2400 sq ft. Just two of us now, but I’m home in the day during the summer and we have frequent guests. In past years we had elderly mom and nursing care here so we had to keep it comfortable all day. We heat/cool upstairs only at night, downstairs only in the day and close vents in unused rooms. Our mid-90’s HVAC can’t get to 70°. We did get an electric pellet grill last year and we’ve been using it a lot to keep from heating the house. I wonder how much that adds.
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SOMETHINGSWRONG@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months agoThey just make a lot of money or lived outside their means. When people mention big AC bills, they’re cooling 2000sqft homes to under 70F 24/7.
I get by just fine with 78F during the day and a little lower at night, it even gets a bit cold when the compressor runs. Low low bills.
Today@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 11 months ago
We did get an electric pellet grill last year and we’ve been using it a lot to keep from heating the house. I wonder how much that adds.
A rule of thumb I heard from datacenters is to count every watt of power consumption as 3 to account for the additional demand on the cooling systems and battery backup, so an electric grill probably saves a ton of energy over the oven given it isn’t heating up the house
Confused_Emus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What’s your dew temp?
doughless@lemmy.world 11 months ago
My average bill is $350, with summer months reaching ~$650. But, I have 3100 sq feet with 7 people at home and 2 EVs. Including monthly service fees, my per kWh cost works out to 11.9 cents.
Today@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Who’s your provider? My plan is about to expire. I’m looking at Octopus for 13.4 cents.
doughless@lemmy.world 11 months ago
SRP, but they only operate in Phoenix, AZ.