Reducing Electricity Costs

wandererz · 09-11-2023 1:08am #1

How does one reduce reduce electricity costs based on the attached screensots?

2 Bed Apartment. Everything is electric.

Immersion is switched on for 1hr between 5am-6am.

Any recommendations?

wandererz · 09-11-2023 1:21am

Immersion tank is about 20 years old.

Water pump is a Stuart Turner Monsoon pump - i am basing the stats on pdf figures and hours on a finger in the air until i get a sensor that can give me accurate figures.

Other electrical items are based on figures from smart plugs.

greasepalm · 09-11-2023 1:24am

Not sure what an E Water Pump is Power shower or a pump on a gas heating system ? Thinking no gas .

Lighting are you using Halogen when they use hot and bright or using leds which are much cheaper.

My kitchen has 12 bulbs and 3 are leds and for my meals i have an adjustable strip on an arm for when i am eating.

Draught proofing needed ? What type of heater as unsure what is is.

wandererz · 09-11-2023 1:28am

"e" before the name means that it is electric.

No gas available.

LED's in use throughout.

12 LED's in kitchen @ 5 watts each

funnyname · 09-11-2023 1:41am

Sorry no help, just curious as to how you are getting such a detailed breakdown, is it a shelly meter for each fuse at the fusebox?

wandererz · 09-11-2023 2:02am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121344758#Comment_121344758

Thanks for the query.

I purchased Tapo smart plugs with energy monitoring (anything from the TP 110 and above will do).

I also had Meross 300 series smart plugs and i found that after an update they now do energy monitoring as well.

I looked at my billing from Flogas to get my costs.

For other devices i calculated via https://www.energybot.com/

One can link every smart device to Home Assistant to get almost realtime and consolidated pricing for the home.

... But i cannot find the Raspberry Pi i have floating out somewhere, so i just went the manual spreadsheat route.

I looked at the Shelly but it is quite expensive.

For the immersion & water pump, i have used generic figures based on load and AMPS/Volts. I have ordered a clamp meter via Ali Express to measure those loads.

Happy to answer any other questions you may have.

wandererz · 09-11-2023 2:06am

That spreadsheet is just done in Google sheets!

Kaybaykwah · 09-11-2023 3:22am

If heating and air conditioning are the higher electric costs, I would look into programming your thermostats to the lowest possible settings in the daytime, if you are not working there. A reasonable 18C at night or less if you are comfort is advisable.

I have 5 different heat sources in my old house in Canada, and I have to deal with this problem because it is a big house and cannot be insulated in a modern fashion. You can stop drafts, but that is the best you can do in that situation. But juggling with temperatures according to your absence/presence cycles is a start.

wandererz · 09-11-2023 4:04am

I have electric underfloor heating which delivers radiant warmth.

For this winter we have decided to switch off all under floor heating and to go with a single intelligent heater that we can control.

It is set to 18C and only switched on in the evening when we are in the lounge.

I can also measure this better than the underfloor heating.

Reducing Electricity Costs

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