ᐅ House electricity consumption – what is your usage?

Created on: 6 Oct 2020 06:29
C
chewbacca123
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
seth04875 Nov 2020 11:04
To share some consumption figures:

House key data:
  • 144m² (1550 sq ft)
  • KfW55 standard
  • Heat pump LWZ 304
  • Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
  • 2 adults and a 2-year-old child
  • About 90% home office for me, and my wife was on pregnancy leave, so she was home more.
2019:
  • Total consumption: 6600 kWh
  • Photovoltaic generation: 6805 kWh
  • Photovoltaic self-consumption: 1792 kWh
  • Feed-in to the grid: 5012 kWh
  • Remaining 4808 kWh supplied by the utility.
2020 (so far):
  • Total consumption: 6065 kWh
  • Photovoltaic generation: 7250 kWh
  • Photovoltaic self-consumption: 1885 kWh
  • Feed-in to the grid: 5361 kWh
  • Remaining 4180 kWh supplied by the utility.
In May 2020, we had our second child, and due to Covid-19, we stayed home much more.
kati13375 Nov 2020 12:31
seth0487 schrieb:



  • Photovoltaic output: 6805 kWh
2020 (up to now):
  • Photovoltaic output: 7250 kWh

What is the size of your photovoltaic system?
Best regards
blackm885 Nov 2020 12:45
Current output in 2020 (to date): 8443.38 kWh at 7.2 kWp
seth04875 Nov 2020 13:07
kati1337 schrieb:

How large is your photovoltaic system?
Best regards

We have installed an 8.05 kWp system on our hipped roof (30°, 6 panels facing south and 18 facing west).
blackm88 schrieb:

Current yield 2020 (to date): 8443.38 kWh with 7.2 kWp

That’s a great yield! East-west or south-facing?
blackm885 Nov 2020 19:46
seth0487 schrieb:

That’s a great yield! East-West or South?

South, 38° tilt, unshaded.
seth04875 Nov 2020 23:41
Optimally oriented. However, the self-consumption is usually not that high unless you have large consumers during the day, right?