Good morning everyone,
I wanted to ask what your house’s electricity consumption is at night when everything is quiet and sleeping, so what is running continuously?
We have a newly built house, moved in summer 2019. Our building services include underfloor heating (air-to-water heat pump), controlled mechanical ventilation (runs at full power 3 times a day for 2 hours each, then reduced), a photovoltaic system, and otherwise the usual nighttime appliances (phone charger plugged into USB outlet, e-bikes charging occasionally, 2 TVs on standby, Alexas on standby, etc.).
At night, we have a continuous consumption of about 232W (with ventilation running at reduced power and when the heat pump is not producing). I can see this in the app for the photovoltaic system. From 0:00 to 6:30 a.m. we consume about 2.8 kWh.
How about you?
Best regards
I wanted to ask what your house’s electricity consumption is at night when everything is quiet and sleeping, so what is running continuously?
We have a newly built house, moved in summer 2019. Our building services include underfloor heating (air-to-water heat pump), controlled mechanical ventilation (runs at full power 3 times a day for 2 hours each, then reduced), a photovoltaic system, and otherwise the usual nighttime appliances (phone charger plugged into USB outlet, e-bikes charging occasionally, 2 TVs on standby, Alexas on standby, etc.).
At night, we have a continuous consumption of about 232W (with ventilation running at reduced power and when the heat pump is not producing). I can see this in the app for the photovoltaic system. From 0:00 to 6:30 a.m. we consume about 2.8 kWh.
How about you?
Best regards
Joedreck schrieb:
Did I miscalculate, or is it really around €3500 per year? Yes, that's about right, roughly €3300 per year. But as I said, others spend that, for example, on cigarettes, while we invest it in our quality of life.Ybias78 schrieb:
Air conditioning or a cold beer in summer... hmm, I would rather protect the environment and choose the beer. That's fine, then you can have mine. I don’t drink any anyway.
Dogma schrieb:
Yes, it’s about 3300€/year. But as I said, others might spend that on things like cigarettes, we spend it on our quality of life.Somewhere you have really heavy electricity consumers. Over €250 per month just for electricity is quite extreme.
Ybias78 schrieb:
You have some really heavy power consumers somewhere. Over €250 monthly just for electricity is quite extreme.Dogma schrieb:
No, I don’t have a heat pump. Heating is gas-based. I can see it clearly on my annual bill. The technology alone already consumes a lot. I think the server cabinet alone uses about 350 Wh. The control cabinet with the controller also consumes around 120 Wh. Without any other consumers (besides the controller), almost 40% is already gone, and I haven’t even included air conditioning, lighting, cooking, etc. for the year.It’s just the technology
Joedreck schrieb:
In that case, I would definitely consider going for photovoltaics as soon as possible. A small off-grid system might even be worth it to cover the air conditioning in summer. That is an extremely high consumption.Or get an energy consultant. Even with the technology, this can’t be normal.