Is my electricity bill too high?

hago123

Hi,
I am living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Recently I received my bill for electricity where it is 192 Units for a period of 63 days.
I have gas heating for shower and cooking. So is this bill too high usage for a single person?
Please clarify me.
Thanks
G Hariprasad

meercat

hago123 wrote: »

Hi,
I am living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Recently I received my bill for electricity where it is 192 Units for a period of 63 days.
I have gas heating for shower and cooking. So is this bill too high usage for a single person?
Please clarify me.
Thanks
G Hariprasad

No you’re using only 3 units per day which works out at 50c per day. That’s not a lot.

Dardania

To give context, there are 4 in my family, 2 children 2 parents, and we use about 8kWhs per day. Loads of devices, lighting etc. contribute to it.

hago123

Dardania wrote: »

To give context, there are 4 in my family, 2 children 2 parents, and we use about 8kWhs per day. Loads of devices, lighting etc. contribute to it.

I am living alone. Out of home Mon to Friday 0900 till 1800. Weekends in home.

Cerco

Nobody could give you a definitive answer because you provide no information on your home appliances, heating etc.
Electric Ireland have an app “ My Energy Pal”. This allows you to enter details of all electric appliances and it will give you an estimate of the usage costs.

Alternatively you could look at your high usage items. Electric heating, immersion element, cooker, grill, oven etc.
Basically any device that uses electricity to heat/cool will push up your usage.

Devices are available to purchase to monitor your usage e.g. Owl.

A rough indication can be had by switching everything off then switching on in turn while monitoring your meter. You can also check your meter while everything is powered down to ensure you are not supplying anything outside your residence.

ted1

Let’s look at your usage.

Have you LED lights?
What age is your fridge and freezer?
Do you use a tumble dryer ?
Have you and immersion or electric shower ?

Average household = 10kWh p/d.

It's non-linear. Fewer people do not use proportionately less lecky.

Cerco

The key question is “do you use electric heating” ?.

K.Flyer

Cerco wrote: »

The key question is “do you use electric heating” ?.

And the key answer is in the first post...

hago123 wrote: »

Hi,
I am living in a 2 bedroom apartment. Recently I received my bill for electricity where it is 192 Units for a period of 63 days.
I have gas heating for shower and cooking. So is this bill too high usage for a single person?
Please clarify me.
Thanks
G Hariprasad

coylemj

OP, do you use any electrical appliances which involve heat? Do you leave any old appliances like a TV or amplifier plugged in overnight? Have you many incandescent (filament) light bulbs?

Can you read your own meter whenever you choose to? It would be worth checking before and after work to see if there's any usage when you are out Mon-Fri.

ted1

K.Flyer wrote: »

And the key answer is in the first post...

Not always. Sometime people say stuff but forget about towel rails , immersions , kick board fan heaters etc.

Cerco

K.Flyer wrote: »

And the key answer is in the first post...

Apologies
😩 My bad, have to stop posting after bedtime.😩😴😴😴.

hago123

coylemj wrote: »

OP, do you use any electrical appliances which involve heat? Do you leave any old appliances like a TV or amplifier plugged in overnight? Have you many incandescent (filament) light bulbs?

Can you read your own meter whenever you choose to? It would be worth checking before and after work to see if there's any usage when you are out Mon-Fri.

I completely switch OFF the TV, mobile and laptop chargers overnight. As someone else pointed out should see before I leave the home and after I enter the home.

denismc

Your usage seems perfectly normal. In a similar period we used 300 units which seems below average.