Watching the Electricity Meter
I thought it would be a good idea to see how much electricity my household uses, whilst I could have used a bill to compare to this would be an average and most of our bills have been estimated at some point and would be less accurate. I wont be telling the other two members of the household so that they will continue to use electricity as normal. The idea is so that I can track our daily usage and see how much we use over one week, and then in the second week I will tell them to be more active in conservation and see how much electricity we can save, or not save, so far Saturday has yet to yeild a positive result.
I want to track the daily usage for the possible future installation of solar panels to cover our daily energy needs. I will add the daily readings here.
Starting Meter Reading at; 96,184 (or else I will forget)
Sat - 17 KWh (96,201)
Sun - 19 KWh (96,220)
Mon - 14 KWh (96,234)
Tue - 18 KWh (96,252)
Wed - 17 KWh (96,269)
Thu - 20 KWh (96,289)
Fri - 14 KWh (96,303)
Sat - 25 KWh (96,328)
Sun - 13 KWh (96,341)
Mon - 17 KWh (96,358) (Bank Holiday at Home)
Tue - 21 KWh (96,379)
Wed - 15 KWh (96,394)
Thu - 14 KWh (96,408)
Fri - 17 KWh (96,425)
3 comments:
Use a PowerCost Monitor. It will tell you exactly what you are spending in real-time.
www.hugg.ca
Yes, I agree, they are a great way to monitor your electricity usage real-time, and studies suggest you can save 7 to 10% on their electricity bills. As yet I have not decided to purchase a monitor, mainly due to the UK government implementing policy to distribute free monitors starting early 2008.
More information on the PowerCost Monitor;
http://www.save-electricity.ca
I found this site in the UK offering similar products, but not as fabulous as the PowerCost monitor;
http://www.doctorenergy.co.uk
Great Idea ^_^
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