Scottish Power bill high (not first post about this)

WiserMiser

The highest washing machine kW load  will be the heater.  The manual is likely to show you the kWh usage of various programs.

dekaspace1

vic_sf49 said:

dekaspace1 said:

Sorry for long delay, dog was terrified for a few days due to fireworks then I was away for over a week.

Have some photos on phone which is charging so will either edit this post later or have a new post.

Noticed when I was away it was using a solid £1.10 or £1.11 a day, I took readings from most of this week and a few days the week I was away (but forgot to take some so there's a few days gap, but they match the £1.10 readings.

This week what was confusing was I returned on Monday lunchtime turned PC on quite quickly and went to bed around 11pm left house around 7am got back 6pm but the usage was near identical for those 2 days despite the Tuesday not having a PC on until about 7pm and I went to bed around 11.30pm.

I do have an external light that comes on via sensor, I had to adjust it as it was coming on all the time for about a week, but that was installed in March and as it was lighter then I switched it off and only put it back on about a month ago.

Usage stats 913.330 on Tuesday PM 945.563 now

£1.16th 2.50 kWh 10th £1.15 2.48 kWh 11th £1.14 2.45 kWh 12th £1.10 2.30 kWh 15th £1.11 234 kWh 16th £1.88 4.91 kWh 17th £1.84 5.12 kWh 18th

This

 This does not seem like excessive usage.

You seem focused on the computer as being the culprit, but have you looked at everything else? Have you looked at your background usage at night, with most things switched off?

Some figures from my house, as an example.... 

My fridge freezer uses about 1kwh in a 24 hour period. (Data from Tapo plug.) 

I had my gas central heating on more of late, which accounts for increased electric usage from the combi boiler.

My background usage at night, when the fridge hasn't kicked in, is about 65w (boiler switched on but not heating, cctv x3, router, fridge freezer idling, various smart plugs, 2 x tvs on standby). 

(Apologies if I've got my watts and kWh mixed up.) 

I did notice for the 3 days (first time I used heating this year) last week with heating I used about 20p more, I had heating on for a few hours, I rarely use it.

I have 1 tv on standby, my fridge and freezer, the day I checked it at night when fridge kicked in usage went up about 30 or 40w then when the compressor or whatever it's called went off it my usage was around 90w

The computer from just looking at the IHD can use about 100w idle and about 200w when gaming but I mostly just browse the internet or stream on it.