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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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    Sparkingchip:

    Can you hook the dishwasher up to the hot water supply rather than the cold supply? That has the potential to make quite a saving on the electric bill over a year.

    https://www.miele.co.uk/e/hot-water-connection-zpv000000000000000020000143400-f




    If you have a combi boiler that might not work well, as the machine could still fill with gold water whilst the boiler is heating up, you might need to tweak the plumbing and how it works.


    To “hot fill” the washing machine is more complicated, you’d need an accurate thermostatic mixer to deliver the water at the temperature of the coolest wash you want/need to do say 40 degrees and let the machine heat any washes above that, if you then wanted to do cold washes you would need manual bypass taps to deliver cold water.


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    Sparkingchip:

    Can you hook the dishwasher up to the hot water supply rather than the cold supply? That has the potential to make quite a saving on the electric bill over a year.

    https://www.miele.co.uk/e/hot-water-connection-zpv000000000000000020000143400-f




    If you have a combi boiler that might not work well, as the machine could still fill with gold water whilst the boiler is heating up, you might need to tweak the plumbing and how it works.


    To “hot fill” the washing machine is more complicated, you’d need an accurate thermostatic mixer to deliver the water at the temperature of the coolest wash you want/need to do say 40 degrees and let the machine heat any washes above that, if you then wanted to do cold washes you would need manual bypass taps to deliver cold water.


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