Our power consumption - graph

[Noilly Pratt]

Just found out our Electricity provider gives you daily approximations as to your usage now that we have Smartmeters.

As many of you know we were away for 2 weeks...so now we have a baseline. Thought it might interest you the difference:

http://i49.tinypic.com/35l59av.jpg

You can definitely see the time we were away!

...and I've only started back to work yesterday so it's not me and my computer! :D

[RBP]

That's pretty interesting.

Good information for robbers to have.... not sure I am thrilled about the new meters that transmit so they are readable from the street.

[KevinD]

Mine transmits, but I don't have access to a graph like that. Gonna check into it.

[Noilly Pratt]

Well, with BC Hydro, you have to know the e-mail that you registered with, and the password, so it's about as safe as anything is nowadays.

And because I'm in a townhouse, it's in a locked shed only BC Hydro, and the Strata president has access to. I don't even have access to the meter itself...but I do see your point RBP.

My gas meter is readable by anyone, but that's still "dumb" :)

[FBD]

good thing they dont show the 12 hour granularity :lol:

[Acid Trip]

How does it feel knowing that your home uses 1/3 to 1/2 of your total electric bill whether you are home or not?

Seems awful high unless you have an electric water heater.

[Pony]

Just found out our Electricity provider gives you daily approximations as to your usage now that we have Smartmeters.

As many of you know we were away for 2 weeks...so now we have a baseline. Thought it might interest you the difference:

http://i49.tinypic.com/35l59av.jpg

You can definitely see the time we were away!

...and I've only started back to work yesterday so it's not me and my computer! :D

Pretty neat. And I'd bet the highest point on the chart is the day of doing laundry before the trip.

[Hal-9000]

so you're still using 12 kilowatt hours when you're not in the townhouse Noilly?

:lol: robbers came in and did some vacuuming?

[Hikari Kisugi]

What did you leave running while you were away for two weeks?
I leave the fridge and freeze, I even turn off phones and the wireless and stuff at the wall if we're away more than 2 days.
What's surprising is how little you are then using upon your return in comparison to all your background stuff.

I'd look at what runs automatically, that can be turned off, might get your baseline well down.

[Pony]

I kill the surge strips in both the computer room and TV room (lots of vampire devices) Turn the thermostat way down or up depending on the season and If I'm gone more than a weekend I'll turn the water tank down to vacation mode.

[Noilly Pratt]

so you're still using 12 kilowatt hours when you're not in the townhouse Noilly?

:lol: robbers came in and did some vacuuming?

No, it was as filthy as I left it! Or maybe it's the grow-op next door tapping power... :D :-k

I do have an old, wasteful freezer, but a new Fridge and a new-ish gas hot water heater. The furnace is gas, too. I left 1 computer on, but no monitors and just 1 light on a timer so you are all right - my power draw without occupancy should be minimal!

It's definitely something to investigate.

[Hikari Kisugi]

Probably the computer you left on.
That would be a draw, get a watt meter thing and see what that plug draws on its own, if running 24/7, 200watts would be 5 units a day, the computer might even use more than that, so half your usage on one device.

[Pony]

I still wouldn't thing those things would be drawing that much.