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**Chris** · 20-09-2022, 11:17

We’ve used 18 m3 of gas this month so far - with 5 of us in the house, hot water (including showers) and hob are all on gas. Over the same period we’ve imported 170 kWh of electricity, and the solar panels have exported 29kWh (they export to the grid whatever they’re making that we’re not using). To find out how much electricity we’re actually using rather than just what we’re buying, I’d have to work out how to factor in the reading from the solar panel meter, which gives the reading for total generation. Haven’t had time to think about how to calculate that yet.

(Edit) ok so it looks like the panels have generated 72kWh in the first 19 days of this month. If we’ve exported 29 of those, then we must have used 43, which means our total electricity consumption from 1st to 20th September is 213kWh.

20-09-2022, 11:17	#1288
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,119	Re: The energy crisis We’ve used 18 m3 of gas this month so far - with 5 of us in the house, hot water (including showers) and hob are all on gas. Over the same period we’ve imported 170 kWh of electricity, and the solar panels have exported 29kWh (they export to the grid whatever they’re making that we’re not using). To find out how much electricity we’re actually using rather than just what we’re buying, I’d have to work out how to factor in the reading from the solar panel meter, which gives the reading for total generation. Haven’t had time to think about how to calculate that yet. (Edit) ok so it looks like the panels have generated 72kWh in the first 19 days of this month. If we’ve exported 29 of those, then we must have used 43, which means our total electricity consumption from 1st to 20th September is 213kWh. Last edited by Chris; 20-09-2022 at 11:24.