What is the average electricity units per day?

Racla

Hello everyone,

I'm hoping I can get some help here. I've just bought a brand new 2 bed flat that is fitted with electric only. We have had our Meter for 6 days since the 09/02/16 and have used 217units ! Myself and my partner have everything turned off in the day from 7:30am until 5:30pm when we return from work. Our developers are refusing to accept their is a blatant issue as we are not using this much electric and we have had a brand new meter fitted so it can't be faulty. We have an acv smart e160 boiler. I'm aware electric only is more expensive but this much for a small 2 bed flat is ridiculous. I'm assuming our water is just constantly heating itself up as our heating is completely turned off in the day and the radiators are ice cold when so.

Any help would be really appreciated

CashStrapped

Hello

1) What do you mean " you have had our meter for six days". How do you know you have used 217units in that time? Did you take an actual meter readings on the 9th? I ask this because the new meter may not have started at 0.

2) Turn off all appliances and check your meter. Is it still counting up?

3) This is the web page for your hot water tank. Check you are using the controls correctly: http://www.acv.com/int-en/03_04/25/app.rvb

4) What type of heaters do you have? Are they storage heater that charge at night or immediate panel heaters?

5) Start taking daily readings to confirm what your actual daily use is now. Take a reading at the same time each day.

Good luck

Ramakin

Hi,


I'm sorry if some has already asked or answered this question already but there is a lot here to read on a smartphone 😊.


I am unclear what people are referring to when they say units used. Can I clarify is this the number of units shown on the meter and not something calculated by the billing company?


We've just moved into a new house and I took the meter readings when we moved in and again today (38 days later) and we have used around 420 digits which works out about 11.3 a day. If people are referring to the numbers shown on the meter then we're not to far above average.


If its another unit calculation then I am stumped and would ask someone to explain it to me please 😊.


If I am right and we are using 11.3 I am still wondering what is using it all. We have the heating and water come on twice a day, hot water for about an hour at a time and heating is 30 minutes in morning and 2 or 3 hours in the evening but this is oil.


we have a dish washer and washing machine but no tumble dryer. They go on once every other day I would guess. We have an American fridge freezer too but all are rated A or B. The oven and hob are electric too but we also have a very cool meter from EDF installed that has a traffic light system on it showing you red for using lots and green for very low usage.


most of the time its green. It goes red when dishwasher or washing machine heats water but rest of time its green even when the two machines are washing its mostly green. Only when they heat water does it go red. Other times are when oven is heating up or hob is on. But we control them better as we are there with them while cooking.


so I am shocked we are using 11.3 units a day still.


thanks for reading and it will be most useful if someone could tell me the reference to units is the actual meter reading numbers are units?


thanks again.

shavy65

Yes you are correct in thinking the units being reffered to are the numbers on the meter. I don`t think 11.3 is overly high at this time of year to be honest.....one thought though, are you using halogen or LED lighting?
When I first moved into my current house I changed out over 70 40 watt halogens for LED's, huge reduction in usage instantly.

Ismail_NcUni

Cardew wrote: »

The average UK electricity consumption for houses with gas for heating is 3,300 kWh(units) a year. Approx 9 units a day.

So at 22 units a day you are using twice the UK average.

It is also very unlikely that using 18% (4 night/18 day) at night that it is worth you being on an Economy 7 tariff as you pay more for all your daytime electricity.

Why use an immersion heater(especially in the evening!) when you have gas?
Gas is much cheaper!

do you have a source for "3,300 kWh(units) a year" ? is it reliable source ?
if you could share it, it would help a lot

The_Green_Hornet

Ismail_NcUni wrote: »

do you have a source for "3,300 kWh(units) a year" ? is it reliable source ?
if you could share it, it would help a lot

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/gas/retail-market/monitoring-data-and-statistics/typical-domestic-consumption-values

Dandytf

9-10 units a day average 2017-though strorage heaters and hot water switched on past few weeks.
Maybe it will rise to 15-20 units though that’s only a guess.
As I enjoy technology -a few devices on standby every day and re charges etc.
Only work part time my useage is expected to rise, though I keep an eye on meters.

saifulka

Hi there,

We are on an "estimate" calculation that Co-op Energy has for us which is 2371.1 kWh monthly which I think is excessive for a 3 bed flat with all electricity for heating and appliances.

We have switched to Scottish Power and we have a new reading from meter of 33051 when it was calculated at 39599.9 when we switched from Co-op to Scottish Power when actually it was 33051 on day of changeover.

How do we claim back from Co-op Energy when they say we owe them more money after changeover; when in fact they owe us? (39599.9 - 33051 = 6548.9 units owed to us.

I'm not sure how much that is in monetary terms but I bet it's a lot. How do I convince Co-op to pay us back when they have not been that helpful on the phone. Scottish Power said they would help but they have not done anything yet despite two calls to sort it out.

Any help would be appreciated :-)

SK

System

saifulka wrote: »

Hi there,

We are on an "estimate" calculation that Co-op Energy has for us which is 2371.1 kWh monthly which I think is excessive for a 3 bed flat with all electricity for heating and appliances.

We have switched to Scottish Power and we have a new reading from meter of 33051 when it was calculated at 39599.9 when we switched from Co-op to Scottish Power when actually it was 33051 on day of changeover.

How do we claim back from Co-op Energy when they say we owe them more money after changeover; when in fact they owe us? (39599.9 - 33051 = 6548.9 units owed to us.

I'm not sure how much that is in monetary terms but I bet it's a lot. How do I convince Co-op to pay us back when they have not been that helpful on the phone. Scottish Power said they would help but they have not done anything yet despite two calls to sort it out.

Any help would be appreciated :-)

SK

Your new supplier will ask you for meter readings which go to a third-party for verification. Once verified they are passed back to both the gaining and losing suppliers to open and close your accounts. The losing supplier will issue a Final Bill within 6 weeks of the date of the actual transfer of supply. Any credit will then be re-paid shortly afterwards. If the verified readings are massively different from the ones that you supplied, then talk to the gaining supplier about opening an Agreed Readings Dispute. You will not pay for the same energy twice.

https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-answers/topics/meters-and-meter-readings/whats-a-meter-reading-dispute.html

PS I should have added that Agreed Readings Disputes can take some weeks to resolve. This situation could have been avoided if you had given the supplier monthly meter readings.

stevief

We have used 7.5kWh of electricity per day (on average) between June and Nov 2017.

We have all the usual; electric cooker, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, etc.
We have gas central heating for the radiators and hot water.