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800M 32mm SWA - could this cause increased electricity bills due to voltage loss

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Hi all,


Our electricity usage is very high (6,000 KWH annually) but we dont have any electricity heating or anything that should be chewing up that much electricity.


I'm looking for reasons why the usage is so high.


Our meter is actually sited on a neighbouring property and then a 35mm2 2 core SWA cable runs approx 800 meters to an Ashley Eddison transformer that regulates the voltage and amperage.


Could the length of the cable, the associated voltage drop and then the transformer usage contribute significantly to the electricity usage..?


Thanks and my apologies for any inaccuracies and ignorance!

Rolf
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    Rolf:

    What am I looking for for a monitor and by clip on do you mean I can just stick it on the cable? (its swa so will it work). Thanks


    The clip-on sensors (current transformers) need a single-core cable - usually insulated and sheathed for safety - i.e. a typical meter/consumer unit tail. This kind of thing  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OWL-Wireless-Energy-Electricity-Monitor-Smart-Usage-Meter/174622085636 (just a random Google example - plenty of other brands and suppliers out there). If you've got SWA straight into the CU at your end that's going to be trickier - not insurmountable but would be in screwdriver and electrical competence territory, so I wouldn't want to make a general public recomendation on that.

       - Andy.


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    Rolf:

    What am I looking for for a monitor and by clip on do you mean I can just stick it on the cable? (its swa so will it work). Thanks


    The clip-on sensors (current transformers) need a single-core cable - usually insulated and sheathed for safety - i.e. a typical meter/consumer unit tail. This kind of thing  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OWL-Wireless-Energy-Electricity-Monitor-Smart-Usage-Meter/174622085636 (just a random Google example - plenty of other brands and suppliers out there). If you've got SWA straight into the CU at your end that's going to be trickier - not insurmountable but would be in screwdriver and electrical competence territory, so I wouldn't want to make a general public recomendation on that.

       - Andy.


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