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My wife and I live in the same condo I used to live in as a bachelor. My frugal single self saw the electric bill for heating and AC around $50/month. I would o
by decafninja 5y ago
My wife and I live in the same condo I used to live in as a bachelor. My frugal single self saw the electric bill for heating and AC around $50/month. I would only use the heating or AC for an hour or two when I got back from work, which would be enough to heat or cool the apartment until morning.
After we got married and my wife moved in, we use the heat a lot, lot more since she can't stand the cold (she's fine without the AC - even more so than me). The electric bill during the peak winter months easily balloons to $300-400 now.
- Tronno 5y ago$300-400 could be the electric bill for a large house (in winter). If this is what you're spending to heat a small apartment, something may be wrong with your building.
- XorNot 5y agoIs your AC reverse cycle? If it's not, then most of that bill is likely to be heating. That bill seems very high - through winter with my reverse cycle ACs I spend less then that to more or less constantly heat my entire house.
- pandaman 5y agoCould be in California: electricity at $0.30 [1], electric resistance heater, house without insulation or even seals in the windows/doors. When I lived in LA I had a gas furnace/gas water heater and spent about $50/month more on gas in winter. I've looked up historic data and it appears gas was about 30-35 cents per therm at that time so I used additional 140 therms per month or (adjusting for the 80% gas heat efficiency) 3300 KWh. If I had a resistance heater and paid $0.30 per KWh it would be about $1000. 1. https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/Standard-Residential-Rate-Plan https://www.sce.com/residential/rates/Standard-Residential-R...
- mixmastamyk 5y agoLooks like this article is just what you need. The electric jackets and blankets are available as well.