Energy Direct Debit £685 a month!

Krakkkers

Hot water from electric shower or gas heated water tank, if electric then what power 7, 8 10 kw? and for how long as they are really power hungry.
Any fridge/freezer in garage?

Robin9

All of the above will increase the consumption but not really the cause.

? Lighting,  american fridge freezer,   underfloor heating.

PS I think the meter dates from 2019 -  so over 50000 kWh in 4 years is consistent with the numbers given.

Frazerjclark

Krakkkers said:

Hot water from electric shower or gas heated water tank, if electric then what power 7, 8 10 kw? and for how long as they are really power hungry.
Any fridge/freezer in garage?

Gas boiler and Megaflo so if more than 4 showers in the morning we run out of hot water.
No garage, fridge freezer, dishwasher on once every two days, washing machine, condenser tumble drier, used three times each at weekend 

Gerry1

Photo of the gas meter reading, please.

Spoonie_Turtle

For the electric you need to go room (including the cellar and loft) and look at everything that is plugged in, wired in, every type of lightbulb, absolutely anything and everything that uses electricity.  Also the garden/any outdoor space, to include anything electric not using battery power.

Make a full list, and as a general rule the things that are most power-hungry will be things that heat up or cool down.  All the little things do add up though as well, if there are a lot of them (e.g. halogen light bulbs).  So a full energy audit.

I can't remember if you said or not (sorry, so many pages already) but do you have an electric vehicle thay you charge at home?

Do you have an EPC, and what is the rating?  Where in the country are you (approximate, not asking for an exact location) and are you on a hill, exposed, always in full shade, etc.? I'm just thinking for the heating to try and work out why keeping your house at 19℃ is using *such* a lot of gas.

For some context we are 4 adults (2 home all day, another 1 home half the time) in a 1940s 3-bed semi with electric heating and hot water (heat pump) and electric shower, with a usage of just under 10,000kWh per year.  Yours is somehow a lot higher without electric heating or hot water.

Frazerjclark

Spoonie_Turtle said:

For the electric you need to go room (including the cellar and loft) and look at everything that is plugged in, wired in, every type of lightbulb, absolutely anything and everything that uses electricity.  Also the garden/any outdoor space, to include anything electric not using battery power.

Make a full list, and as a general rule the things that are most power-hungry will be things that heat up or cool down.  All the little things do add up though as well, if there are a lot of them (e.g. halogen light bulbs).  So a full energy audit.

I can't remember if you said or not (sorry, so many pages already) but do you have an electric vehicle thay you charge at home?

Do you have an EPC, and what is the rating?  Where in the country are you (approximate, not asking for an exact location) and are you on a hill, exposed, always in full shade, etc.? I'm just thinking for the heating to try and work out why keeping your house at 19℃ is using *such* a lot of gas.

For some context we are 4 adults (2 home all day, another 1 home half the time) in a 1940s 3-bed semi with electric heating and hot water (heat pump) and electric shower, with a usage of just under 10,000kWh per year.  Yours is somehow a lot higher without electric heating or hot water.

No Ev and I am in Essex, 

doodling

Hi,

Frazerjclark said:

Hopefully you can read this

I think you should be able to press some buttons on the front of that meter so that it displays the actual power consumed.  It will probably be called "Active Power" and will be measured in kW.  What does that say?

Gerry1

doodling said:

Hi,

Frazerjclark said:

Hopefully you can read this

I think you should be able to press some buttons on the front of that meter so that it displays the actual power consumed.  It will probably be called "Active Power" and will be measured in kW.  What does that say?

Or count the flashes.

Alnat1

Might be an idea to purchase an energy monitoring plug (Tapo P110 is the usual one recommended here, around £10 and can also be used as a smart plug) and test out some appliances.

I'd start with 24 hours on each gaming PC and, while we're talking PCs, maybe start turning yours off instead of using "sleep". Then test fridges and freezers for 24-48 hours each, stick it on the washer one weekend, the dryer the next. 

This should give you an idea of how much some of the big items might be using. Also go round every light bulb in the house and check if it's LED, halogen spots can be guzzlers, especially if you have 12 x 50W on in the kitchen for several hours a day etc.

BUFF

How old is your gas boiler (make/model if possible) & what type of controls (programmer, room stat(s) & TRVs) do you have?
How well insulated is your loft(s)? Do you have double-glazing?

Those gaming PCs aren't also crypto mining are they?