Yes Stephen, some old houses that have not been updated still are in
ft3, and knowing you I am sure you would want to keep it that way. But
not many houses these days - my house is 120 years old, has a gas system
that was installed in the 1950s, and yet the meter is in m3.
On 2019-05-28 01:46, Stephen Humphreys wrote:
> My unit is in cubic feet. I can provide photos if needed
>
> On 27 May 2019, at 10:11 am, frewston+john <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> All gas suppliers in UK use kWh. Meters show in m3. Conversion if I remember
> correctly is approx. 10 - 11 kWh to the m3, depends on exact type of gas
> supplied. So, averaging out at 10.5, 100 m3 = 1050 kWh.
>
> John Frewen-Lord
>
> On 2019-05-26 19:19, James R. Frysinger wrote:
> Apparently, British Gas (BG) charges for gas usage by the kilowatt hour, not
> by any of the strange units common in the US. BG is in the middle of a
> roll-out for dual fuel homes that will let users switch between the two forms
> of energy usage somehow.
> https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/money/british-gas-get-a-smart-meter-or-well-charge-you-an-extra-300-93kzplzlj
> [1]
>
> Both gas and electricity consumption is measured in kWh.
> https://www.ukpower.co.uk/home_energy/tariffs-per-unit-kwh [2]
>
> So apparently the necessary energy unit conversions are done by BG, not by
> the consumers.
>
> Jim Frysinger
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