Electric Bill Questions ??

[marinemarty]

Hi All, I was wondering what some people pay on electric bills. I want to know if mine is considered high. I run my VHO 11 hours and MH 8 hours. I live in a 1 bedroom Apt. in NY with 2 A/C's. 13,000 in the living room and an 8,000 in the bedroom. I almost run the Living A/C 24/7 My bill is $235 a month. How do i compare to the rest of you folks??? Thanks
Martin

 

[reefnut]

$235.00 I though mine was bad. In the mid of winter my highest bill is around 150. In the summer it's more like 100... No AC here, I run a couple swamp coolers but that's about it.

 

[michaeltx]

my bill went down ( dont ask me I dont know LOL
I have a trailer sitting in the west Texas sun (no shade tress or anything) with central heating and air all electric and I have 5 tanks
1 100 galon reef with 2-250 watt MH and 220 watts of PC sump pumps all that good stuff.
1 50 gallon FOWLR tank with sump pumps and all that good stuff
1 45 gallon hex goldfish with chiller to keep the temp down for the them.
1 30 gallon FW and all the goodies
1 15 gallon guppy tank and goodies.
my last bil was 150$ and I leave the air on 70 degrees.
MIke

 

[birdy]

Well I live in a 2500sqft house with the A/C at 76(Central Air), I run 1 250watt MH with 72watts of PC, and all the misc equipment used to run my tank and supplies, my electric bill is around 184.24 a month. My A/C is brand new so is pretty efficient. I get on the average payment plan though so it is more like $128.00 a month.

 

[tarashane]

Wow- I thought mine was high! We live in Las Vegas. it's about 110 degrees right now. We live in a 1 bedroom apartment (711 SF) & pay $150 a month. Running A/C @ 70 Degrees 24/7.

 

[beaslbob]

Originally posted by ReefNut
$235.00 I though mine was bad. In the mid of winter my highest bill is around 150. In the summer it's more like 100... No AC here, I run a couple swamp coolers but that's about it.
Reef: you are extremely lucky. While in New Mexico, we ran swamp coolers and had bills in you range. here in alabama with the humidity about the same as the temp we run heat pumps. Bills have been up to $250/month. 2500 sq foot house.

 

[buzz]

Let's see...my last bill was around $380. Gotta love Southern CA. Some of the highest rates around.

 

[sebae0]

i have a 180 with 2 250w and 1 175w halide, a 135 with 440 vho that i don't run very often, a 120 gal pirahna tank and 2 50 gal freshwater.
i have a 1800 sq ft house and central air, if i watch everything closely i can keep my bills below 200.00. forgot to mention i have a 24' foot round pool also.
when i don't pay attention my bills get close to 300.00!

 

[leigh]

I heat/cool my house to keep it between 70 and 76. Winter ~$150, summer ~$80 (2 bedroom house with full basement)

 

[buzz]

Geez I am really hating where I live now....

 

[leigh]

Originally posted by Buzz
Geez I am really hating where I live now....
Looking for sympathy while living in So Cal is a loosing battle. I send you a picture of snow in a couple months if that'll make you feel better

 

[buzz]

Actually it would! I love the snow! Grew up in NY. What possessed me to move to CA? I have no idea....

 

[leigh]

He he...well, keep pushing your luck buster and you may get a long distance snowball instead!

 

[coloradodeb]

Ummmmmm no joke, our electric bill runs us between 2500.00 and 3000.00 a month.....but thats cause we have a farm and this is what it costs us to irrigate crops.....Lucky....cause I will never know how much it costs to run my tanks......(nor will hubby))

 

[stillfrodo]

3 bedroom ranch in Long Island NY I pay 196 a month thats with 2 tanks fresh and salt a humidifier going 24/7 and A/C. Sure it will be higher this month as been muggy and been running A/C 24/7.Thinking about getting a hamster and a wheel start producing my own electric. LOL

 

[escape2thewater]

Im in southwest Florida, days avg in the mid 90's lately. 1600 SF house w/ central air. (brand new house ) 75gal FW & 120gal SW.
(just started SW so not sure how it will affect my bill) I pay about $110/ month.
Kyle

 

[wamp]

my house in the summer is 90$ a month.. No clue about the winter since we only moved in 3 months ago...

 

[daniel411]

I just gave up a 1 bedroom, 1075 sf apt. with central air and my old 90g. I don't think I "EVER" had a electric bill more than 50 dollars! However I was hardly ever home.
About to get a 1200 sf townhouse condo, and have metal halides on my aquariums now, and about to get a 450g acrylic.... now I"m scared what its going to take to light, skim, and pump that tank along with my others and everything else in the place! Oh well, can't get by on candle light!

 

[saltwatervirgin]

I have a 75 gallon with 440W VHO, skimmer, 2 powerheads, 2 cooling fans, and w/d filter. I live in southern Louisiana where the temperature during the day is about 93 degrees (heat index 100+). My A/C is on 24/7 set at about 72 degrees. Last month's bill was $160 which is normal. I haven't seen much of a change in my electric bill since I setup my tank.

 

[nacl-man]

I run AC at 76 have two computers on pretty much 24/7 and my tank w/ 96watt PC. In a two bedroom condo our bills are roughly around $109.00 a month... although they did go down this month for some unknown reason.... maybe BGE was giving us an early christmas present