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