One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I just finished talking with Edison: they won't wait for Saturday so it looks like I'm going to be offline from 3-31 to 4-03.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

By the way, Edison says I'm using 833 kWh per month. Is that reasonable?

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

I used 595 kwh in February (including humidifier, condensate pump and furnace blower motors) for a 1700 sqft two story house built in 1881. --FLO--

[ramses (imported)]

What all are you running and how big is your house? Did you get a new meter on your house? There are tons of people complaining about very high electrc bills after getting new "smart" meters. My bill on a newer 2,300 sf house with two HVAC units never breaks $200 a month and I think I pay 9.5 cents per kilowatt. My furnace is natural gas so my electricity is cheapest in the winter but my gas bill goes up but still not much of a bill.

you may want to check your hot water heater. You can get a lot of sediments on the heating elements or in the bottom of your tank making it run a lot harder and electric hot water heaters pull a LOT of juice. It can draw 30 amps at 240v which would be 7,200 watts.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I have 1,200 square feet. It's an old house built around 1930.

[tugon (imported)]

We live in an apartment which is 1,050 square feet. Only the furnace and water heater are gas. We used only 298 KWH from 2/15 to 3/15 between tv's, computers, stereo and the appliances.

[Dave (imported)]

My house is about 1200 square feet and I use one of those countertop convection ovens to cook and have a water pump (like a well) for water. Natural gas heat and water heater). The biggest electric thing is the air conditioner (whole house, all electric).

Randomly sampled my bills over two years say: 1003, 742, 1022, 767, 1080, 1218, 690, 437, 698, 1301, 759, 660, 692, 862, 759... in no particular order and in KWH.

Like I said, the high months are summer air conditioning.

[gareth19 (imported)]

I have 1,200 square feet. It's an old house built around 1930.

Where I live, the house and some outbuildings were built around 1950; the barn where I live is connected to the main power lines and isn't separated; we have one large refrigerator, two smaller refrigerators, a water cooler, a separate freezer for food storage, electric stove and dishwasher, and some electric heaters in one of the outbuildings; the main house is heated by gas, we have two ponds, a hot tub, and a swimming pool, each with its own electric pump to circulate the water. That's four pumps running water (one of which pumps the water about twenty feet up to a waterfall. There is a lot of electric equipment that is used for various tasks and chores on a daily basis. The main house and living quarters in the outbuildings total about 3000 sqft. Last month's energy consumption was 1210 kWh at about $285. Unless you keep the house at 95 degrees 24/7 and use electric heaters in all rooms, have an electric stove, oven, a washer and drier going day in and day out, your electric consumption seems abnormal. Are there idiots in the house running electric space heaters 24/7?

Something just isn't right. If this is just an unusual spike in your typical energy use, then it was probably the work crews that used your power. If this is part of your current energy profile, contact services for the elderly and ask them to help you find out from Edison where that energy is going.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Edison showed up to switch me off. The meter is blocked by a locked gate. My neighbors told him I was downtown paying bills.

It buys me one more day but I expect that ruse won't work tomorrow.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Still here but not for long. I'll pay $530 to my electric company tomorrow but TimeWarner sent me a $500 bill too. I supposedly owe back payments. Sorta looks like I'll be offline till May. Oh well, that the life of a Wolf