Gas Consumption Problem

[dk1uk]

Dear all,

I've had a shocking gas bill through today based on an actual meter reading.

It's telling me that we consumed 12224kwh of gas from Jan-Jul, compared to to 1410kwh for the same period last year.

We've had the same boiler (a Vaillant ecotec 630) installed in June 2013.

Gas usage hasn't really changed - we only use gas for heating/hw.

With everything switched off, the meter is still. I can't smell any gas (although I can smell faint gas from the flue sometimes when the boiler is running - is this normal)?

I ran the boiler for hw just now and reading changed from 20134.60 to 20134.64 in 1 minute - does that seem right?

I just can't see how we've used 8 times as much gas in the same period, I'd pretty much have had to have run the boiler 24x7!

Any ideas would be gratefully received.

Thanks

 

[nortonj]

Do you mean it went from 20134.600 to 20134.640? As there is 3 digits after the decimal point

 

[muggles]

Sounds like an incorrect reading to me. Check your last bill - it should have the reading on it as well as the usage

 

[dk1uk]

Thanks - I only have 2 digits after the decimal point.

But yes, silly me, I'll check last year's bill to see if it was based on an estimated or actual reading. It might explain the discrepancy.

Thanks again.

 

[nortonj]

Is it a metric meter if so a rise of .04 m3 is close enough.
as muggles said its probably an incorrect reading

 

[ScottishGasMan]

To use almost 10x as much in the smae period sounds like someones put a decimel point in the wrong position

 

[FiremanT]

Dear all,


I ran the boiler for hw just now and reading changed from 20134.60 to 20134.64 in 1 minute - does that seem right?


Thanks

Thats about 26/27 Kw so about right for HW on a combi

 

[Dan Robinson]

eeerrrrmmmm.

Its not a combi.....

We've had the same boiler (a Vaillant ecotec 630) installed in June 2013.

 

[ScottishGasMan]

eeerrrrmmmm.

Its not a combi.....

We've had the same boiler (a Vaillant ecotec 630) installed in June 2013.

27kw roughly is close enough for a 30kw boiler mind you

 

[Dan Robinson]

I'm feeling pedantic.... spent all day with my head in data tables and spreadsheets.

Time for a bath