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shrpshtr325

shrpshtr325

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Anyone have one? was it worth it? our electric bill is getting out of hand and im having trouble figuring out whats the cause (assuming its something we are doing in addition to the recent insane rate hikes). Going to start paying attention to the actual usage on the bill too, but figured something like sense or emporia might be helpful in identifying specific usage patterns. (sense seems easier to install since its just the two clamps for the feed from the street).
 
I'm interested in this as well. We are 100% electric now. our heat pump was installed about 2 years ago, with the rest of the addition. I'm thinking that might be the cause. We are considering upgraded to something better. When we have the pool in the pool heater going, which is also electric, we're closed to $800 a month. (First world problems, I know)
It sounds like solar is not an option for us due to tree in coverage...
 
I've got a 16 channel Emporia Vue 3 a few months ago. I was surprised how little it cost to run ac and how much it was to run a salt water aquarium. Now I rarely look at it.
 

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one piece crank said:
What are your known energy hogs?
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in the summer its the a/c for sure, but this time of year i cant figure it out, which is whats getting at me, we are gas heat (steam so not even a blower fan for that) and gas for hot water, gas dryer, gas range. Novembers bill was almost $200 (with no known big loads running, and not even any decorations up to pull from it)
 
shrpshtr325 said:
in the summer its the a/c for sure, but this time of year i cant figure it out, which is whats getting at me, we are gas heat (steam so not even a blower fan for that) and gas for hot water, gas dryer, gas range. Novembers bill was almost $200 (with no known big loads running, and not even any decorations up to pull from it)
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$200 ? Suck it up buttercup lol
 
Cole said:
$200 ? Suck it up buttercup lol
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when we were running $80 with xmas lights on, $200 is a wtf bill to see. I know some of it is murphys green energy crap, but come on, 150% increase is not nothing. Summer spikes up over $500, but iv been blaming that on the a/c and the 100 deg heat.
 
Cole said:
Not an option, and don't want to switch to propane if I don't have to.
I mean a higher end possibly more efficient unit
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Propane is expensive right now. Paid almost $700 to heat my house last month. My electric bill was under $100, though.
 
SmooveP said:
Propane is expensive right now. Paid almost $700 to heat my house last month. My electric bill was under $100, though.
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Right, so not worth the conversion... We use the wood stove a lot, but since putting on the addition it doesn't heat the whole house. So we generally let it die down at night...
 
I have a sense.
The always on load is crazy.
Haven't tried to diagnose problems.

My electric bill is consistently $300-$500 sometimes more.

Ac pool greenhouse heat. Still, I should work on it.

We are now paying .21kwh used to be .06
 
shrpshtr325 said:
We are up to .2533kwh including "delivery"
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Right? My delivery fees for gas and electric usually end up higher than usage. I didn’t see no damn electricity delivery truck man outside. Da fuck?

Mine also doubled in the last two bills for some reason and couldn’t figure it out. Assumed rates went up a lot, nothing else changed. Also everything natural gas.
 
Cole said:
I'm interested in this as well. We are 100% electric now. our heat pump was installed about 2 years ago, with the rest of the addition. I'm thinking that might be the cause. We are considering upgraded to something better. When we have the pool in the pool heater going, which is also electric, we're closed to $800 a month. (First world problems, I know)
It sounds like solar is not an option for us due to tree in coverage...
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What about panels on the ground vs on top of the roof?
 
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