03-03-2012, 04:08 AM
Maud,
That seems high, ours runs about $180 a month for 2 people in a huge house, when we have guests it goes up about $25 a person.
We have at least 3 older ceiling fans running ALL the time, we are on catchment so we run a pump, we put in solar hot water but we do use an older electric dryer, all our lights are CFLs or tubes, we run two refrigerators, one of which is an older energy hog probably costing us about $10 bucks a month. So it seems like our bill should be much higher than yours (or rather yours should be lower).
Home depot has a plug in energy tester you plug between your appliances and the wall outlet that tells you what the energy draw is. Helco might have ones they loan out. I would check your refrigerator and freezer, they can be the biggest power suckers, keeping the dust build up around the bottom front air intake on the frig helps too.
Carol
That seems high, ours runs about $180 a month for 2 people in a huge house, when we have guests it goes up about $25 a person.
We have at least 3 older ceiling fans running ALL the time, we are on catchment so we run a pump, we put in solar hot water but we do use an older electric dryer, all our lights are CFLs or tubes, we run two refrigerators, one of which is an older energy hog probably costing us about $10 bucks a month. So it seems like our bill should be much higher than yours (or rather yours should be lower).
Home depot has a plug in energy tester you plug between your appliances and the wall outlet that tells you what the energy draw is. Helco might have ones they loan out. I would check your refrigerator and freezer, they can be the biggest power suckers, keeping the dust build up around the bottom front air intake on the frig helps too.
Carol
Carol
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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