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Trying to calculate cost of energy use - just heating?

B0bbyEwing
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Last month I took some before & after photos of the central heating being on to a) see what it cost and b) while wood is free it's a no brainer, but as we may have to start paying for it it'll then become a question of central heating or fire. I just never got round to asking about the cost until now...

So once I got home, the gas meter read:

22922|49|1 m3
With the first 5 digits in black, the next 2 in red & the end one turning.

About to go to bed & turn the heating off & took a picture of the meter reading:

22925|26|0

10.327p kw/h
November's calorific value: 40

I want to check I've worked it out right...

2.769m3

2.769 x 40 x 1.02264 (correction factor) / 3.6 * 0.10327 (rate /kwh)

=3.2492
=£3.25

Or have I messed up somewhere? If so could someone kindly point me in the right direction please?



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