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

maxmycardagain

Mstty said:

maxmycardagain said:

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

Ridiculous answer but something I have come to expect from you. The suppliers make 2% in general on capped rate tariffs.

Plus the question was to wrf unless this is a second account you use?

You advocate high useage then?  - unto each their own

Are you a CEO  at EON?

as for who makes what, not my concern, its my bank balance that matters most to me as it does with most people i assume looking round

Leccy £1,75/day Gas £1.10/day with heating on...

With 230 replies and 14.5K views in 20 days it does seem running costs are of interest to a few

maxmycardagain

wrf12345 said:

"But would you say that was an enjoyable existence?"
Yep, getting British Gas to cut my DD when the unit costs went crazy was very enjoyable, otherwise business as usual and those cold showers produce a mild state of euphoria in the morning...

Let others support the energy companies, we can have an extra glass off Jack Daniels with our savings

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maxmycardagain said:

Mstty said:

maxmycardagain said:

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

Ridiculous answer but something I have come to expect from you. The suppliers make 2% in general on capped rate tariffs.

Plus the question was to wrf unless this is a second account you use?

You advocate high useage then?  - unto each their own

Are you a CEO  at EON?

as for who makes what, not my concern, its my bank balance that matters most to me as it does with most people i assume looking round

Leccy £1,75/day Gas £1.10/day with heating on...

With 230 replies and 14.5K views in 20 days it does seem running costs are of interest to a few

Many people seem interested in the thread.  Less people are interested in being evangelical about living like it's 1640 (unless perhaps your surname is Rees-Mogg).

"If you disagree with me you must be getting paid" is low, and doesn't add to the discussion.

I'm interested in the actual answer, rather than your attacks.  Do you really see no impact in your lifestyle from extremely low energy consumption, or do you see an impact but choose to accept it?

Mstty

maxmycardagain said:

Mstty said:

maxmycardagain said:

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

Ridiculous answer but something I have come to expect from you. The suppliers make 2% in general on capped rate tariffs.

Plus the question was to wrf unless this is a second account you use?

You advocate high useage then?  - unto each their own

Are you a CEO  at EON?

as for who makes what, not my concern, its my bank balance that matters most to me as it does with most people i assume looking round

Leccy £1,75/day Gas £1.10/day with heating on...

With 230 replies and 14.5K views in 20 days it does seem running costs are of interest to a few

I was merely pointing out the suppliers profit to put you right on your mistake.

Then I was suggesting that for some such low usage is not comfortable for them. Just existing with as little as possible is obviously fine for others.

The attack because I put you right is a bit strange  but again what I expect from you from past posts sadly.

dunstonh

ith 230 replies and 14.5K views in 20 days it does seem running costs are of interest to a few

As i said earlier in the thread, before the government stepped in, this section was full of people posting about how they could save energy.  The minute the Government stepped in, the energy-saving posts virtually died a death.

Green_hopeful

Ally_E. said:

Green_hopeful said:

Re your draughty front door we had draught excluder fitted on the outside. It’s fixed to the frame with a metal strip and has a rubber edge that pushes against the door when it’s shut. I have had it fitted at a couple of houses and it’s made a big difference. 

Could you share a link to external draught excluder, sounds like what my front door needs.

It looks like this but I don’t know if it’s the heavy duty one. https://www.stormguard.co.uk/stormguard-products/heavy-duty-around-door-seal/

pensionpawn

QrizB said:

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?

Sorry, missed your reply. At 11:30pm, I'm the only person awake, hardly any lights on, Sky Q / router plugged in, some Alexa's and two Sonos speakers, burgler alarm, fridge and freezer. My solar energy meter is showing 325 watts demand. Come the day the sun shines and the panels take up the bulk of demand, with the exception of tea time. For example on Saturday I generated 28.6 kWhrs from 7am - 7pm, though imported 1.8 kWhrs between midnight and 7am and 6.5 kWhrs between 5pm - midnight. The bulk of that evening demand is cooking, tv and my daughter's PC with two monitors. I'm happy with my background level of demand as I'm not going to switch off at the wall the cooker, microwave, Sky Q, Alexa's and Sono's smart speakers and have to reset their time / configuation every morning. From my figures my self generated consumption is approx 25% of the house demand. All this matters not once the Powerwall eventually arrives as with the exception of a run of bad weather I believe I will not import April - September inc and will drastically reduce the cost of import by timeshifting E7 (blended with some excess solar) October to March, as you know from your own experince. I'm just a tad annoyed that I was informed in July that the Powerwall I ordered in February for a 1st October installation, is (presently) delayed until next April.

QrizB

pensionpawn said:

QrizB said:

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.

...

Do you know where all your electricity goes?

Sorry, missed your reply. At 11:30pm, I'm the only person awake, hardly any lights on, Sky Q / router plugged in, some Alexa's and two Sonos speakers, burgler alarm, fridge and freezer. My solar energy meter is showing 325 watts demand.

My background load is roughly 200 watts lower than yours. Counting it for 5000 hrs/yr (since we both have solar PV to meet our background load from shortly-after-dawn to shortly-before-dusk) that would account for 1000kWh/yr of the difference between my 2100 and your 3300.

rlcoach

After switching off the chest freezer and putting more things in stand by we are down to around 19 kwh at the weekends and 16-18 in the week. We have underfloor heating that will go in winter. Still not tied down what is using most of the electricity and what we can do to reduce it. Seems we used most in the evenings, so probably TVs, lighting and cooking?

I am looking at the Octopus usage charts every day, and despite us working from home all day looks like half the usage is in the evenings (cooking, lighting, TVs etc)

Have started adding tapo energy monitors to things, so should have a better picture by the weekend.

Mstty

rlcoach said:

After switching off the chest freezer and putting more things in stand by we are down to around 19 kwh at the weekends and 16-18 in the week. We have underfloor heating that will go in winter. Still not tied down what is using most of the electricity and what we can do to reduce it. Seems we used most in the evenings, so probably TVs, lighting and cooking?

I am looking at the Octopus usage charts every day, and despite us working from home all day looks like half the usage is in the evenings (cooking, lighting, TVs etc)

Have started adding tapo energy monitors to things, so should have a better picture by the weekend.

Electric shower?

TV's as well so multiple on around the house maybe with or without extra devices?

Cooking do you cook as one for the family or individual people do their own thing?