My meter is running slow… I think!

Chris_b2z

Jello123 said:

My meter is running slow ... I think!

 If usage really hasn't changed then another possibility is that the meter at the previous house was running fast.

FreeBear

Jello123 said: House units will be 2,820 * 26.363p = £743.43
(I doubt I’ll be shifting my household usage much)
Standing charge = 365 * 58.712p = £214.29
EV Units 3,500 * 7.9p = £ 276.50

= £1,234.22

Difference = £119.31

If your usage really is just 1880kWh, the difference is going to be around £367, so quite a saving by switching to the EV tariff.
The savings would be negative if your domestic consumption was much higher (say 4500kWh per year).

Jello123

FreeBear said:

Jello123 said: House units will be 2,820 * 26.363p = £743.43
(I doubt I’ll be shifting my household usage much)
Standing charge = 365 * 58.712p = £214.29
EV Units 3,500 * 7.9p = £ 276.50

= £1,234.22

Difference = £119.31

If your usage really is just 1880kWh, the difference is going to be around £367, so quite a saving by switching to the EV tariff.
The savings would be negative if your domestic consumption was much higher (say 4500kWh per year).

FreeBear said:

Jello123 said: House units will be 2,820 * 26.363p = £743.43
(I doubt I’ll be shifting my household usage much)
Standing charge = 365 * 58.712p = £214.29
EV Units 3,500 * 7.9p = £ 276.50

= £1,234.22

Difference = £119.31

If your usage really is just 1880kWh, the difference is going to be around £367, so quite a saving by switching to the EV tariff.
The savings would be negative if your domestic consumption was much higher (say 4500kWh per year).

That’s the dilemma. I just don’t know if my current 1880 is accurate. I did do a test with the car by taking a reading before and after charging it to see if the meter turned by the same amount. And it seem to have been correct. So it seems like it’s accurate. I will test again for a longer duration! 

bob2302

IIWY I'd get a load of known power, such as a 1kW bar fire, and test it. Timing the meter's spinning wheel is the most accurate way to do this in a short time. If you have a power meter you can use it to get a more accurate value of the actual power used by the device.

600 kWh pa is 1.6kWh a day or 68W. You can potentially save that by changing a fridge or washing machine.

BarelySentientAI

bob2302 said:

IIWY I'd get a load of known power, such as a 1kW bar fire, and test it. Timing the meter's spinning wheel is the most accurate way to do this in a short time. If you have a power meter you can use it to get a more accurate value of the actual power used by the device.

600 kWh pa is 1.6kWh a day or 68W. You can potentially save that by changing a fridge or washing machine.

Or two light bulbs.

Jemma01

sounds like you have a family-friendly meter want to swap?

Qyburn

Just hazarding a guess I would think someone using only 2400kWh for family home, probably doesn't leave unnecessary lights on 24/7.  A fridge or freezer on the other hand could  be quietly gobbling up power while behaving apparently normally. Our old freezer with its defrost fault was using 2.3kWh per day, new one around 0.7kWh.

BarelySentientAI

Qyburn said:

Just hazarding a guess I would think someone using only 2400kWh for family home, probably doesn't leave unnecessary lights on 24/7.  A fridge or freezer on the other hand could  be quietly gobbling up power while behaving apparently normally. Our old freezer with its defrost fault was using 2.3kWh per day, new one around 0.7kWh.

The "mostly LED spotlights" jumps out as well though.  We've had many times where it's been 600W of halogen downlights in a kitchen - that doesn't take long (or anything unnecessary, certainly not 24/7) to use a decent chunk - replaced by 15W of LEDs.

Many plausible reasons for it.

Reed_Richards

Which is more likely:

1. Your current meter runs slow (or your old one ran fast).
2. There is something in you old house that was on a lot and consumed a bit more power than the equivalent in your new house, a fridge or a freezer of some lights.

I don't know for sure, but everything tells me it's 2, not 1.

SAC2334

Based on your figures you are using an average of just 5.15 kwhs a day . With a family of five that looks like something is wrong with the meter .
I live on my own and  being very careful with electric usage and I`m using a very similar daily average over the year to you of around 5 kwhs a day . I am on a smart tariff at moment with Octopus Agile .

As a now retired meter reader I`m interested in what type of meter you have , is it a digital or analogue ?