On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:16:55 GMT, Alan wrote:

the usage is around 23kwh / day peak rate and 8kwh / day low rate
(Economy 7). This seems very high to me.

And me, we cook by electric (spit) and only use about 23kwh/day total.

My house is a 3 bed semi, heated by gas (water also). Washing
machine & dishwasher are always run at night in the E7 period.

If you are not space heating by electicity it might be better to drop
the E7. You need to use roughly 20% of your power in the night period
to break even on the increased standing charge(*) and day unit rate.

Check that your E7 timeswitch and those used to control your other
appliances agree about when the E7 period is. Ours is currently most
of the afternoon...

Lots of small loads add up surprisingly quickly. Your computers are
using over 4/units per day, the 500W heater on for four hours (just
10min each hour) 2 more, 6hrs of tank light at 250W 1.5 units. 8 units
without really trying...

(*) Even if you have a "standing charge free" tarrif, on these the
first X units per quarter at Y more expensive, it is odd that X * Y =
standing charge...

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Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail