How much does electricity cost for A/C?
 

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Our electric bill last month was $283. That's with thermostat set at 78 during the day and 73 at night. We also have an extra freezer and a pool pump that runs 8 hours a day. The past month was very hot and your A/C use is directly proportional to the temperature. Don't be surprised if your next bill is even higher.

Your bill is not high.

We’re out of state for the summer. 1400 sqft home poured concrete, humidistat installed set at 60% thermostat set a 80°, refrig running last bill Aug 5th $53.00.

How many square feet?

But $100 for electricity doesn't seem that high - especially in the summer! I paid a lot more up north. A friend of mine lives in California and he pays about $700-$800 a month in the summer!

1600 square feet. 77 degree setting. $100-$110 in "winter", $180ish in summer

Our house sat empty for two years before we moved here permanently. Refrigerator on, AC set to 80, cooling set to 65 (or 68 maybe). Our bills ranged from $50 to $100 with the summer months being on the higher end. $101 doesn't seem unreasonably high given how warm it has been.

Our AC consumes exactly 2,927 watts when it is on, likewise our fridge uses 104 watts.

Our monthly AC cosumption is exactly 496,120 watts or 496.1 kWH. This for a 2230 sq ft concrete block home with 9' walls set to 77 degrees with R38 ceiling insulation. This includes over week of our vacation where it was set at 84.

By far AC is the largest consumer of juice, however there are a number of items that consume power all the time (ghost watts) averaging 100 to 200 watts 24/7 or 73.2 to 146.4 kWH monthly.

To quote dollars to operate an appliance is somewhat misleading depending upon your utility but you can be reasonably accurate at 11.2 cents per kWH. So my AC costs $55.56 this month not including customer charges, taxes and other fees. Keeping in mind it's over a dollar a day to simply have electric service with SECO in customer service fees.

Data based upon a whole house energy monitor collecting 100,000 points of data per second for six years or 18.9 trillion points of reference.

Any questions on energy consumption in TV, ask away.

TLDR: no your bill is not high.

Depends on size of your home and sun exposure.

I received my bill today for $220. My house is 2070 sq ft, pool filter running 8 hours a day and the AC is set 74 degrees 24 by 7. Lanai 30 by13 has a split.

Pool consumes 277.55 kWH /month or $31.05. it is also a pig in the always on dept at 29 watts 24/7 and 971 when running in filter mode.

Seems normal, it's been unseasonably hot this summer.

A few questions.

Is the AC consuming 2927 watts per hour, per day?

Was the 496,120,000 watts for the month computed by your monitor?

About how many hours a day do you run the AC during the summer?

I am completely happy with my electric bills in FL. In NJ same size house without a pool were around $600 in the summer.

Our bill for the same period was $88. We weren’t there so A/C was set at 81 and hot water heater was off. However, the pool pump runs for 8 hours a day and the refrigerator was running. Our biggest electric bills are by far the months of January and February when our HVAC system is rarely used, but heating the pool costs a couple hundred a month, but we use it daily and it’s well worth it : )

Watts are a moment in time, a kilowatt hour is 1000 watts used in one hour. One hundred watts used for ten hours is also a kWH. I expressed my AC consumption dramatically to convey accuracy.

Watts are useful to see how much draw an appliance has while kWH are useful to see how much it costs. Example, my toaster is an energy hog at 1,468 watts but my kWH consumption is about a dime per month as is rarely runs.

Yesterday my AC ran for eleven hours and five minutes. The day before run time was four minutes less. But I set my AC by temp so I never consider run time.

We pay about $200-250 in Summer for 2,600 sq. ft. house here.

Our bill ran about $500+ month in Tampa for 4,500 sq. ft. plus
pool filter running 8+ hrs.

Don’t miss those bills or the taxes.

Seems high. Might mention your kwh's. For my account I can log onto Duke Elect and see my usage in 15 minute segments. See if you can do this with your utility as this might help.

It's is like asking how much fuel does a yacht use. If you have to ask, you can't afford it. Maybe you should rethink moving because everything in TV and Florida will just get more and more expensive. People move to TV and then start complaining about amenity & price increases and how they are on a fixed income and so on. Too bad they didn't plan for their financial retirement better.

Courtyard Villa, 1200 sq ft, studs and vinyl siding. New high efficiency Daikin AC set at 73° 24/7, extra refrigerator running in the garage, no doors or windows opened except to enter and leave, all LED lights, and seldom used.
May: $100
June: $114
July: $107
Just had window tinting installed on most windows, and that is cutting out a lot of heat, so I expect another small drop in usage.

I used to live in a 1600 sq ft, house in the Villages with a pool heated with solar hot water, and that was costing closer to $250 a month in July.

Seco site has a calculator for each appliance. Input your data

Not high at all, just wait.

Been monitoring ours as well.
$40 over Christmas when we were in TV, and had heating on & cooked dinners.
$180 last month. We weren’t there. FF & aircon running all other appliances were unplugged. Temp set at 81… seems to me its cheaper to stay and use the house. Than go away….

The OP asked a simple question, there was no complaint. The only complainer I see on this thread is you!

I think it's smart of you to ask....ignore the rudeness of the guy commenting on your moving here. I have always felt the people who care about where their money goes, have money! The people that don't, generally don't have as much to think about! Ha!

I have a humidistat next to the thermostat set at 60 and refrigerator running. 1400 sq ft and bill is $45-49 a month while I am away for the hot summer months.

That’s not high. It’s been really hot.

We just got our bill and it is $142, we live here full time with an extra fridge in the garage.

The OP asked a simple question about electricity usage and you go off on a tangent about not moving here or being able to afford the lifestyle. Maybe you should refrain from using social media until you can provide constructive feedback that actually addresses the question instead of innuendos.

July Seco Bill

Designer stucco (1954sf) $3.86 per day 75-76 doors open and closed normally

Designer all 10’ ceilings (2777sf) $5.16 per day run time 240 hours of air.
72 degrees 7p to 7a
76 7a to 2p
74 2p to 7p

Sadly more than want to admit sliders to lanai left open for periods of time, and in and out into hot garbage maybe 29 times a day not fully closing door for minutes at a time.

We could be better by closed doors to outside

Hot Water Heater uses a lot too! $101. seems about right. Not to get off the subject but just wait until the EV’s are in total demand, you think it high now, just wait. Also a lot of people are gun hole about the future!

I paid $280 last month and I set A/C at 77 or 76 most of the time.

In the dead of summer, the electric bill increases considerably even if the A/C is kept at 78 degrees. Nonetheless, over the last two years the electric bills has been incrementally getting higher each month.

Most new homes have a programmable thermostat. You may think it’s set for 80 ( during the day ) but it could be programmed to drop the internal temperature to 70 without your knowledge. This is just an example, not knowing if you can monitor your thermostat remotely or not. I would also check ALL windows to make sure someone hasn’t left one cracked open.

Mine was $92 and $97 for the last 2 months. Designer home set at 78 degrees

seco has raised their rates and discontinued the 10% discount

I haven't moved in yet and don't have internet yet, so no remote monitoring. I asked the realtor to set it at 80 -- I won't know for sure how the thermostat works until I get moved in.

Anyone know if SECO has Peak or Lower elec cost structure. We may be getting an EV and would like to know for charging. TIA

By 'data' do you mean the BTU of the A/C, and... what else? Is there an explanation of how to collect 'your data'?

AC Electric Cost
 

Mine was $129 AC set to 82 and running a refrigerator and Freezer with the WH turned off. The house is 2300 sf and the AC is 8 yrs old.

I'm mainly just trying to understand how much electricity the A/C uses when set for minimal use (set at steady 80F). I'm moving from S. California where kwh prices are 4X as high ($0.46/kwh) as Florida, yet my bill has never been over $100. My Calif. house has no A/C, so this A/C use is all new to me.

As mentioned, no other electricity is being used in the house right now. Not even ghost appliances. Everything -- tv's, coffee maker, power recliners, etc., have been unplugged. Hot water heater is tankless, but water is off. I haven't seen any other replies on this thread to compare other apples with my apples. It's CV, 1900 sq ft.