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Hi Ian, I don't know if this answers the question, well for starters all I ever use it for is to see what the inverter is doing and keep it below 3kw so I have been out to the van which luckily is on the drive, I put a load on the inverter, and
I think the average is the average load so top photo it’s the same as actual but if I had then halved the load the average would drop, a bit superfluous really as the kWh consumption is the important bit.Thanks Martin, it looks from what you’ve presented that the history shows both the ’actual’ and ‘average’ daily/weekly consumption/spend. It’s not entirely clear though what that average is. If you have the actuals then the average can only be derived from a number of the preceding days/weeks.
Ian
We had to replace ours soon after buying the van as it would not seal unfortunately it was the angled one @ £90 due to it having a ceramic bowl, virtually impossible to drain down unless you remove it and disconnect the pipesSteve, I can't comment on electricity use on the MH, but during the pandemic when I had Covid and was self isolating in the MH, I went through a 6Kg cylinder of propane in 2.5 days. The Alde 3000 heating was on 24/7.
Our MH is completely drained down, water filter removed, lines blown through, and taps left open. The only problem I ever had many years ago due to frost, (minus 15 degrees at the time), was a damaged solenoid under the Thetford swivel bowl, which I had to replace, as it was siphoning the fresh water tank contents. It was the only area I forgot to clear the water from.
At home, our combined energy charges for a 3 x bedroom semi, during the first seven days of December have been £60.00, including standing charges. This time last year, we were only paying £69.00 a month by direct debit, and still staying showing a credit.
Cheers,
Jock.
It's a right pain in the ar@e to change over Steve, isn't it?We had to replace ours soon after buying the van as it would not seal unfortunately it was the angled one @ £90 due to it having a ceramic bowl, virtually impossible to drain down unless you remove it and disconnect the pipes
A compressor can be a bit severe pressure wise so be careful ideally hi volume low pressure to blow water out of the pipes (old cylinder hoover) if you can remember themIt's a right pain in the ar@e to change over Steve, isn't it?
Once It's all drained down, I close the sink taps, remove the shower head, turn the pump back on, and blow down the shower hose whilst operating the electric flush button. Sometimes I get a spurt of water in the bowl, but I always, always get another load of water out the drain taps by blowing throw the pipes. I then turn the pump off and open all taps again
@Techo Andy set himself up a compressor inlet, to blow air through the water pipes for draining down.
Cheers,
Jock.
Bloody HellCheap…
Not at nearly 200 quid i’m not lol and it’d get nicked surelyBuy one of these Al
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I'm sure it was a 12v tyre inflator compressor, rather than one of these.
Would help to know how many kWh your £5 relates to as we are all paying different charges per kWh
That’s what I do , drain down , drains left open every tap on the van left full open
I do the same but you can never guarantee all the water has gone as without blowing it through there is bound to be some in there somewhere. We're about to start loading ours up for our 3 week trip so temp will be going up now. I'll switch over to gas now as we have 5 days before we go so will just go and fill up before we leave depending on how much gas is going to use. I have a system I can monitor that with as long as the van is level which it is at the moment as it's on the E&P. Our drive is on a large slope so normally I don't level it as I need blocks as well. The last 24 hours are in see pic, just under 24kwh which translates to just over £8
If your requirement is just to know if your over the 4KW ACSI limit can you not just take a picture of the meter at the start and keep an eye on it? I've done this a few times after being caught by the charges.Bloody Hell
I knew i’d seen one somewhere before but never knew the price
I can imagine that would get nicked as well
4KW is not going to last long thats for sure if they are using it for heating, they will need to be running that on gas although a lot will depend on what they have it set to and what the temp is like outside etc. I'm no expert but that seems very low when you are paying for it and i dont think they are paying the cost the same as we are if its in France/Spain/Portugal etc for electric.
Very true
I do exactly the same as you John but Villasol have now removed the meter as it’s all done in the office now so you have no idea what you have used each day.
I may fit one of these just to keep an eye on our consumption. We were still on one of the old pitches so did the photo thing this year.
These look very similar to the shelly din rail devices but these are a lot cheaper
i would say use whatever is best as long as its rated ok.
I thought they chilled the air drawn through them to cause the water to condense. If I am right they will reduce the temperature rather than raise it.
That's what I thought, but then I thought to chill there has to be heat somewhere else and then with inefficiency of the chilling process there must be a net heating effect, but marginal.
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