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Mon, Aug 11th, 2014, 10:15 AM #1
Ever since i purchased my house I have been getting power bills for 160+ per month. With the target LED deal of 1 dollar per bulb which I was able to get 6 and the replacement of my old water pressure tank which i PM kent a few months ago at homedepot and saved almost 80 bucks. I am now happy to announce my power bill is down to only 90 dollars a month. Thats a large savings and the new tank and light bulbs have already paid for themselves.
Not bad for a country home with electric hot water and a well.
I guess this goes to show that keeping up with house repairs saves money. Next adventure will be to get a heat pump to save on oil.
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Mon, Aug 11th, 2014, 11:09 AM #2
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Good Job!
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Mon, Aug 11th, 2014, 03:47 PM #3
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Nice!!! I noticed that the pump for the well water sure makes a huge difference in the use of hydro. Our old place was on city water that was included with our rent and our hydro bills were always atleast $20-$40 cheaper a month. Although I have never had to pay a water bill I would assume for two adults that we're actually getting the better end of the deal but that might help explain why still your hydro rates are higher.
I'd love to hang dry my laundry which would bring down my hydro even more but we have a serious mosquito problem here 24 hours a day so it would be impossible to do this without getting 40+ bites per load for taking out and taking in.
But congrats again on the savings as at this time of year our hydro bill is around the same as yours but we live in a 700 sqft home with a electric hot water heater as well.Insert Clever Signature Here
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Mon, Aug 11th, 2014, 06:01 PM #4
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Great brag. Love the savings.
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Mon, Aug 11th, 2014, 10:32 PM #5
Wow!! Impressive savings.
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Mon, Aug 11th, 2014, 11:56 PM #6
Congrats on your savings!
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 08:45 AM #7
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Awesome!!! Enjoy your savings
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 09:10 AM #8
Great savings!
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 09:56 AM #9
I live in PEI. we have one of if not the highest electricity rates in Canada. I think I could get it down more if I put stuff out on the line to dry to but where i live its nothing buts bugs everywhere. The tank and lights really did make an impact. I now hope that I can keep my oil bill a little lower then 3500 this year which only does heat in 960 Sqft house. I know thats a lot the boiler is only now 3 years old but the guys that installed it did it wrong and I didn't realize till winter was almost over this year. From what I can tell I should be able to heat the house for about 1500 this winter. Then next year I am getting a heat pump.
Does anyone have a heat pump? What model do you have and how many BTU's and what does it cost to run.
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 10:19 AM #10
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Maybe we can start a list of ideas on how to reduce your electricity bill?
One thing you have to watch is "ghost" usage of hydro. That means your devices that use electricity even when you're not using them , like your computer and your tv. It's best to have these things on a power bar, and turn the power bar off at night.Check out my new life blog.
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I will be posting on it once a week. Hopefully it will provide you with a hint or two that you can translate to your own life, to make it better. Mine keeps getting better every day!
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 11:17 AM #11
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"Maybe we can start a list of ideas on how to reduce our electricity bill?"
That is an awesome idea. Anything to save money and specialy on Hydro. Thank you for sharing Hirev as this a great subject........................................... .Last edited by ticul; Thu, Aug 14th, 2014 at 10:58 AM.
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 11:24 AM #12
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 11:32 AM #13
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Check out my new life blog.
https://plus.google.com/114910790929192660665/posts
I will be posting on it once a week. Hopefully it will provide you with a hint or two that you can translate to your own life, to make it better. Mine keeps getting better every day!
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 12:42 PM #14
great job on cutting it in half. even in the summer our power bill is really high.
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Tue, Aug 12th, 2014, 04:03 PM #15
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