Energy bill increases

[Deleted member 26715]

Most likely the pump or what ever kicking in. Our new one uses many different power levels depending upon what it is doing, circulation fan, cooling, off, etc.

I can't think of anything else it could be, what's weird is I don't see the same pattern during the day,

Cats, foxes, badgers or pervy voyeurs triggering your exterior security lights? 😁

Wish I could afford to live somewhere there was a risk of Foxes or Badgers, but No, we don't have security lights as such, I have a 5W light that is on a dusk till dawn photo cell controlled, so that should be constant throughout the night.

 

[fossyant]

I can't think of anything else it could be, what's weird is I don't see the same pattern during the day,

Wish I could afford to live somewhere there was a risk of Foxes or Badgers, but No, we don't have security lights as such, I have a 5W light that is on a dusk till dawn photo cell controlled, so that should be constant throughout the night.

Gone are the days where we had 500w halogen security lights. Even my 100w ones were replaced for 10w LED.

 

[jowwy]

I can't think of anything else it could be, what's weird is I don't see the same pattern during the day,

Wish I could afford to live somewhere there was a risk of Foxes or Badgers, but No, we don't have security lights as such, I have a 5W light that is on a dusk till dawn photo cell controlled, so that should be constant throughout the night.

Looks to be around 250w on average, cant be the fridge freezer surely???

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I can't think of anything else it could be, what's weird is I don't see the same pattern during the day,

Wish I could afford to live somewhere there was a risk of Foxes or Badgers, but No, we don't have security lights as such, I have a 5W light that is on a dusk till dawn photo cell controlled, so that should be constant throughout the night.

I'm running out of options now.

Have you got a R.Whites Secret Lemonade Drinker in the house? 😁

 

[Alex321]

I can't think of anything else it could be, what's weird is I don't see the same pattern during the day,

It's only 250W that is being used by whatever is causing the spike. During the day, with overall usage higher, that will be less noticeable. Also, if it is the pump in the Fridge, it will be less predictable during the day, as the fridge door gets opened, and temperatures vary more.

 

[mjr]

Stick a smart monitor plug on the suspect and see if it matches?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Oh come on! 😁 😁 😁

Huge announcements in The Commons today and here we are talking about cooking chickens.

For some of us, that's how we pay our bills!

 

[mjr]

For some of us, that's how we pay our bills!

Don't chickens have beaks rather than bills?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I think it still happens during the day, but it's masked but the Solar, you can see where the wife was doing her hairdressing yesterday with the hairdryer. I think the dips are where whatever is kicking in still is.

 

[Milkfloat]

Anybody any thoughts on what these spikes are overnight?

Fridge/Freezer?

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Seems to be a lot to be a fridge, do you have your hot water on at night and this could be the pump? It seems very frequent to be a fridge.

This is my load - as you can see practically nothing overnight and I have a large American fridge freezer with an ice marker.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Seems to be a lot to be a fridge, do you have your hot water on at night and this could be the pump? It seems very frequent to be a fridge.

This is my load - as you can see practically nothing overnight and I have a large American fridge freezer with an ice marker.

Other than an outside light, a router, a couple of hubs/switches, a few DECT telephones, I can't think of anything else other than a small upright freezer & the American fridge/freezer that would be switched on at that time of night.

Edit:- there's a Freeview recorder box & a CCTV recorder, but they should be a constant pull not a spike.

 

[Milkfloat]

Other than an outside light, a router, a couple of hubs/switches, a few DECT telephones, I can't think of anything else other than a small upright freezer & the American fridge/freezer that would be switched on at that time of night.

Edit:- there's a Freeview recorder box & a CCTV recorder, but they should be a constant pull not a spike.

It might be worth turning off a few things tonight and seeing what difference is made.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

It might be worth turning off a few things tonight and seeing what difference is made.

Stick a smart monitor plug on the suspect and see if it matches?

I have a spare WiFi socket which I was just using to turn some LED's on/off, I've plugged to small upright freezer into it, so if I look in 24 hours time it will give me an idea of how much it uses in a day. But other than this & the other fridge/freezer there shouldn't be anything else plugged in, even been out to the garage to make sure there's nothing in there, unplugged the compressor, but we would have heard that.

 

[mjr]

Edit:- there's a Freeview recorder box & a CCTV recorder, but they should be a constant pull not a spike.

If they're still using mechanical hard disks, there will be spikes, but shouldn't be that big.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I have a spare WiFi socket which I was just using to turn some LED's on/off, I've plugged to small upright freezer into it, so if I look in 24 hours time it will give me an idea of how much it uses in a day. But other than this & the other fridge/freezer there shouldn't be anything else plugged in, even been out to the garage to make sure there's nothing in there, unplugged the compressor, but we would have heard that.

Most likely the fridge freezer with that regularity.