Anyone else getting a insane electricity bill?
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Before Summer started it was usually 90, but it hit between 120-140 every month since then, we didn't add any new electric devices, we got rid of a freezer and refrigerator and the electric company insists what the meter shows is the right amount, while our neighbors are blasting their A/C 24/7 and get a bill of $60. Shit makes no sense.
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Thats about my average, and me and my wife are hardly home. Its a 4 bedroom apartment with central air. Maybe thats why.
When me and her lived in this little studio apartment our summer bills were around $80 and winter around $150-200. Shit is crazy.
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Could be your water heater temp is too high. I turned mine down I think 5 degrees and the bill dropped $40 a month or something like that.
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National Grid is trying to Jack up our rates.
Hopefully we can stop them...
The best are towns with municipal power. CHEAP.
Hopefully we can stop them...
The best are towns with municipal power. CHEAP.
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Man, I've ended up sitting here and reading articles on there for the past hour. I think I may buy his book.
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My bill is anywhere from $80 in the spring/fall to $300 in the dead of winter (my bill is for gas + electric). Joys of owning a house.
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Last summer mine hung around $200 or so due to central AC combined with our hot muggy summers.
This summer I'm just using 3 window units and it's staying around $75 a month. I also removed a 2nd fridge we had, replaced all the bulbs with energy savers and starting turning off power strips when nothing on them was in use.
This summer I'm just using 3 window units and it's staying around $75 a month. I also removed a 2nd fridge we had, replaced all the bulbs with energy savers and starting turning off power strips when nothing on them was in use.
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Energy saving compact fluorescent bulbs are fantastic for savings. 
We started with the 13w (60w equiv) and my wife complained they were too soft and dim (I was fine with them). So I overcorrected to 28w (100w equiv) and they are the harshest f'n things ever. It's like there's a radioactive supernova peeking out from behind every waiting doorway. I hope the 75w equivs are a happy medium.
I'd love to go at least partially solar, but to pull it off you need a roof that points south for maximum efficiency (which makes a huge difference on the # of years you need to break even on the install cost). Mine unfortunately does not.
We started with the 13w (60w equiv) and my wife complained they were too soft and dim (I was fine with them). So I overcorrected to 28w (100w equiv) and they are the harshest f'n things ever. It's like there's a radioactive supernova peeking out from behind every waiting doorway. I hope the 75w equivs are a happy medium.I'd love to go at least partially solar, but to pull it off you need a roof that points south for maximum efficiency (which makes a huge difference on the # of years you need to break even on the install cost). Mine unfortunately does not.
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Same here.
I'd to at least get it where 3-4 of the wall sockets in my home of solar instead of on the grid.
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I'd kill for an $80 dollar electric bill. I don't think I've had one of those since my first single bedroom apartment.
As for electric, $300 in the Winter would be sweet. We were spending that on monthly oil alone last winter.
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What do you keep your water heater set on?
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I have all electric. Lights-heat-hot water.
In some ways, it isn't so bad because the gas runs some 20-30 a month just in service fees. So that's some 200KW or so.
Usually, my strategy in the winter is to set the heat in the mid 50's. Hopefully, i can absorb enough heat from the neighbors to keep it from kicking on.
In some ways, it isn't so bad because the gas runs some 20-30 a month just in service fees. So that's some 200KW or so.
Usually, my strategy in the winter is to set the heat in the mid 50's. Hopefully, i can absorb enough heat from the neighbors to keep it from kicking on.
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Just got my bill today $440 fucking shits man!
Graph shows comparison from 2009 to 2010, you'll notice the dip in april/march is when we set a lower fixed rate compared to last year, usage is similar pattern but with lower rate, bill is less every month since.......EXCEPT this last month.
I keep track of this shit, i just didn't pull this out of my ass. Something is screwed up here.
EDIT(**(*(
Just went to the backyard to read meter.
82552 is what I read (if I read the instructions correctly on reading a meter)
- rule is that if the number is between numbers you go to the lower number.
If this is the case then they are trying to take my daughters xmas!
Bill shows last meter reading at: 82956
Anyone that knows how to read these things, tell me what you see. If I call someone to come check this shit, I don't want to pay 40bucks if I'm wrong.
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You guys are crazy...
I own a recently remodeled (interior done in 2002, siding and high-efficiency windows added in 2005) 1500 sq/ft 1940's home ...the gas furnace is from 1996, the air conditioner from 2002. Keeping it cold as shit in here in the winter (stat on 67 day/68 night)...I'm normally looking at $280/mo in the winter (elec/gas combined)...summer drops to around $175 (stat on 70 most of the time...68 is if gets hot as fuck outside)...
That's the best I can do...I'd punch a midget for a $100 bill...
I own a recently remodeled (interior done in 2002, siding and high-efficiency windows added in 2005) 1500 sq/ft 1940's home ...the gas furnace is from 1996, the air conditioner from 2002. Keeping it cold as shit in here in the winter (stat on 67 day/68 night)...I'm normally looking at $280/mo in the winter (elec/gas combined)...summer drops to around $175 (stat on 70 most of the time...68 is if gets hot as fuck outside)...
That's the best I can do...I'd punch a midget for a $100 bill...
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68 degrees for the AC ?
That's a meat locker. When I had a working central AC I normally kept it on 76-78.
I remember when my house did get the upgraded windows (insulated gas between the panes) and those made a massive difference.
That's a meat locker. When I had a working central AC I normally kept it on 76-78.
I remember when my house did get the upgraded windows (insulated gas between the panes) and those made a massive difference.