SECO bill this month???
 

Our SECO bill generally runs in the high $40 during the summer when no one is in the home. This month however, the bill was $61. Anyone else have higher than normal bills? Maybe because it has been so hot and the air conditioner is running more?

Are you there? Or is house empty

House is empty.

Our SECO Bill is more than $40 in the cool months!

What size house do you have, what is the thermostat set at?

We had the hottest June on record here this year. Your system may have had to work harder/longer each day.

When we were snowbirds one of the best investments we made was a humidistat.The air conditioner only kickedon if the humidity in the house was high.

This year has been the hottest since I moved to
Florida in 1997!

1600 sq ft and thermostat is set at 82.

Ours went up as well, It was a warmer month than usual. Did you check your billing period? Usually 27 to 30 days, my most recent was a bit over 5 weeks, so that accounted for most of the increase.

$196 this month (ouch) with a new 16 seer AC, pool, and all gas.

$145 with a pool all electric house

Around $300 a moth. Thermo at 7. Pool pump.

I would guess that you do not have a problem with the home and it is just the weather. Although you might look at the KW used and not just the dollars.

:thumbup: We've saved a lot of money because of our humidistat!

I concur. Our humidistat has saved us a bunch. It paid for itself in less than two months.

Humidistat?
 

IMO the savings of using a humidistat is a tough thing to measure, month to month, year to year, too many variables.

That said, it is logical they save some money and I am not trying to convince anyone to not get one.

My real point is be a bit careful with them. They are typically very inaccurate. When I would watch my Dad's FL home, I would leave a hygrometer at his home (calibrated with a salt test). His home did not match what he had it set for.

Here is just one article out of many...

It presents a case for a much lower setting than many use...

The Truth About De-humidistats

82 is too cool for an empty house. We have ours on 83 degrees and we live here year-round. Our home is all electric masonry CYV 2 BR, and our normal bill in the summer is about $85 and this last one was $93. We usually have a ceiling fan on as well.

Your bill sounds about right considering the warmer weather.
Our PV is only 1100 sq ft and our bill was just
$10 less than yours!
We also set the thermostat at 82 and leave
two ceiling fans running at low speed.

83, you are a true Floridian, I thought I roughed it at 79 :)

I've been roughing it at 72 degrees. 1250 sq ft. Give me a guestimate??? $$$$. 5 new ceiling fans. Two hot newbies. Hot as in heat. LOL.

Gardenia at 78 during day, 70 at night.

June 7 to July 7, $190.38 for 1,700 sf.

Thermostat set at 72 deg. during the day, 68 deg. at night.

Last year during the same period was $193.21.

Life's too short to try and save a few pennies on air conditioning...in a Florida summer. :shrug:

Lilly set at 82. Bill was $73. We have a humidistat.

Thanks, everyone for your input. Now, I'm choking on this month's water bill!!

Yep now that's hard to swallow

My present bill is $110 for a patio villa of 1100 sq ft with A/C set for 78 degrees.

I know my A/C has one foot on the banana peel and one foot in the coffin and it's has been a hot summer.

Will change out in the winter months as it supposed working ok, for now. At least, that's what Chuck says.......

2000 sf set at 78 bill was only $36. We were not. Home last cycle but we leave temperature at 78 most all the time. WH was shut off of course.

yes, tell mother nature to turn down the heat

Don't swallow.