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Why is my background energy usage higher in the first half of each hour?
I have a smart electricity meter, which reports half-hourly readings to my supplier.
I’ve noticed that when I’m not in the property, there seems to be an oscillating pattern to my energy usage: the ...
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Is it possible to make an "energy harvester" that drains old batteries? [closed]
I am currently looking at my stack of old batteries at home, did some measurements and found that most of them contain at least some energy left. I was then thinking. What is I could make a device ...
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Why has my electricity bill doubled? [duplicate]
In recent months, my electricity bill has been steadily going up, from 20% to 40% to, now, 100%. It's doubled.
I don't see any appliance running continuously except several ceiling fans. All my ...
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Are individual electric heaters more efficient to operate than an electric boiler?
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My wife is looking to buy an old house (I'm guessing 19th century) that'll need a lot of renovating, including the heating system. Renovation works will include (...
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Much higher energy use, maybe due to an old electrical heater?
We had an 100% increase of power consumption last and this year.
It is mostly the night-tariff, which we now consume 27'000 kWh
The day-tariff is only around 2'500 kWh.
First we thought this may be ...
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Locating source of excessive energy use
Background Info: My house is all electric.
Last month when I got my electric bill, I flipped. It was triple that of any month prior. Now I know the cold (heating) can affect this so I decided to ...
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