Tracy wrote:

OK here are my working out figures for gas consumption. Yesterday, meter
read 6754 and today read 6756 which give 2 cubic meters of gas. Using
figures supplied by my gas supplier this gives 2*40.27292*1.02264/3.6 which
gives 22.88039 KW of energy used

No that suggests 22 kWh or energy used (kW (note not "KW") is a
measurement of power not energy).

Why do people seem to not understand how gas consumption is measured and
paid for and assume totally unrealistic things.or do they just like to
complicate matters

I don't know - lack of education I guess. Still I think John's
explanation should have set you on the right track so you need not make
the same mistake again.

.I assume you mean 22kw hours i.e. the equivalent of 22kw for one hour each
day. where did I say that?

It is perfectly clear that I mean I used 22.88039 KW of gas in a day. That
is what I said.

Yup, and it is still nonsense.

use approx 22KW of gas per day or to make it easier I used 2 cubic meters
of gas but the gas company converts it to KW and charges that way.

I suggest you look a little more carefully at your bill.

All I want to know is if that is the quantity of gas in cubic meters or
kilowatts that other people use with a similar set up to mine.

Yours seems a bit high. But that could be your 5 min showers are
actually 8 mins... Given Most J&S boilers are warm air units, it may
also suggest it is not that efficient at hating the water.

Also you
might have misunderstood what I meant by a power shower. It is a shower that
has a hot pipe connected to the hot water tank in the bedroom cupboard, a
second pipe connected to the cold tank in the attic and when it is turned on
a pump in the shower unit sucks hot and cold water from their appropriate
containers, mixes them then delivers it from the shower head at a greater
pressure than if gravity was allowed to act normally.

Yup, that is what is usually understood by power shower.


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Cheers,

John.

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