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
Schimi17912 Dec 2020 16:03Bookstar schrieb:
I find 20 degrees Celsius (68°F) in the bedroom too warm! Ideally, it should be around 18 degrees Celsius (64°F). The other rooms upstairs are 22 degrees Celsius (72°F). Agreed! I’m probably one of the few “lucky” ones whose partner is not very sensitive to temperature. Even in the ladies’ bathroom, the temperature doesn’t rise above 20 degrees Celsius (68°F) 🙂. Of course, I can also use that bathroom, but usually I prefer our smaller bathroom on the ground floor...
Bookstar schrieb:
How does your stove work to get heat upstairs? It has to be water-based (hydronic), otherwise it won’t work. Or do you have heat vents installed upstairs? That sounds quite complicated to me.
Besides, wood prices are obviously reasonable, so you can save money. But I would find it tedious to heat with wood every day. It would become a chore and no longer fun 🙂. But today I’m stoking the fire again! In the cold season, we also burn the stove in the living room. Last weekend, I prepared an additional 4 meters (13 feet) of wood just for that. The door to the stairwell stays open, and the heat spreads throughout the house. Of course, not much heat reaches the upper floor, but still enough.
Schimi17912 Dec 2020 16:12Zaba12 schrieb:
Is the 12 kWh actually recorded every day? On average, yes. At the beginning, I read it twice a day. Currently, I only check every few days and then calculate the average. I’ve also taken the opportunity to measure consumption when my wife and child are away for three weeks and the man (me) is back to “bachelor mode” (microwave, doing laundry once a week, no hairdryer, no dryer, etc.). The electricity consumption then drops to about half.
Schimi17912 Dec 2020 17:09Zaba12 schrieb:
Is the 12 kWh really recorded every day?As I mentioned/wrote, I no longer read it daily. On average, though, it should be about right.
In addition to the consumers, there are also two electric garage doors.
My handwritten records are, of course, not as clear as the nice charts shown here 🙂
Schimi1791 schrieb:
As I mentioned/wrote before, I no longer read the meter daily. On average, it should still be accurate.
In addition to the regular consumers, there are also two electric garage doors.
My handwritten notes are, of course, not as clear as the nice charts shown here 🙂 There are also great energy consumption apps—just enter the values there, and voilà, you get daily accurate billing and even charts 🙂 Great thing 🙂
Schimi17913 Dec 2020 06:54I did a more detailed calculation.
Consumption so far: 4239 kWh over 383 days = 11.07 kWh/day
However, only construction power was used from November 15, 2019 to January 25, 2020 (move-in), but it was fairly extensive.
Let’s see how it looks on January 25, 2021. It will probably be a bit higher on average by then... 🙂
Consumption so far: 4239 kWh over 383 days = 11.07 kWh/day
However, only construction power was used from November 15, 2019 to January 25, 2020 (move-in), but it was fairly extensive.
Let’s see how it looks on January 25, 2021. It will probably be a bit higher on average by then... 🙂
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