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In message , Tim Lamb
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No electric heating. No tumble dryer. Just the usual washing
machine, dishwasher, two fridges/freezers, two desktops, two laptops,
kettle, lighting etc. An I naive, or is that a lot of units?

Hmm.. is that a ranch!

grin Not quite!

Thanks for all the comments. Seems to me you're all using something in
the range 3-5000 units. Why are we using over 9000?

Yes, large house. 6 beds. However, 3 people (2 adults, one child),
and we don't run lights or anything else in the rooms not being used.
Oil heating, no gas, so leccy covers all the usual stuff. Yes, we have
two desktops and two laptops on 24/7. Router and homeplugs.
Fluorescent lights in the kitchen are left on 24/7 (for the dog ...).
Most of our light bulbs are either fluorescent or low energy. Showers
just use domestic hot water from the tank. Immersion heater very
rarely used - 2 or 3 times, when we've run out of oil. One freezer,
one fridge/freezer and a fridge. Dishwasher used every night. Telly
perhaps a dozen nights a year. Washing machine twice, sometimes three
times a week. No built in tumble dryer. Wifey uses hair dryer and
straighteners once a week. The usual mobile chargers, radio etc.
Electric kettle - we drink a lot of tea. Electric hob and oven. We
use a combination microwave/oven a lot, to avoid heating the big oven.
Can never remember the types of hob. Glass top, the rings glow red
when on. Always switched off at the wall when not in use.

We had a new meter installed May 2004. Readings (actual) from old
meter are :

20.08.02 29666
06.11.02 32697
08.05.03 38412
05.11.03 42082
12.05.04 47134

Usage therefore 17468 over 19 months, or roughly 11032 p.a. ten+ years
ago.

Readings from new meter (actual not estimated) :

23.06.06 16794
18.12.06 21616
12.03.08 34407
20.10.08 39407
10.12.09 49834
18.04.11 61390
21.02.13 75880
26.09.13 80827
03.06.14 87405
22.09.14 89955

Usage therefore 73161 from 23.06.06 to today. 8 years 3 months. 99
months. 73161/99 x 12 = 8868 average p.a.

Seems unlikely both meters would be wrong?

Confused,

Last year we used 7700. Not much different configuration to you except
we don't use microwave (ceramic hob which is what yours sound like) AND
we have a hot tub running in the garden!!
--
bert