Energy Usage Help - 60kwh per day!

[Teesix]

Have you checked the outbuildings to make sure the landlord hasn't got a cannabis farm on the go?

 

[T6Norfolk]

Have you checked the outbuildings to make sure the landlord hasn't got a cannabis farm on the go?

Or an underground crypto mining bunker

 

[Paul Sussex]

We are on an economy 7 tariff and the controller is correct, switching it on-off between 12:30am and 6:30am

We are on an economy 7 tariff and the controller is correct, switching it on-off between 12:30am and 6:30am

 

[Paul Sussex]

No, we try to use them quite sparingly now since we noticed the bills getting out of hand. Mrs is always cold which doesnt help. Pretty much on from 5pm onwards but only in the Kitchen and Lounge, the others are turned off. Bedroom heater on for 2 hours in evening

We have an electric throw (bit like an electric blanket but thicker). I use it when working from home and everyone else out so don’t have the heating on.

 

[Paul Sussex]

We are on an economy 7 tariff and the controller is correct, switching it on-off between 12:30am and 6:30am

I don’t have Economy 7, but suspect the bill will be split showing the different tariffs? You should also then be able to see when you are using most electric which might help to narrow it down.

Also I don’t have an electric emersion heater but 6 hours sounds a long time of heating it.

We are on an economy 7 tariff and the controller is correct, switching it on-off between 12:30am and 6:30am

I don’t have Economy 7, but suspect the bill will be split showing the different tariffs? You should also then be able to see when you are using most electric which might help to narrow it down.

[edit - just seen later in the thread you have the bill broken down]

Also I don’t have an electric emersion heater but 6 hours sounds a long time of heating it. Is it lagged?

 

[Martinf]

I’m not sure your consumption is too unreasonable. In the three months mid Dec to mid March we used 3144kWh of gas (space and water heating) and 879kWh of electricity (everything else incl cooking), total 4023kWh which averages at 1341kWh per month. That’s for a well insulated modest sized modern 4 bed detached. I always expect older properties to need more heating. So it’s a question of identifying where your power is going to help you manage it.

Fortunately for us, we benefit from Solar hot water and PV, which although of minimal benefit in the winter but make us an exporter of power in the summer.

 

[Paul Sussex]

Another thought have you checked the smart meter readings on the bill against the actual meter readings main box. And when they switched over the old meter was read/recorded correctly.