Your house-hold energy consumption (for research purposes)

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How much energy do you consume in a month and what was/is your billing amount? Would be great if you could list down your electrical appliances used (along with their commercialized watt-consumed) like TVs, Refrigerators, including even the number of bulbs (CFLs i hope) etc.
For example, while i was in Delhi we had 2 fridges running 24x7, 1x 3 stars and 1x 4 stars AC's from 9pm-5am, 7x CFLs of 15W-25W, 3x laptops running for nearly 12 hours a day and sometimes used an electric water bump for an hour a day. Bills came to 1500+ and sometimes crossed 2000+. And delhi's electricity cost is very high unless the CM has now lowered it (that was in his election manifesto anyway).

Much appreciated.
 
Is it 1500 or 15k ? If it's 1500 then it's not at all possible for the load u were using as one AC alone will consume more energy then 1500 per month. BTW how what is the per unit rate in Delhi was it 1Rupee ?
 
we use around 380-450 units each month. typically 400W constant and peak 2kW consumption

last month was 487 Units with 4.6k Bill Maharashtra nagpur
 
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This is bi-monthly
 

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karankapoor said:
Is it 1500 or 15k ? If it's 1500 then it's not at all possible for the load u were using as one AC alone will consume more energy then 1500 per month. BTW how what is the per unit rate in Delhi was it 1Rupee ?
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you are right. 1.5k was my apartment's bill (different house). The other one with AC's was 7500 (at one month) approx iirc (it might have been more).
Charge per unit varies, i don't remember the exact amount, i think that it usually starts from 7rs, higher for rented rooms with landlords.
I lived in my uncle's private apartment so it wasn't that high. We just used fans for nearly 24x7.
Also the electric tariff rose two times in a single year somewhere in 2012. It was ridiculous. :@
I'm not sure about the present situation though. The CM Kejriwal promised upto 50% lower bills for a specific consumption of x-watt or less.
 
I get something like Rs. 150 or so for 1 ceiling fan, 1 cfl, laptop charging for about 12hrs each day and using washing machine once a week.
 
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I get something like Rs. 150 or so for 1 ceiling fan, 1 cfl, laptop charging for about 12hrs each day and using washing machine once a week.
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any idea on the total energy watt consumption at the end of the month?
 
So we have pre-paid billing system and recharged it with 1000rs this time. I'll post back when it hits <50rs.
Before we bought another fridge (we now have two here) and few hours of TV 500rs lasted a month and half IIRC.

Now my neighbours have an electric rice cooker (max 2000w), electric plate-heater (those flat ones over which you put your cooking wares, uses 1900w max), 24*7 2x fridges, tv switched on daily from morning 7am-8am till late night 11pm, most of the CFL's switched on even during the day and some use of an LPG cylinder (when in need of quick cooking/load shedding). They told me they did an 1800rs recharge and it has lasted a little over a month. Is that even normal?
I mean 1900+2000w+2x fridges i thought would exceed 3000rs!
 
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Now my neighbours have an electric rice cooker (max 2000w), electric plate-heater (those flat ones over which you put your cooking wares, uses 1900w max)....
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As you'd know for sure, 1 unit of electricity is 1 kWh (kilowatt-hour). So the electric rice cooker, if it is used continuously for 1 hour, would consume 2 units only. Same goes for the induction stove (I guess you are referring to that only). When used at max power (1900 W) for 1 hour, it will consume 1.9 units.

Practically speaking, the electric rice cooker at its max power is used only for 10 to 15 mins during each cook. Similarly, the induction stove is hardly used at full power. Even then, it is used only in very short bursts, coz it heats up stuff quite fast. In fact, induction stove cooking might end up cheaper than LPG cooking, depending on how it is used. Both these appliances might add just around 20 to 30 units to the bill if used regularly.
 
@logistopath I see. Appreciate the explanation. I have zero knowledge here so i put up the thread.
How much would the total energy consumption come to on an average if, say, 1x electric rice cooker, 1x induction stove, 2x fridges, 20x CFL's used for 10-15hrs daily, 2x old CRT TV's switched on for 10-15hrs a day? Even an approximate value will do.
I want to calculate how much it will normally cost a month.

Also while I was Delhi staying in a private rent with 2x CFL's and a laptop running for nearly 24hrs i used up anything between 40-55 units monthly. I paid between 350rs to 500rs in bills. Rate per unit was 8rs. How was that? If what you said above is true then i over-consumed/overpaid or price per unit was too high.
I'll look into the unit charge when i can.
 
Hi,

Just plain comparison of electrical usage in homes with khw/units or the bill does not have any meaning because of so many variables involved. Let me explain.

Suppose my house is 1000 sqft, user 2 has 2000 sqft, thus user 2 will have much more consumption to me if not double.

Then assume, I stay in Kashmir, and user 2 stays in chattisgarh, both area as different weather during the year and thus, I would probably have a heater and no AC, where as user 2 will run only AC. If say I stay in bangalore, then my AC will be much more efficient than someone in chattisgarh. This is with the assumption that there has been no thermal sealing in the house. With proper thermal seal and other methods one can improve their electrical efficiency even with bigger appliances than before.

Comparing only a single month data also does not make any sense, for me the winter starts in November, maybe for user 2 it is October, thus both will have different consumption.

Thus, when we implement in energy efficiency technologies, generally comparison is made using khw/year/sqft. Which means, the total units I've consumed in a year (taking into account all weather conditions) divided by the sq foot of space. Lowest the figure the better efficiency you have achieved. Abroad, they have star rating of homes based on this figure.

We came down from 8 kwh/yr/sqft to an efficiency of 3.1 kwh/yr/sqft for last year after employing some measures.
 
^good points. But if the electric appliances do save money then its time to get them. Here you simply dont get LPG cylinders. Waiting and doing it the proper way takes months and months. And in the black market it costs 1800rs a cylinder and sometimes during blockades (which is a constant activity here) it cost as much as 2500rs. Yes believe it. Thats why i want to switch to electric appliances.
Btw the state government doesn't do shit about it. And many thousands of people in the urban areas still dont have proper access. Just a small rant about how pathetic manipur state is.
 
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2000W for a rice cooker? What kind of rice cooker is that. The peak wattage on any rice cooker that I have seen is 650W. The ones that are in my home currently are rated at 500W and 600W.
 
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