SteamyTea Posted July 21 Author Posted July 21 @Kelvin When it gets dark and cold, I get a candle out. When it gets really dark and cold, I light it.
marshian Posted July 21 Posted July 21 Fun comparisons Weekdays Roughly Translated to Sleep - Wake up Get Up - Work - Get Home - Have tea - drink tea - bed Weekends Roughly Translated to Sleep - 1 person wake up - get up and do stuff - 2nd person get up - stick on laundry 3 loads - tea Oven - watch movie - bed Winter is heavier on laundry due to TD/dehumidifer drying usage
SteamyTea Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 (edited) I just checked how much electricity my kettle uses. Since 20/07/2025 05:00 to 08/08/2025 05:00, it used bang on 4 kWh. 4 [kWh] / 456 [h] = 0.009 kW, or 9W It obviously peaks a lot higher, 2008 W As I am on E7, to work out a price is a bit tricky, but if I take the median value of 24p/kWh, then the price is £0.98. Add on the VAT and it is £1.03, or 5.4p/day. Fridge next I think. Edited August 8 by SteamyTea
SteamyTea Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 1 minute ago, Russdl said: I guess that’s to the 8/8th not 8/7th? Yes, thanks for spotting that, have changed it.
marshian Posted August 8 Posted August 8 34 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: I just checked how much electricity my kettle uses. Since 20/07/2025 05:00 to 08/08/2025 05:00, it used bang on 4 kWh. 4 [kWh] / 456 [h] = 0.009 kW, or 9W It obviously peaks a lot higher, 2008 W As I am on E7, to work out a price is a bit tricky, but if I take the median value of 24p/kWh, then the price is £0.98. Add on the VAT and it is £1.03, or 5.4p/day. Fridge next I think. How often do you boil the kettle when in the E7 period - gut feel says not as often as it’s boiled in non E7 period?
Russdl Posted August 8 Posted August 8 How many times a day do you use the kettle? In other words how much is each ‘boil’ costing? No idea what our Quooker cost to run a day producing, on average, 8 or 9 cuppa’s. Perhaps I should monitor it.
SteamyTea Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, marshian said: How often do you boil the kettle when in the E7 period - gut feel says not as often as it’s boiled in non E7 period? Probably the most, I go to work at 6:15 and usually don't have a mug of tea when I get home. Instead I drive 34 miles (about 25 kWh of diesel) and pay over 3 quid for a coffee. Sometimes life makes no sense. Edited August 8 by SteamyTea
Pocster Posted August 8 Posted August 8 1 hour ago, SteamyTea said: Probably the most, I go to work at 6:15 and usually don't have a mug of tea when I get home. Instead I drive 34 miles (about 25 kWh of diesel) and pay over 3 quid for a coffee. Sometimes life makes no sense. Stop going to work . Then you can drink cheap coffee at home . 👍
SteamyTea Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 13 minutes ago, Pocster said: drink cheap coffee Like the Happy Shopper brand you shoplift.
Pocster Posted August 8 Posted August 8 9 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: Like the Happy Shopper brand you shoplift. You think I a) drink cheap coffee b) would ever enter a happy shopper store 🤔
SteamyTea Posted August 8 Author Posted August 8 6 minutes ago, Pocster said: drink cheap coffee Me neither, but look closely, there is no mud insight, unlike your 'sea views'. 9 minutes ago, Pocster said: would ever enter a happy shopper store Best place to meet single mothers that will do anything for a packet of Hobnobs. 1
marshian Posted August 9 Posted August 9 21 hours ago, SteamyTea said: Best place to meet single mothers that will do anything for a packet of Hobnobs. thats how they ended up single mothers in the first place
ProDave Posted August 9 Posted August 9 Just back from 2 weeks away. In that time everything was turned off, except mvhr, Treatment plant air blower, Fridge freezer, a sky box to record some stuff while away, Music player (Raspbery pi) and ASHP controller on standby but turned off. That standby load consumed 4kWh per day which averages at 166W. Not bad I think. It shows that almost all of what is metered (that I complain seems high) is actually stuff doing something. P.S. the biggest energy saving we have made is my daughter chose to move out.
Marvin Posted August 9 Posted August 9 8 minutes ago, ProDave said: P.S. the biggest energy saving we have made is my daughter chose to move out. 😂 and what did you expect! Long hair I guess.. On a more serious note what was the average wattage over square meterage when you were away? ( I assume this is used energy not purchased) We run on about 3kWh purchased per day at the moment but have PV and EV, however this is all the energy purchased for everything - no gas.
SteamyTea Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 15 minutes ago, ProDave said: everything was turned off, except mvhr, Treatment plant air blower Those two are probably the biggest users. Your PV should have covered them I would have thought.
ProDave Posted August 9 Posted August 9 Just now, SteamyTea said: Those two are probably the biggest users. Your PV should have covered them I would have thought. In daylight yes. But they still run at night. 1
SteamyTea Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 1 minute ago, ProDave said: But they still run at night Do they need to when you are away, or maybe on a timer to limit usage.
Marvin Posted August 9 Posted August 9 8 minutes ago, ProDave said: In daylight yes. But they still run at night. Ditto
Marvin Posted August 9 Posted August 9 41% of my last electricity bill was for the standing charge and VAT.
SteamyTea Posted August 9 Author Posted August 9 48 minutes ago, Marvin said: 41% of my last electricity bill was for the standing charge and VAT. Suspect mine was similar.
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