Miller Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 for the majority of appliances, not enough to offset the cost of buying one of those. Some really do depending on the age of the equipment. If you really want to know Jeffro look up "Kill A Watt". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Some really do depending on the age of the equipment. If you really want to know Jeffro look up "Kill A Watt". Ive always wondered if something like this existed. awesome! Id like to hook one up to my computer and see how much the usage changes when im speed stepped running all fans on max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 $149. I just paid our June bill. This month is probably going to be around $170+. Thermostat set to 74. Our a/c unit is older than some on here. Built in '84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wease Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I do the budget thing, so mine is always the same: $240. My house is 2200 square feet, 2 stories and all electric. I live far enough out that there are no gas lines there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhobbz Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 how? our may electric was 88. havnt gotten june yet. 5xx sq/ft energy star applianced apartment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 5xx sq/ft energy star applianced apartment 500 sq ft? Do you live in a box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I am more worried about the Water bill....... Here too. H20 for the lawn and flowers which look great is not going to be a fun bill to see. If temps stay in the 80's I can get away with once every 5 days if there's no rain but any higher and it gets more costly. Electric wise 2,900sq ft. and we just topped $300 for the month. No doubt a 24yr old AC unit isn't as effecient as the new ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs.cos Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 for the majority of appliances, not enough to offset the cost of buying one of those. I completely beg to differ. The "always on" stuff has power.. the cutoff basically cuts power completely to the rest of the power strip. There is no standby light on when the switch is off. We noticed a huge drop once we started using these, thats why we then went around and unplugged anything that isnt used daily. (clocks, lamps, spare bedroom tvs) There is DEFINITLY usage, small but its there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
351mach11647545510 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 just payed mine. $172 for 1300 sqf. keeping it set on 68 And thats including the 10 days i was out of town and cut all breakers off except to the fridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrhobbz Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 500 sq ft? Do you live in a box? Yeah pretty, much. Just bought some new patio furniture for the living room.. Its pretty sweet man :gabe: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 500 sq ft? Do you live in a box? Our cabin is probably close to that. I friggin' love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Our cabin is probably close to that. I friggin' love it. ^^ I go back and forth on the square footage thing. I miss the days of a small easy to care for cheap place yet with two kids and two dogs, I sometimes wish for 2x what we have now. Trish, my wife is always on me about plug in items that are so called "vampires" I do believe there's a sound theory behind them. Most everything we have is contstantly plugged in and I have no double something as simlple as unplugging them with a power strip cut-off would help. My biggest are the theater system down in the lower level and the endless computers. I have three towers, two laptops that are pretty much either on or in standbye all the time, on top of charging endless gadgets and toys. I bet I'd save $50mo easy if we turned them OFF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Too much work to go around unplugging shit just to get pissed off when you come back later and need to plug it back in. Consider it a $50 sanity bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Up here in AK, we run our appliances on seal blubber and cool our balls with permafrost FTFY This month for a 1300 sq ft top floor apartment it was $138. Of course, the AC was running overtime to compensate for the nonstop NHL playoff viewing and heat from the TV running all night every night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patterson Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 1600 sq ft hose 200-250 month. All electric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bam Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 1500sq ft house w/ finished basement, $131 this month. It doubled from last month but still not horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 ^^ I go back and forth on the square footage thing. I miss the days of a small easy to care for cheap place yet with two kids and two dogs, I sometimes wish for 2x what we have now. Yeah. It's just me and the wife and her toy poodle here. Not bad at all. Check these people out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Got-Boost? Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm happy with our $110-120 normal and $150 summer bills in TX (3k+ sqft). I laugh at my coworkers that bought these cheap built 4k+ sqft homes that have $400-500 electric bills in the summer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyin Miata Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 My record on electric was $768 one January in college. 9 people, 3 story house. We decided to try just heating individual rooms with space heaters instead of turning the real furnace up. Learned the hard way that was a BAD idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiji ST Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 1600 sq. foot house, $73 in June. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 3000sq ft, 2 HVAC systems. I haven't even looked yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 This thread made me go around and unplug EVERYTHING that wasnt in use. Ready to see minimal returns on my next electric bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboNova Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 3400sq ft 147.00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue98ls1 Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 I've been in a constant battle with our electric bill for months. I got absolutely sick of the $230/month electric bill, so I went through and replaced most lights with LED's. Including outside lights. We also took down our freshwater aquarium and rehomed some reptiles that required heat lamps/heating pads. Electric bill dropped down to $180.... THEN AEP raised the electric rates by 30%. Our bill is currently back up in the $220 range. Absolutely pissed by this. :fuuuu: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTQ B4U Posted July 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 , so I went through and replaced most lights with LED's. : Yeah, we've replaced all of our lights with customer CFL's whereby I've selected the appropriate wattage and color temps to insure there's no eye fatigue. In our great room alone there were 9 recessed floods and bulbs in various lamps. Not only is the temperature change noticeable but definitely the power consumed lower. The only room we haven't done is the lower level were the theatre is located only because we never use the overhead can lights there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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