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

Former Community Member over 4 years ago

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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0 Former Community Member over 4 years ago

Simple things first: Arrange your living to manage with your consumer unit turned off for say 4 hours and take a meter reading at the source and again at the end of the time period. There you'll have the parasitic load and can work out by multiplying this by 6 and then by 365 to get your annual "no appliance etc" load. Obviously better if the 4 hours is extended to 6 or 8 to get better accuracy.

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0 Former Community Member over 4 years ago

Simple things first: Arrange your living to manage with your consumer unit turned off for say 4 hours and take a meter reading at the source and again at the end of the time period. There you'll have the parasitic load and can work out by multiplying this by 6 and then by 365 to get your annual "no appliance etc" load. Obviously better if the 4 hours is extended to 6 or 8 to get better accuracy.

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