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Originally Posted by Bay Kid
This for the home, not a pool. My son-in-law is considering because his electric bill is over $500. per month (pool, kids and lots of house). Located in Va. Got his 1st quote around $56,000. Placed on a metal roof. Seems like very high, but they told him it will pay for itself in 6 years.
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Before he spends several thousand spend 299.00.
With the whole house energy monitor
Home Sense - Sense.com he can see -Why- the bill is 500.00 per month. With Sense he with have granular level of detail. Is the high bill because of a bad or inefficient HVAC? Sense will ID the HVAC and tell him how much he is using in detail. Sense will tell him if the resistance heat is on in addition to the AC. Is his submersible well pump running 24/7? Sense knows.
Real story, I had a 'Profesional" install my smart thermostat. He wired it so all heat was emergency or resistance heat (not a heat pump). Sense gave me the data to see it. Maybe your son has demand based (time of day) billing where daytime electricity costs more, with sense he can tell his wife dry the clothes in the electric dryer after 7 so we can save 38.00 or whatever.
Make sense (ha).
Another story, my neighbors installed solar power -and- solar domestic water heating. Water heating sounds like a brilliant way to save, doesn't it? We all read that somewhere how expensive it is to heat water with electricity, it must be true! Ah, no. He saved less than 15.00 a month. 4,800 to save pennies. If he had installed Sense first he would have known how utterly foolish that was.
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