Is mine bigger than yours? Ambient level of consumption.
@technogeek It is good to know from the responses to this question that our domestic drain from the grid is pretty average and all I need to do now is reconcile this fact by reasoning ‘It is not a lot of energy - it is just that energy is too boodly expensive!’ Reflectively, Toodles.
Toodles, he heats his home with cold draughts and cooks his food with magnets.
Our minimum usage in the night is ~150W but mostly it is more. Usual suspects WiFi mesh and extenders tend to dominate, inc MVHR. When we’re not here it’s ~8kWh but when present with washing machine dishwasher, tumble drier (all the most efficient available) we can easily be 15kWh.
2kW + Growatt & 4kW +Sunnyboy PV on south-facing roof Solar thermal. 9.5kWh Givenergy battery with AC3. MVHR. Vaillant 7kW ASHP (very pleased with it) open system operating on WC
Of course this base-load - before we even think of doing the washing or turning the TV on - relates to another fixed cost on top of the standing charge. My 5.5kWh/day is costing me another £1 or so per day on current Agile prices (I see prices have increased, recently). To minimise loads on ‘standby’, I have ‘smart sockets’ in my office and on the two entertainment systems in the house. Those things that don’t need to be on 24/7 (things other than Wi-Fi access points, certain network switches, CCTV, NAS, Sky boxes, etc) are switched off via the smart sockets until required.



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Those things that don’t need to be on 24/7 (things other than Wi-Fi access points, certain network switches, CCTV, NAS, Sky boxes, etc)...
And there's the key for us. The range of IT equipment we're running is fairly extensive and I must admit I was surprised our residual usage wasn't higher. However, most of it plays a part in the intelligent running of our big ticket items (ASHP, battery, EV charger, agile import/export) the streamlining of which saves us far more than the cost - financial and carbon - of the residual usage. It's a tradeoff between the cost of running the kit and the benefit of what the kit does. I'd love to swing the compromise more in our favour, though.
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