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Originally Posted by Graham Sanders
FYI, I live in south-east Tassie, our original winter daily use when we first arrived here was up in the 40kw zone, scary! the following improvements to our home have reduced our winter consumption level to below 22kw per day (we need another year to be accurate, could be down to 18kw or lower!!):
- 1.7kw solar system
- solar hot water
- replaced 90% of lighting with new fluro lamps (these take a while to warm up, we kept a halogen bulb here and there so we had instant light)
- curtains that go to the floor Need it install the pelmets as yet
- turn off all unnecessary appliances
- use the solar clothes dryer!! we do use the electric sometimes
- replaced old electric heater with inverter system
We do have good insulation, that is important, you can make a difference by just turning your hot water down and putting a timer on it so the monster does not come on any time. I hope this offers some insight into your thread, cheers Graham |
Thanks Graham,
We've been in the 34kw/day area, which for a small 13sq mud brick home, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, is shocking, pun intended!
Hopefully the steps we've taken will start to show up in the next bill, but I think the March bill will give us a more accurate comparison.
We have the electrician coming in to make some wiring changes, and to remove the Climate Saver unit in the meter box which has saved us absolutely nothing! We've set ourselves a target of averaging less than 400w/hour which would get our quarterly bill down by 60%
Cheers
Chris