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Old 03-27-2012, 09:02 PM
 
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You do a lot better on electric than me, that's for sure. I've been here for 40 odd years and know what's coming. I have a time of day with demand charge rate and the juice at night is very low cost. So why sweat it? I suffer at 80 during the day and cut back to 71 at night. I wanna freeze at night! My wosrt bill is a little over 300. I don't drink or party anymore so I have the money to stay cool. My cell phone bill is actually higher than my monthly budget plan electric payment is!
A little over $300 and 71 at night? Wow. I don't go below 80 and go to mid-300s all summer, maybe 400. (Time of use, with a pool, but I don't go above 82 or so in the high rate time.)
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Old 03-27-2012, 09:12 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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A little over $300 and 71 at night? Wow. I don't go below 80 and go to mid-300s all summer, maybe 400. (Time of use, with a pool, but I don't go above 82 or so in the high rate time.)
The time of use with demand is quite a bit cheaper than straight time of use. They ding you for each Kw of peak DEMAND during peak periods. So if you can be really careful about not running appliances at the same time, you can save even more. I used to have a load controller that did this automatically, but it conked out. I've blown it a couple times and got burned, but overall, I do pretty well keeping both peak use and peak demand under control. Also, I have a 16 SEER ac. My bill went down about 30% when I got that installed.
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Old 03-27-2012, 09:30 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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No ac or ceiling fans yet for me. Enjoying the warmer weather and opened windows! I've been here a year now and my highest electricity bill was $112 for heat in December. BRRRR I forgot it gets cold it the desert lol (I'm from So Cal)
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Old 03-27-2012, 09:45 PM
 
Location: outer space
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wow all ready? youre gonna be hurting if you dont try to get used to it. Even during the hot days of summer, Im lucky to use mine for more than an hour or two in the morning. Once it gets that warm, all i plan on doing is putting the blankets back up over the windows; open em at night and close at sunrise or a little after is usually enough to keep it cool. My electric bill in the summer (for a 1 bd apt) was only $52 for the highest month.
Soak the blankets in water and you have an old school evaporative cooler.
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Old 03-27-2012, 10:04 PM
 
Location: the AZ desert
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My a/c is set to maintain the house at 70 degrees. I haven't noticed it go on yet, but I do close the windows in the morning to keep the warm air out.
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Old 03-27-2012, 10:18 PM
 
Location: Hard aground in the Sonoran Desert
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My a/c is set to maintain the house at 70 degrees. I haven't noticed it go on yet, but I do close the windows in the morning to keep the warm air out.
Keep the house at 70 degrees??? Wow, I would freeze if my house was 70 degrees in the summer. I keep mine at 80 during the day and 76 at night.
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Old 03-27-2012, 10:34 PM
 
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To me this is the most perfect weather of the year...my air has been off for a couple of weeks. I probably won't turn on the ac till it starts getting into the high 90's on a regular basis...maybe May or so?

Even during the summer, I start to get so used to the heat that turning my house temp down below 84 F causes me to get chills! Strange to think my ancestral roots are Scandinavian!
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Old 03-27-2012, 10:47 PM
 
Location: Hyrule
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I do the norm, 78 to 81. Depending on what I'm doing. I try and time my showers or later on my swimming in the afternoon to enjoy the natural cooling effect. I've turned mine on and off since March 1st. This time of year it's tricky. Some cold spells come around and I don't need it. It's hard for me to sleep at night if it's not at least 78. I'm a big baby. My electric is a whopper but I'm hoping that changes when I move on to a more energy efficient ac.
I am excited for summer though, I miss the pool..........
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Old 03-27-2012, 11:37 PM
 
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The time of use with demand is quite a bit cheaper than straight time of use. They ding you for each Kw of peak DEMAND during peak periods. So if you can be really careful about not running appliances at the same time, you can save even more. I used to have a load controller that did this automatically, but it conked out. I've blown it a couple times and got burned, but overall, I do pretty well keeping both peak use and peak demand under control. Also, I have a 16 SEER ac. My bill went down about 30% when I got that installed.
Good for you. I've never even heard of "time of use with demand". Is it an SRP thing? I've also never heard of anyone's bills going down that significantly with a new A/C. Mine hardly changed but I have no idea the SEER. Not doubting ya, just saying- that's great!
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Old 03-28-2012, 12:12 AM
 
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Yes. First summer here and already using the AC. Not a good sign, I'm scared.
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