WWOTD: Neighbor installed AC unit at front of house

[Chuck Finley]

My last bill was $165 for 533 kwh. Tier 1 is $0.28/kwh for 365 kwh. Tier 2 is $0.36/kwh. Imagine how bad it would be with AC.

Brb gonna see how many I used last month

 

[amalgamas]

My last bill was $165 for 533 kwh. Tier 1 is $0.28/kwh for 365 kwh. Tier 2 is $0.36/kwh. Imagine how bad it would be with AC.

I have both on-grid and off-grid solar so this number isn't really accurate but it gives a general overview. Here's what my breakdown for a single month looked like, it doesn't take into account the majority of my office equipment which is on 24/7, my NAS server, or my networking equipment which accounts for something like another 15-25kWh per day, those are all on off-grid solar with an independent battery backup.



Check the Total produced number.

That is why my electric bill, minus the $50 of fees, was less than $40 last month and less than $100 total. I only got billed for the on-peak power.

My setup is small potatoes compared to some people, who have WAY more panels than I do and they will never see a bill above their fees because of how much they produce.

 

[Chuck Finley]

1747 kw/h monthly average

 

[mdaniel]

I was in Monterey recently and it was hot af inside despite being nice outside. Opened windows and shit, still sucked.

This is where the house fan comes in. We run it all night, then close the house up. It really helps us sleep and can keep it cooler inside a bit longer.

 

[Chuck Finley]

Budget billing with Duke Energy == they average your annual usage so you pay a flat monthly fee instead of a different amount month/month

 

[borazhasleftthebuilding]

I'm not saying I enjoy being in an 80 degree house, but I had no idea everyone on OT was such a pansy. 80 under a ceiling fan isn't terrible. I've lived without AC for nearly all my life so I guess I'm just used to it. Also, while it gets hot here, it's not an unrelenting heat like you get in the rest of the country.

i work outside in FLAME RETARDANT coveralls handling up to 200f explosive liquids and sometimes the trucks dont have ac that work worth a damn, but im being paid $$$

at home, ill spend a couple days pay so i and my dogs are in comfort

75f is too hot inside, 70 with a fan is ok, but lower is BETTER and worth the $$$

 

[amalgamas]

Budget billing with Duke Energy == they average your annual usage so you pay a flat monthly fee instead of a different amount month/month

APS does that too, but you really have to watch when you start it unless you've been with them for awhile. If you are new they're going to take your first three months and use that, so if you start in the summer you're going to be fucked till the next year.

 

[_dEf_]

Enjoy the white noise, homey

 

[01ACRViper]

1747 kw/h monthly average

fuck that's so cheap

 

[Ore]

Spending your life working your ass off to live in a house without ac madness

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

I know that feel. I can hear my garage unit kick on from my living room or when I’m right outside on the deck or in the pool. I didn’t think of this when I had it installed.

This is your fault @s34s0ns. This morning I walked out to my garage and was instantly hit by 100% humidity and 80F air. The power flickered a few times last night and my Nest must have died or gone crazy and my system won't kick on.

 

[whatever]

holy fuck, I just checked, state wide CA raised their electric rates 15.2% per kWh from 2021 to 2022.

I knew it was bad there but they are just shitting on their lower-middle and lower class citizens without even doing them the courtesy of calling it rain.

mine went down 3%

 

[s34s0ns]

for fucks sake. thats a 7 figure house with a SINGLE bedroom?

Welcome to the bay

 

[borazhasleftthebuilding]

Welcome to the bay

how do you heat your house?

 

[s34s0ns]

So you are one of the folks that have these $100 dollar electric bills in the dead of summer that I hear about. I am part of the "i'm glad it isn't $300 this month" crew in August.

Switched our fireplace to gas right before gas prices went insane here last year. Guess how often I’ve used it?

 

[Chuck Finley]

dude, you are this meme

 

[Mrfrosty]

90 inside how the fuck do people live like this

Fucking peasants!

 

[s34s0ns]

how do you heat your house?

2 shitty gas wall mounted heaters.

Used to be a furnace with a single floor grate center of the entry floor. Thing didn’t work and crawl space was too tight for a replacement (to code) or ducts.

So we just ran gas to opposite sides of the house and got these geriatric beige ass heaters installed.

 

[borazhasleftthebuilding]

2 shitty gas wall mounted heaters.

Used to be a furnace with a single floor grate center of the entry floor. Thing didn’t work and crawl space was too tight for a replacement (to code) or ducts.

So we just ran gas to opposite sides of the house and got these geriatric beige ass heaters installed.

mini split heat pumps are awesome for heat, can be cheaper than gas (depending on ambient temp and your gas price)

your ambient temp is awesome for heat pump

check this out, its science

70f is warm, right???

-1f has 85% of the same heat in it waiting to be captured by a heat pump

so all your ambient temps are gonna be higher, and just begging to be transferred into your house, and then in the summer, that same mini split gives you sweet ac

 

[jared_IRL]

Mini-Splits are amazing, and super easy to install. Just ask @Bugalu and @whatever - If I can do it, anyone can!

 

[Sir Vic Smasher]

How long until you open up the fire hydrants and start running through the water ?

 

[LancerV]

I'm not saying I enjoy being in an 80 degree house, but I had no idea everyone on OT was such a pansy. 80 under a ceiling fan isn't terrible. I've lived without AC for nearly all my life so I guess I'm just used to it. Also, while it gets hot here, it's not an unrelenting heat like you get in the rest of the country.

No its fucking terrible i literally ghetto rigged a swamp cooler

 

[LancerV]

1747 kw/h monthly average

That would be a $700 average bill In Germany

 

[amalgamas]

No its fucking terrible i literally ghetto rigged a swamp cooler

when you say that I'm imaging red neck AC

A tiny air conditioner for a tiny space.

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[LancerV]

Just opened all the windows at 11pm so I can cool the place off to 80f

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