Energy Hog
Opened my Mail the other day and got the Happy News from PSNH that my Electric Rates are going to go down by 15%. WooHoo! That is welcome news. Then something caught my eye - there was wording that the average residential customer would save $12 by this move. $12???!! By my calculations, I should save close to $50. so I looked at it close, and according to them, the average Residential Customer uses 500KWH per month. When I compared that to MY bill, I realized that I am currently using more than that on the Hot Water heating Alone! My average Hot Water bill is 500-600KWH, with the rest of my house coming in at about 1500 for a total of somewhere around 2000-2100.
So who is off? Am we really using 4x the average household? I guess that would qualify as us Energy Hogs. Or is PSNH just throwing random numbers around?
posted by Big A @ 1:00 PM
10 comments
10 Comments:
I truly enjoyed reading your posts. It was refreshing to say the least. Congratulations on your 11 year anniversary and I wish you a lifetime of more memorable moments with your wife.
Nice blog
Yes, you really are an energy hog!
Dad has always said that Akerbergs don't know how to turn off lights.
Maybe your kids have inherited the same tendency. Or, maybe you have a mouse that runs around your house sucking up electricity after you all go to bed! Lots of theories...
I don't want to hear responses from people with no kids and and a wife who is gone all day.
WOW, that is alot of electricity!
Last month we used around 600-650KWH, that was even with 4 air conditioners and a dehumidifier running. Our hot water comes off the oil furnace, but everything else is electric. My family is home all day TVs and computers running all day.
You might wan't to buy a Kill-A-Watt to see if you have an appliance that is being a HOG.
Ouch. See, that is what I was hoping for. I would think your Family should use about the same as mine. Any idea where I can buy one of those?
Ebay, Amazon... They cost about $25-30. I borrowed one from a guy here at work and I was amazed how much electricity some things use. Some older appliances like Refrigerators and Freezers can be really bad.
travelinguy - We have electric fridge, washer/dryer, and stove/oven.
I have started to suspect our Basement Refrigerator is really bad. It would not surprise me to find out that the compressor is running 24 hrs per day. It's pretty old. I was actually going to replace it with a newer (presumably) more energy efficient one, but I got a new high-effiiciency washing machine instead. Really hoping that cuts down on the Hot Water usage, and supposedly it will cut down on the dryer usage as well.
ugh. I just noticed my last sentence: "Am We". That's not very much good English.
Did you consider the fact that the hot tub is in use?
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