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
untergasse4315 Dec 2020 11:39Schimi1791 schrieb:
So, do modern houses nowadays really no longer have individual room thermostats? because
Schimi1791 schrieb:
However, they are hardly ever adjusted. 🙂
The energy-saving regulations require individual room control, but that doesn’t change how largely pointless it is. I’m glad that in my KNX smart home I can (or rather could) handle this through software, so I don’t have to have those ugly thermostats permanently on the wall.
Schimi179115 Dec 2020 11:49untergasse43 schrieb:
because
🙂
... otherwise I would have ugly thermostats on the wall for life.That’s why I’m glad to be able to control the roller shutters wirelessly. We decided not to install wall switches for them inside the rooms. I could also do without room thermostats if I had found a suitable solution during the renovation.
At least it’s still possible to adjust each room manually, which I didn’t gather from post #265 by kati1337.
NicolasH schrieb:
In November, we averaged 16 kWh, so far in December it's 20 kWh.Are you sure you mean 20 kW/h (per hour) and not per day? Because over 10 days at 24 hours each, that would already be 4,800 kW.Dogma schrieb:
Are you sure you mean 20 kW/h (per hour) and not per day? Because over 10 days of 24 hours each, that would already be 4,800 kW.You are absolutely right! Unfortunately, we don’t have a pool or sauna yet 😀
Schimi179115 Dec 2020 13:40kati1337 schrieb:
Now that outdoor temperatures are in the low single digits, we use around 30 kWh per day including household electricity, with 2 people working from home... So, does the heating account for about 15 kWh/day to 20 kWh/day?
If yes, is any of that reduced by the photovoltaic system, or does this amount have to be paid in full?
Zaba12 schrieb:
Just to get back to the main topic briefly. I still haven’t turned on the underfloor heating because, as I mentioned, we specifically got wood to fuel the fireplace. There’s hardly any loss of comfort right now; of course, the floor is cold, but the house is still warm. On the ground floor, it’s 22.8°C (73°F), and upstairs in the bedrooms it’s 20.1°C (68°F). I think the wood will be used up by the end of January. After that, we still have two months during which we will be heating.
Since early May, we have been drawing 230 kWh from the utility due to the photovoltaic system and battery storage. If an additional 1200 kWh is added because of the heat pump in February and March, I would be satisfied.
Let’s see! Hello Zaba12,
have you managed to keep heating only with the fireplace over the past weeks?
For us, it has been foggy and cold all the time...