A strange one this.

As part of my saving on energy plan I've been monitoring my gas and electric useage.

The most obvious thing is we use more (much more) electricity in the winter. We have gas central heating so would have expected our electcity consumptiom to be similar all year round.

In the winter we use about 11 KW per day and 6 in summer. Obviously lights will use a bit but not 5Kw a day as most are energy efficent bulbs and we are good at not leaving lights on.

The only two things I can think of are

Boiler on in the winter will use some (don't know how much)
Electric shower has to work harder in the winter as the cold water (no tank) is much colder.

Anything else you can think of?

Heating water in the kettle/washer/dishwasher from around 8 degrees instead of around 21 degrees?

Tumble drier?

Alcazar

yep good point - forget about the dishwasher and washing machine. Guess they are quite high users.

Surprising how it all adds up!

Are your fridge or freezer near a radiator, which would mean they actually have to work harder in winter than summer?

Do you have an immersion heater? An electric cooker?

Firdge and freezer are well away from any heat sources.

No immersion. Cooker is electric but wouldn't say we use it more in the winter.

If you have halogen spot lights then change them for LED ones. They cost a little more to buy but have about 50,000 hours worth of light and each one runs at about 5 watts as opposed to a halogen one at 50 watts. They pay for themselves eventually:)

Me and my missus are having them right through our house as part of our refurb ( thread coming soon;) )

Tell your lass to wear another jumper......

Tell your lass to wear another jumper......

he he - we have a duvet downstairs for when I refuse to put the heating on!

Also have Energy saving bulbs in all the house. I reckon we save a fair bit with them.

Central heating pumps are around 100 Watts so although it's primarily gas it will be using some electricity too.