per day but I am hoping for it to be around 48kWh per day.  (heating/water is oil, not electric)

Mstty

wrf12345 said:

Currently 1.3-1.5kw a day, one grilled meal a day, small freezer (newish), three cups of coffee, six hours on computer/24 inch led monitor, four hours LED 40 inch TV (inc 5W amplifier, sat receiver, TV on eco mode), all bulbs 1-2W LEDs, cold water showers, no hot water, no heating (gas turned off at meter since Feb), no fridge... quality of life just the same as when I was using twice as much electricity. Live alone in 3 bed bungalow so have total control over things, much more difficult when lots of people, everything except freezer is turned off when not in use and freezer in coldest part of house, unheated, north facing hallway.

But would you say that was an enjoyable existence?

maxmycardagain

Mstty said:

wrf12345 said:

Currently 1.3-1.5kw a day, one grilled meal a day, small freezer (newish), three cups of coffee, six hours on computer/24 inch led monitor, four hours LED 40 inch TV (inc 5W amplifier, sat receiver, TV on eco mode), all bulbs 1-2W LEDs, cold water showers, no hot water, no heating (gas turned off at meter since Feb), no fridge... quality of life just the same as when I was using twice as much electricity. Live alone in 3 bed bungalow so have total control over things, much more difficult when lots of people, everything except freezer is turned off when not in use and freezer in coldest part of house, unheated, north facing hallway.

But would you say that was an enjoyable existence?

better that than throwing money into the energy suppliers bank accounts, but if that is what you prefer, carry on