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<blockquote data-quote="SPECIAL LOCATION" data-source="post: 552111" data-attributes="member: 250"><p>Absolutely no idea how you are reaching a 600watt phantom usage figure??</p><p>I think maybe you are miss understanding your meter readings??</p><p>I don't think your meter is saying you are consuming 700watts per hour!!</p><p>It is cumulative usage over the 8 hours since midnight!</p><p></p><p>i.e.</p><p>Usage is not measured in Watts.. it is WattHours or KiloWattHours...</p><p>1x kWh = 1 unit of electricity..</p><p></p><p>e.g. 1kW running for 5hours is 5kWh (5units)</p><p>or 500watts running for 18hours is 9kWh (9units)</p><p></p><p>On your first post the display image showed 50Wh (WattHours) not 50watts.</p><p>As it was only 3 minutes past midnight, I guess is may have estimated Watts per Hour based on the consumption and the time period at the existing rate of usage?. </p><p></p><p> [ATTACH=full]16297[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And 50Wh is not far off my rough calcs from previous post?</p><p></p><p>So if your display is now showing 700Wh for an 8 hour period..</p><p>That (as Binky mentioned) is 700Wh / 8 = 87.5Watts running per hour for 8 hours..</p><p></p><p>Which to my reckoning is also not far off my rough estimate of 50w to 100w for the average house consumed each hour by the 24/7 appliances?? </p><p></p><p>I don't understand how you have come to this calculation??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPECIAL LOCATION, post: 552111, member: 250"] Absolutely no idea how you are reaching a 600watt phantom usage figure?? I think maybe you are miss understanding your meter readings?? I don't think your meter is saying you are consuming 700watts per hour!! It is cumulative usage over the 8 hours since midnight! i.e. Usage is not measured in Watts.. it is WattHours or KiloWattHours... 1x kWh = 1 unit of electricity.. e.g. 1kW running for 5hours is 5kWh (5units) or 500watts running for 18hours is 9kWh (9units) On your first post the display image showed 50Wh (WattHours) not 50watts. As it was only 3 minutes past midnight, I guess is may have estimated Watts per Hour based on the consumption and the time period at the existing rate of usage?. [ATTACH type="full" alt="temp wh.JPG"]16297[/ATTACH] And 50Wh is not far off my rough calcs from previous post? So if your display is now showing 700Wh for an 8 hour period.. That (as Binky mentioned) is 700Wh / 8 = 87.5Watts running per hour for 8 hours.. Which to my reckoning is also not far off my rough estimate of 50w to 100w for the average house consumed each hour by the 24/7 appliances?? I don't understand how you have come to this calculation?? [/QUOTE]
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