Re: What's the temperature and/or humidity in your house?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:10 pm

My normal expenditure on heating is £1.50 a day. Colbert

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 1:13 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Gas used, so far, today: £1.25.

That would work out at £2.60 for 24 hours.

Now on £1.38.

That puts me on target for £2.51 for 24 hours.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:23 pm

Now on £1.67.

That puts me on target for £2.45 over 24 hours.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:24 pm

As I expected, the price per hour is falling as the day progresses.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:25 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Living room = 16.5 degrees.

Living room now up to 17 degrees.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:31 pm

That's too cold, you'll end up with Hypothermia when this (relatively) warm spell ends.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:44 pm

It's OK. I'm in the bedroom, which is currently 20 degrees.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:29 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Now on £1.67.

That puts me on target for £2.45 over 24 hours.

Now on £1.84.

That puts me on target for £2.38 over 24 hours.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:31 pm

Won't it be more as the outside temperature drops?

Or have you accounted for this?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:45 pm

I'm hoping that, as every room is currently heated, the large volume of heated air, compared to the, relatively low external surface area of the house will mean only moderate heat loss.

But I cannot guarantee it.

scared

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:35 pm

I'm now on £2.07 for the day, with just 2.5 hours left.

That means I'm on target to have spent £2.31 on gas for the 24 hour spell.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:39 pm

When I tried the same experiment, last Christmas, it cost me £4 per day. But, that time, I had the radiator valves open on full, instead of limiting them to 19 degrees. Also, I set the hallway thermostat to 18 degrees. This year, I set it at 17 degrees, as that has previously proven more than enough to heat the hallway to 19 degrees.

by Fangirl Three Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:14 am

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:I'm hoping that, as every room is currently heated, the large volume of heated air, compared to the, relatively low external surface area of the house will mean only moderate heat loss.

[science joke]'Assuming a spherical house in a vacuum'[/]

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:53 am

Living room: 20.1C 60%

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:53 am

Other end of the room 20.9C 58%

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:54 am

Hang on, it's still rising temp, lowering humidity.

Probably should have waited for it to settle before taking readings.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:23 am

Heating on in all the rooms, overnight. Gas used so far today = £0.73. That equates to £1.88 for 24 hours.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:24 am

This time yesterday, I'd spent £1.12.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:25 am

That's the difference between heating the rooms up from scratch and keeping them warm when they'd already been heated for 24 hours.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:31 am

I've now had to open my air vents because the humidity's over 60% throughout the house. I don't know how seriously this will affect gas usage. scared

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