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
Nida35a schrieb:
Oh, if you only check it once a year, it’s a lucky year.Optimist 😎
Schimi17912 Dec 2020 15:46kati1337 schrieb:
... An estimated 12 kWh of that is household electricity ...That makes me somewhat relieved. We (2 adults + 1 child) also use an average of about 12 kWh of household electricity (currently paying 137 € per month). Our washing machine and dryer run several times almost every day. Cooking is done daily using induction. My ladies blow-dry their hair extensively every day. Additionally, there are 2 refrigerators and 2 freezers. Electric shutters regularly operate on about 10 windows. Unfortunately, we still have about 10 halogen spotlights in the living room/kitchen area, which surely consume more electricity than the roughly 65 remaining LED lamps in the house. Finally, the usual suspects like TV, phones, tablets, etc.
The rabbits’ underfloor heating (controllable via app 🙂 ) consumes about 50 watts per hour. It is only switched on for a few hours a day when temperatures drop significantly below freezing (so far they’ve endured down to -11°C (12°F) — even in the snow — as I observed a few days ago). Heated water bowls will be added by next weekend. Ice lollies are not really their thing...
Schimi1791 schrieb:
That makes me somewhat relieved. Our household (2 adults + 1 child) also consumes about 12 kWh on average (current monthly advance payment is €137). We run the washing machine and dryer several times almost every day. In addition, we cook daily using an induction stove, and my wife and daughter dry their hair extensively every day. There are also 2 refrigerators and 2 freezers. Roller shutters are regularly operated electrically on about 10 windows. Unfortunately, the living area/kitchen still has around 10 halogen spotlights, which definitely use more electricity than the approximately 65 remaining LED lamps in the house. Finally, the "usual suspects" such as the TV, phones, tablets, etc.
The floor heating for the rabbits (controllable via app 🙂 ) consumes about 50 watts per hour. It is only switched on for a few hours each day when temperatures drop well below freezing (so far they have coped with down to -11°C (12°F) – even in snow – as I found out a few days ago). Next weekend we will add heated water bowls. Licking ice is not really their thing... Are the 12 kWh actually recorded every day? With the electricity usage you describe, we would definitely be well above 12 kWh. It would more likely be around 15 kWh or higher.
By the way, we replaced our condenser dryer with a heat pump dryer.
5.2 kWh vs. 0.8 kWh 😎
That saves easily about $1 per drying cycle.