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OfflineDesmond
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Post your outrageous summer utility bills
    #23470649 - 07/23/16 09:13 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

It's hot!! AC's are running and that shit get's expensive. Been able to keep it under $100 US but I think it's going to go over; for this month. I am pretty frugal and have managed to cut utility costs while living "relatively" comfortable. Get ceiling fans.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: Desmond]
    #23470662 - 07/23/16 09:22 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

If your using ac,keep blinds closed,keep temp at 65 constantly,easier to maintain the cooler temp than blasting it when u get home,lived in tucson for a summer,saw 117 at bank digital sign


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: 5150]
    #23470695 - 07/23/16 09:32 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

So it's easier to run the AC throughout the day than waiting until night; to turn it on? I thought I'd be saving money by only running the AC at night.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: Desmond]
    #23470709 - 07/23/16 09:35 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

You will.

the constant temp thing is really only better if there's people in your house all day.

if it's empty while you work and you only need it cool at night that is definitely better.

for all day cooling, it is better to keep it at a constant than to wait for it to heat up each time you throw on the air.


I should also add, i have no idea what i'm talking about.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: Apostle]
    #23470737 - 07/23/16 09:46 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Nah cost more to cool off the room that's been hot all day,cheaper to just set it and forget it,but wait there's more!
Also cheaper to run your fridge if u keep it stocked with gallon jugs of water,cases of beer and soda,retains cold better than sparsley populated fridge


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: 5150]
    #23470741 - 07/23/16 09:49 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Bullshit. AC is on or off. That's how it works.
My bill for my house and lab is $750 this month. Way too high.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: azur]
    #23470789 - 07/23/16 10:09 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I used 42,000 gallons watering my lawn last month, a new record for me, even got a call from the city asking if they needed to recalibrate my water meter, I like to keep my lawn lush and green like a fucking golf course. :crazy2:

Water is cheap here though, only added 40$ to my bill


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: hostileuniverse]
    #23470794 - 07/23/16 10:11 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Water is more valuable than money. Waste not, want not. Fuck your yard.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: hostileuniverse]
    #23470797 - 07/23/16 10:12 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I get fucked on hydro. Straight fucked, hella dicked. Winter is pure pain radiating from my asshole. True butthurt comes from within, and your hudro bill. $260 for that bullfuck? Suck my cumbag faggots, god damn. Why is that, huh? God damn 'Mericans jewing up my fucking nucular energies. Fuck you.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: azur]
    #23470801 - 07/23/16 10:13 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Nah u can set it at 65 and it will come on and off and maintain 65 ,no need to come home to a 90 degree room then blast ac to get in down


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: 5150]
    #23470809 - 07/23/16 10:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

If i set mine at 65 in my old shittily insulated house, it will run constantly
I set mine at 78 and leave it. And it still barely takes a break.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: azur]
    #23470832 - 07/23/16 10:21 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

I have my thermostat set at 71, plenty cool enough, I hate the cold but the wife would have it at 60 if I let her, lol


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: azur]
    #23470838 - 07/23/16 10:23 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Yah, I lived in a small apt,tucson is the land of small apts,rates were reasonable,some places had swamp coolers


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: hostileuniverse]
    #23470840 - 07/23/16 10:23 PM (7 years, 6 months ago)

If my house was better insulated, I'd turn mine to 70-72. But it's not. So 78 it is.


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills *DELETED* [Re: 5150]
    #23471246 - 07/24/16 02:25 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: BlackWidow]
    #23471253 - 07/24/16 02:34 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Pretty sure I broke $200 a few times on electric bills.

I've spent a lot of time in TX and it gets hot as fuck as you all know...and I like to keep it like a meat locker up in here.

The place I stay at now though, coldest it gets is 73 or 74 when it's at peak heat outside (like yesterday when it was fucking 101, smh).

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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: BlackWidow]
    #23471256 - 07/24/16 02:36 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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5150 said:
Nah cost more to cool off the room that's been hot all day,cheaper to just set it and forget it,but wait there's more!
Also cheaper to run your fridge if u keep it stocked with gallon jugs of water,cases of beer and soda,retains cold better than sparsley populated fridge



Electricity prices are different depending on the time. During peak hour, electricity is usually 2x the price depending on the utility provider.




Which is fucking bullshit. That shit just seems shady as fuck. It should be illegal to do that...how you gonna double the rate at the peak time?

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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: hostileuniverse] * 1
    #23471475 - 07/24/16 06:35 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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I used 42,000 gallons watering my lawn last month, a new record for me, even got a call from the city asking if they needed to recalibrate my water meter, I like to keep my lawn lush and green like a fucking golf course. :crazy2:

Water is cheap here though, only added 40$ to my bill



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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: azur]
    #23471480 - 07/24/16 06:39 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

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azur said:
Bullshit. AC is on or off. That's how it works.
My bill for my house and lab is $750 this month. Way too high.



The logic is that if you turn it off during the day and come home you are going to have it running full tilt for a while to displace all the hot air vs just leaving it set at a reasoable temp and having it cycle on and off intermitently to maintain the temp.

No idea if it is true that leaving it on uses less but it makes sense. Plus there is the whole higher electricity during peak use hours thing which is when most people get off work.


Edited by luvdemboomers (07/24/16 06:40 AM)


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Re: Post your outrageous summer utility bills [Re: Niffla]
    #23471487 - 07/24/16 06:44 AM (7 years, 6 months ago)

Not 100% sure but I believe that's becuase they are trying to get people to use use less at peak times, the more electricity needed, the more needs to be produced, emitting more pollution and greenhouse gases, the renewable grid is not nearly enough to meet demand during these times, forcing producers to fire up those "dirty coal plants" :lol:


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