I have updated that spreadsheet/chart now - see here. If you still see the old one (up to January 2005) then please press Ctrl + F5 to force a refresh to get the new one (up to January 2006).ClubMan said:This thread might be of interest to you. I will try to update my spreadsheet/graph referenced in that thread later this evening.
Carpenter said:This certainly seems excessive- we received our bill today and it amounted to €135, which I thought was a little on the high side. Last years bill for the same period was about €115, so allowing for increased unit Kw hour cost this is about right. We live in a 4 bed with oil fired heating but we do a lot of cooking; otherwise we would be very careful with our energy usage and I'd be very suspicious of a bill such as yours. If you have a bill for previous usage which differs very significantly you can contact ESB and ask them to investigate- they will do this if unusual meter readings are being produced.
(Even €280 is an awful amount- considering you have only 1 storage heater)
onekeano said:WOW Carpenter, that seems extremely low to me. I have about 1500 sq. ft but bill came in just over €300 - having said that we wouldn't be that careful, but no storage heaters or anything like that. Did I see over the last few days that British Gas prices are going up by ANOTHER 25%? If so between that and the lads down on Poolbeg wanting to get their snouts in the trough again I could see the bill going from €300 to €400 this time next year.
Roy
Not generally true. My own TV is rated at 340W when in use, and less than 3W in standby. So it'll need to be in standby for around 350 hours to use a single unit of electricity. There was an advertising campaign some time ago encouraging people not to leave things in stanby which has led a lot of people to believe this. I even had a guy swear blind to me that the little orange light on a power socket used significant power when in fact they're generally about 0.1 watt!!!Ash said:Did you get any new appliances which are frequently left on stand-by? Apparently this uses up a high percentage of the energy used when the appliance is actually on, e.g. the television - or numerous televisions.
If you mean the electric water heating component of the shower then this is not small or insignificant in terms of electricity usage/load. Chances are this is a 1kW+ load which means a unit per hour. In most cases if your bill is too high then (a) it is estimated incorrectly (b) you are using high load appliances too much or more than you think or (c) there is some fault with your system/meter (least likely cause in most cases). In our house the loads in decrasing order of signifance/cost would be something like night rate storage heaters (at least in winter - off in summer), immersion (night rate) and then stuff like fridge (D rated appliance), oven, kettle, microwave, lighting, TV/PC etc. From our graph above you can see how, over the years, the costs dip significantly in summer (due to the heaters being off and holidays etc.) and the cost has remained largely similar whereas in winter it peaks and has been increasing.MB05 said:They said they tracked it down to the electric shower switch (the switch/light that needs to be turned on before you can get instant hot water). They used to always leave it on and once they got into the habit of turning it on and off as needed there bills went down.
I find it hard to believe something so small and insignificant was causing it but they put it down to it
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