MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: What do you pay for electricy/utilities?

All in one that is sorta cool I guess.

But mine is 50-250 for electric depending on the time of year and the crummy AC I have.

For gas it is 10-250 depending on how much I run the heat.

For water it is about 30-50.

On average all three together is about 300.

Just depends on the time of year.

If you want to reduce it figure out what is sucking the juice. Big ones are the fridge (runs 24/7). TV runs 4-6hours a day. Computer? AC/Heatpump. Any wall warts? I trimmed off about 5-10 bucks by going thru my house and unplugging all wall warts that are not used. Also plug things into wall switches that have on off switches. Not using it but do not want to plug it in all the time put a nice switch on it.

Also got myself a decent LCD-LED tv (saved for 2 years to get it). uses about 75-110w in full power. Has an aggressive auto off and very low .5-2w standby. That alone trimmed off about 15-20 bucks off the power bill. Many of them out there use 200-300W and the stand by is 15-30+.

Also got a decent washer as those are going many times of the week. Saved in water and power and cleans better than the old one. I do not go down in quality just to save power. Also the new washer wrings most of the water out pretty good. I also got a dryer that has a humidity sensor it in so it knows when it is done.

Next up will be a larger refrigerator. Will make sure it is at least 20% bigger and uses 20% less power. As when I bought this one it was a pure cost play. Now I just need more room...

Also set my computers to hibernate or standby fairly aggressively. Not using them.... hibernate. They come up quick when I need them. If you want decently quick standby is good. Monitors are set to turn off.

But for this time of year 220 for all of them put together is not out of line. They should have a breakdown on the bill what was being used by what. If 90% of is electricity something is out of whack.