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Relatively High Electricity Usage

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  • Myrrhman
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    RobM99 said:
    My usual response - anything that produces heat for a long time - or a gaming PC!
    PS4 hasn't been on for months. 
  • Myrrhman
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    QrizB said:
    Myrrhman said:
    Any ideas? 
    How old is your electricity meter? Mechanical, electrionic or smart?

    Mechanical, no idea how old. At least 18 years. 
  • Myrrhman
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    theoretica said:
    Electric shower?
    Yes but we're careful with usage. 
  • QrizB
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    Myrrhman said:
    QrizB said:
    Myrrhman said:
    Any ideas? 
    How old is your electricity meter? Mechanical, electrionic or smart?
    Mechanical, no idea how old. At least 18 years. 
    It could be past its sell-by date, then.
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  • victor2
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    Myrrhman said:
    theoretica said:
    Electric shower?
    Yes but we're careful with usage. 

    The electric shower is the obvious explanation. If you want to know what it's using, take a meter reading before and after a shower, then again the same number of minutes later to establish a baseline. That will give you an idea what a typical shower uses. If it's a 9KW shower and you run it for 10 minutes, that will account for 1.5kWh. Your usage is not excessive, but if you really want to home in on what uses electricity, that is a way to establish what big appliances that don't run off a standard mains plug can use.

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  • Robin9
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    I wish my 2 person OAP household could get down to 228 kWh a month.
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  • victor2
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    Robin9 said:
    I wish my 2 person OAP household could get down to 228 kWh a month.

    Ditto. A good month for us is anything below 300kWh. We have an electric shower, but it will probably go next year for one running off the combi.

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  • TheGardener
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    How do you heat your home? I've seen our electric jump a bit as we are now running the CH regularly. 
  • Myrrhman
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    TheGardener said:
    How do you heat your home? I've seen our electric jump a bit as we are now running the CH regularly. 
    CH but we haven't had it on yet. 
  • Myrrhman
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    victor2 said:
    Myrrhman said:
    theoretica said:
    Electric shower?
    Yes but we're careful with usage. 

    The electric shower is the obvious explanation. If you want to know what it's using, take a meter reading before and after a shower, then again the same number of minutes later to establish a baseline. That will give you an idea what a typical shower uses. If it's a 9KW shower and you run it for 10 minutes, that will account for 1.5kWh. Your usage is not excessive, but if you really want to home in on what uses electricity, that is a way to establish what big appliances that don't run off a standard mains plug can use.

    Pretty sure you're right, it used around 1 kwh in 5 minutes. It would explain why we had usage of 393 kwh in August, my eldest was taking 3 20-minute showers per day. 

    When she's back from uni for Christmas, she'd better be prepared to stink. 😂

    Many thanks for the advice. 
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