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frogeyesprite
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November 11, 2024

High electricity usage since renovation

  • November 11, 2024
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Hi, 

 

we’ve moved back into our home since a complete renovation and our electricity bills are now 1.5+ times higher. 

 

we have a smart meter, but only received our home display a few days ago and so far it’s not connecting to the network, so we can’t see live usage figures. 
 

However, I have noticed some substantial peaks at certain times of day, which is making me think the cause might partially be down to the hot water system. 

 

we have a Worcester Bosch system boiler along with a 250l cylinder, but this is all heated by gas. 
since we heavily insulated the property during the refurb, our gas usage is about the same or less. 
 

Do the pumps for hot water in ‘system’ heating/hot water arrangements, use a particularly high amount of electricity? 
has anyone seen this before? 
thanks
 

 

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BPLightlog
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BPLightlogSuper User
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November 16, 2024

I do feel like there’s something odd happening here. 
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Will need to spend some time ruling things out. 

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I also checked on the smart meter itself, but it only gives the absolute reading, rather than current usage - I couldn’t find a way to get that.

Yes, but you should be able to see a significant difference in the reading when something is drawing that level of power. 
As mentioned earlier, isolating circuits (switch off at the consumer unit ) at the appropriate time would help to identify which circuit is causing the additional energy. 
There are other methods, but those would involve an electrician measuring/tracing each circuit. 

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