Apparently my usage is more then Medupi’s output…
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So since im a trustee in our complex, we have created graphs for all units etc so that if people query increases in their electricity etc we can provide them with sort of an explanation. We dont have prepaid electricity and get billed by COJ. That being said COJ sometimes dont bill us. We have a meter reading company that has to come and read the meters on the first of each month and when COJ eventually send us a bill they will query any differences for us with COJ.
This is the electricity usage of my unit. We are 2 adults and we mostly sit in one room of the house and use a normal electrical stove. It hasnt been updated yet and will be updated shortly
Also these are the steps that COJ charge on usage which will equate what you pay in rands per unit.(This is from Feb though i cant find the updated one for July as that is when COJ put their increases)
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Yeah, manual excel tracking. Not that I like it but couldn’t think of a better alternative.
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That’s exactly what i did! I tried to get into habit of checking around the same time every day (5pm when home), and track daily usage that way. Heres mine
So i have the 3rd column (that 426.7) which is when i top up), and i take it into account on the change per reading so that the top up is “ignored”.
I then sometimes miss days, and then take a 2-x day average between readings… I’m actually kinda proud of my little formulas etc, takes me back to high school/varsity math 
But yea, I started the whole thing when we moved in so I could get a good idea of what our usage is…I have since stopped doing the dailies and capturing and know roughly what we use in a month.
EDIT: we are 3 people, 2 tv’s, 2 pc’s, and no pool, otherwise standard (quite energy efficient as they’re new and we didn’t ignore efficiency rating) appliances (2 fridges total) and a gas stove electric oven.
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It worries me about our new place (provided I get the bond). We currently pay very little for water, electricity and our municipal bill because our place is tiny. I saw the bills for the new place and it’s a lot more. It’s currently being used as a business though so there’s servers running and lots of computers and heaters and stuff. Their electricity bill was R5000 last month. I hope we can get it low again.
I have no idea how the prepaid electricity works except for what @Blazzok and @Beo explained to me. Will see when we get there. Stupid everything that’s so expensive these days.
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So over the course of last financial month we have used a combined total of R2,250 (water and electricity). Three quarters of which was likely electricity, with an average of about 20KWh per day and approx. average of 400L per day of water.
These seem like quite a bit considering we have been taking measure to actively try and save water and electrcity. Things like not switching on the geyser, or not showering/bathing, no oven usage, etc.
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I pay 32 pounds a month for electricity and water.
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Whats the percentage increase compared to previous months? Does it tie up to the increases we’ve had?
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That is a lot! Yoh! Ours worked out to R1 119,64… of which R230 is water…Electricity in cape town is very expensive
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