@totlanh I get the /s here, but seriously, we are a low usage household. 11.5 kwh/day average (4 in the house), which is almost half the average. Apart from cold showers, I don't think that there's much more we can do...
@rickt65 that’s seriously low usage! our house uses 5 kwh a day when we’re away - average when home is around 30 kwh for 2 of us. as high as 50 sometimes.
@rickt65 we use the heat pump and dryer most days in winter. i’m also big on smart home tech so having around 30+ connected devices probably adds up. but i always buy power months ahead with powershop which saves me hundreds a year.
@romans_5 that’s really efficient! just keeping our security cameras on and lights scheduled while we’re away keeps our usage up. i also leave our server running but these things are all low voltage.
@deandrade Are you me wtf is eating 5kWh a day I tried turning off all sorts of crap too I refuse to think all the standby appliances are eating up that much
@deandrade Damn that's high. Have a ~150sqm house full of gadgets and 2 adults, and it's, too about 5 per day when we're away. But on a typical normal day (admittedly, I haven't had a chance to see how much heating effects this yet) - cooking, laundry, dishwasher, hot showers, TV and computers running 24/7 - I'm around 15kwh.
I only ever go into 30-50 range if I am recharging my Tesla.
@deandrade This comment made me check mine and I average about 6kwh a day.
I’m super curious about what sort of devices you have. Not in a judgemental way lol I’m just trying to imagine all the fun gadgets you have in your life.
ok i just checked and my lowest recently was 12 kwh - it’s not a big house either. all my lighting is wifi connected and most appliances are as well. also have a bunch of connected speakers and an always on server to run my automations. but in summer my bills are rarely above 200 a month and in winter rarely above 400 a month.
@deandrade So I’m probably the least tech savvy person you will ever met and I had to Google what home automation was and it came up telling me allllll the things I can get my home to do for me.
One day when I do renovations I’m going to have all the home automation a girl can dream of!
@ionna it’s so addictive. i hard wired every room with ethernet when we renovated. once you start using home assistant it’s very difficult to stop argh!
@deandrade Hahahaha I don’t even know what that means but I’m going to do it when I reno! If you ever feel like sharing devices because you are excited just hollaaa at your girl. I feel like I’ve stumbled across something that’s going to make future me VERY HAPPY…
@ionna Your usage is seriously low! I have a 3 person household (1 is a baby)
I do 3 loads of washing every 2 days on average.
Have a freezer and fridge as well as regular kitchen appliances. Electric water cylinder and have a fire for heating. I don’t use lights during the day and our usage is 22kwh a day
How do you get yours so low???
