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Jake
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      09-22-2003, 08:13 PM

My electric bill tells me the 'units' I've used but not the kilowatt
hours. Is there a formula for converting units to kilowatt hours?

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Jake
 
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      09-22-2003, 08:14 PM
Jake wrote:

> My electric bill tells me the 'units' I've used but not the kilowatt
> hours. Is there a formula for converting units to kilowatt hours?


1 unit = 1 kWh, about 7p

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      09-22-2003, 09:00 PM
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 20:13:40 GMT, Jake wrote:

> My electric bill tells me the 'units' I've used but not the kilowatt
> hours. Is there a formula for converting units to kilowatt hours?


Very tricky to use a mathematical formula, but the regex
s/units/kW\/hrs/g should do the trick. B-)

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      09-22-2003, 09:07 PM
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:14:25 +0100, Grunff <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>>1 unit = 1 kWh, about 7p


Grunff

Wow! the formula couldn't be much simpler than that!
Thanks...

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      09-23-2003, 03:04 AM

"Dave Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >Subject: OT: How to convert electricity 'units' to kilowatt hours?
> >From: (E-Mail Removed) (Jake)
> >Date: 22/09/03 21:13 GMT Daylight Time
> >Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> >My electric bill tells me the 'units' I've used but not the kilowatt
> >hours. Is there a formula for converting units to kilowatt hours?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Jake

>
> Certainly. Take the number of units shown on the bill and multiply by 5.

Add
> 40. Divide by 10. Subtract 4 and then double the number you have left.

This
> will now be the number of kilowatt hours.
>
>


But that still works out to 1 unit = 1 kWh. Nah ! You've lost me again.
Can you put it in layman's terms ? :-))


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      09-23-2003, 11:09 AM
Jake wrote:

> My electric bill tells me the 'units' I've used but not the kilowatt
> hours. Is there a formula for converting units to kilowatt hours?
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> Thanks
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> Jake
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Multiply by one.

 
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      09-23-2003, 11:12 AM
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>>>Subject: OT: How to convert electricity 'units' to kilowatt hours?
>>>From: (E-Mail Removed) (Jake)
>>>Date: 22/09/03 21:13 GMT Daylight Time
>>>Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>>>My electric bill tells me the 'units' I've used but not the kilowatt
>>>hours. Is there a formula for converting units to kilowatt hours?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Jake
>>>

>>Certainly. Take the number of units shown on the bill and multiply by 5.
>>

> Add
>
>>40. Divide by 10. Subtract 4 and then double the number you have left.
>>

> This
>
>>will now be the number of kilowatt hours.
>>
>>
>>

>
> But that still works out to 1 unit = 1 kWh. Nah ! You've lost me again.
> Can you put it in layman's terms ? :-))



Sure.

Think of a number
Add it to the number of units.
Multply by three.
Add nine
Divede by three.
Subtract 2
Subtract the number you first thought of.
The answer is now one more than the KW/h.
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      09-27-2003, 12:47 PM

"Jake" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:14:25 +0100, Grunff <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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> >>1 unit = 1 kWh, about 7p


I pay from 1st October 3.03p per kWh from Telcom Plus. I have just received
their new rates with my latest bill. I have the land line telephone deal
and all calls are now at local rate, that is local and national. 100 free
minutes every weekend to any other Telecom Pus user.

http://tinyurl.com/4nlu

The new deals are not yet on the web site. I assume they will be there after
October 1st or just before.



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      09-29-2003, 12:49 PM
So, how do I convert that to Ounze-furlongs ?

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