200$ electric bill O_O

533ogetnom · 09-12-2007, 01:05 AM

ok so i get my bill today its 200$...

my normal bill is half the KWH of this months, theres no possible way i suddenly started using twice the KWH a month then i have per month for the past YEAR

and the A/C is working LESS now because its cooling off not more, so it cant be that

so wtf, reading error? someone stealing power from me somehow? electric company trying to scam me?

montreal_bimmer · 09-12-2007, 01:18 AM

u growing pot in ur basement or what???

Kiemyster · 09-12-2007, 01:30 AM

if so, im coming to orlando to try some of ur home grown. lol, that shit better be good.

(seriously thoguh, have them come out and check ur meter)

533ogetnom · 09-12-2007, 01:55 AM

im going to call them and give them a piece of my mind, the only thing i can think of is that ive been boiling a lot of water this month, but theres no way that accounts for almost 800 KWH over what my normal usage is

(thats like running 1000 60watt lightbulbs 24/7)

nmulax · 09-12-2007, 02:00 AM

Damn, just got mine in the mail today and it was $157 and this is in the desert.

And why exactly are you boiling so much water?

koreez88 · 09-12-2007, 02:26 AM

My house's electric bill is $350 summer time and $600 winter time

533ogetnom · 09-12-2007, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by nmulax

Damn, just got mine in the mail today and it was $157 and this is in the desert.

And why exactly are you boiling so much water?

tea

but not even that much more than i usually do :/

for me to acutally have used this electricity i would have had to be using an extra KW all the time... theres no way, thats 1000 watts i dont even own anything that can take that much energy, excpet maybe the AC.. but thats not changed

GRRR this is dumb

533ogetnom · 09-12-2007, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by koreez88

My house's electric bill is $350 summer time and $600 winter time

holly wow

koreez88 · 09-12-2007, 02:31 AM

Yep having a big house and living in CA sure isn't a cheap thing

e92phreak · 09-12-2007, 03:33 AM

$292 last month. Just got my bill. This was the most I've had to pay. Expected it because the A/C was on every day.

j|rz44 · 09-12-2007, 06:22 AM

Ha! try $320 for me last mo....
out here we gotta pay for "Less Fortunate Peoples" power...
and thats about $170 of that $320!

Such unfair BS!

DFW_M · 09-12-2007, 08:23 AM

$550 here for the last month...
Should start going down now...
Almost impossible to find a house under 3000 SF in this hole (Dallas), waste, waste...

derryck · 09-12-2007, 08:40 AM

How's it cooling off in Orlando...it's been consistently in the mid to upper 90's here in JAX and there's before the heat index is factored in. Mine has been running around $200 for the past couple of months and my AC is only set on 76 during the day. Should start decreasing after this month...fortunately we don't need our heat much in FL.

phantom330 · 09-12-2007, 09:16 AM

That sounds about in line for summertime..........Mine ranges from 150-200 in the summers, drops off in the winter because of our gas heat, that's where they KILL you. My gas bill last winter was like 300/month, and I don't even have a large house.

txusa03 · 09-12-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dr325i

$550 here for the last month...
Should start going down now...
Almost impossible to find a house under 3000 SF in this hole (Dallas), waste, waste...

That is why they say everything is big in texas (that includes electric bill

) Wow, $550, you got a really big big house or your house is really old with lots of single paned glass window.

MadDog · 09-12-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 533ogetnom

ok so i get my bill today its 200$...

my normal bill is half the KWH of this months, theres no possible way i suddenly started using twice the KWH a month then i have per month for the past YEAR

and the A/C is working LESS now because its cooling off not more, so it cant be that

so wtf, reading error? someone stealing power from me somehow? electric company trying to scam me?

So, go out and read your meter to see if they misread it....

MadDog · 09-12-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by koreez88

My house's electric bill is $350 summer time and $600 winter time

Holy shit, Batman. You must have the AC and pool heater running 24/7.

DasBlitz · 09-12-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by nmulax

And why exactly are you boiling so much water?

Crack.

DFW_M · 09-12-2007, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by txusa03

That is why they say everything is big in texas (that includes electric bill

) Wow, $550, you got a really big big house or your house is really old with lots of single paned glass window.

I guess it is the size...
90% of people that went through our house (for sale) mentioned that they have not seen the bill under $600 this summer...
The pool pump definitely adds to it (I run it 10 hours/day).

Nikki · 09-12-2007, 12:08 PM

my electric bill was $220 when my ex bf was living with me and we were in a 700 sqft 1/1 apartment. when he moved out it went down to $70 a month. it turns out i think it was his crazy frankenstein computer.

533ogetnom · 09-12-2007, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

my electric bill was $220 when my ex bf was living with me and we were in a 700 sqft 1/1 apartment. when he moved out it went down to $70 a month. it turns out i think it was his crazy frankenstein computer.

i have a crazy computer (in no way is it a frankenstein though) but theres no way it would draw 1kw even under full load and most of the time its idle anyway

Nikki · 09-12-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 533ogetnom

i have a crazy computer (in no way is it a frankenstein though) but theres no way it would draw 1kw even under full load and most of the time its idle anyway

his was like lots of random parts and he set it up to be water cooled so it wouldn't overheat. that was the single only thing that he took with him when he left and the power bill was reduced by over 1/2.

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