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Thread: Electricity usage??
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29th December 2005, 06:11 PM #16
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14.82c per Kwh
$46 supply cost per 1/4.
Al
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29th December 2005, 06:14 PM #17
Originally Posted by Iain
(I think the Tooradin Caravan Park uses them)
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29th December 2005, 07:47 PM #18
No idea. The missus pays the bill.
Anyway, does it matter?
Whatever it costs to be cool/warm and run your tools and appliances is what it costs, innit?
Are you planning on economising?
The cost of electricity and the cost of water, they both seem cheap to me.
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29th December 2005, 07:58 PM #19
2 people....all electric, including reverse cycle aircon, and shed tools......average $230.00/1/4 less $28.00 pensioner discount.
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29th December 2005, 08:29 PM #20
Originally Posted by Termite
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29th December 2005, 08:40 PM #21
My average is $180.00 a quarter except last quarter it jumped to $295 without any explanation. This is for two people.
Have solar hot water in the summer and slow combustion stove for cooking and water heating in the winter with back up electricity.
Wood heating in the winter with occasional2400 watt electric heater.
Rural Rates first 950 units @ 17.03 cents a unit
balance of units @ 18.45 cents a unit
Service availability charge @ 44.78 cents per day all including GST
So Macca at 12.67 cents a unit you are doing well.
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29th December 2005, 08:41 PM #22
$460-$500 per quarter, family of four, *all mod cons, *large residence, pool pumps, *air/con, *electric everything, often & well used "workshop"
* denotes, these will change in the new year
Thanks Major for making me feel better, for years we have been seen as electrical extravagants' by all around us.Bruce C.
catchy catchphrase needed here, apply in writing to the above .
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29th December 2005, 08:46 PM #23
Energy cost.
In Tassie my winter account was 435 bucks for the quarter. Two of us. 2 x 2.4kwh panel heaters. All electric home. Plus my shed but i have no big machines as yet. Summer is usually around 150 bucks. The difference would be the cost of firewood if we were so irresponsible as to burn wood.:mad: So I figure the power cost is pretty reasonable.
If you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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29th December 2005, 09:48 PM #24
around the $850 to $900 dollar mark in winter:eek: for the 3 months and just got my power bill yesterday for the last three months which was $389
family of seven, three phase air con unit used for heating in winter, which gets used a lot more in winter than in summer, plus a shed full of power tools
hope that makes you all feel better.
Cheers IanSome People are like slinky's,
They serve no purpose at all,
but they put a smile on your face when you throw them down the stairs.
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29th December 2005, 11:38 PM #25
We have electric hot water (off peak) and electric everything else including a bore pump to draw water from 30+M and a booster pump to run it to the taps. A couple of 3 phase machines and a shed full of machines, tools and about 600W of lights which run for about 2 days full time per week. Usual power bill is about $145 per 1/4 but last one jumped to $360+ :eek: However ther's been an increase in the tarriffs, SWMBO has been crook and in the bedroom with the AC on pretty much full time and the increase also coincides with the installation and usage of the two 3 phase machines (panel saw-6kw and edgebander 5kw).
Like Craig says, there's not much you can really do about it anyway. I've got a 2ndhand solar HWS I'll get around to fitting one of these days but it won't make much difference as we on;y pay about $35 per 1/4 for hot water. If anything I'd like to minimise our usage to lessen our environmental impact.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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30th December 2005, 08:52 AM #26
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Originally Posted by journeyman Mick
Originally Posted by journeyman Mick
You can also get solar bore pumps Mick
It still looks like $100 per person per 1/4
Al
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30th December 2005, 09:00 AM #27
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30th December 2005, 09:01 AM #28
No pool, no air con, no heating (house is designed properly and insulated
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Squllions of lights, all on dimmers.
Electric off peak HW.
Two people mostly, up to 14 on a big weekend.
Machinery never used, but nice to know that it's there.
Average $220 per quarter.
I reckon if we got really tight about turning off lights we could save a third without even noticing the difference.
Cheers,
P
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30th December 2005, 09:02 AM #29
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Here is a good book to get hold of if you are at all concerned about you enviroument impact to the planet.
Its put out by the Federal gov, I got a copy of it 2 years ago at a trade show.
But the entire volume is available here.
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/
OK, so Im a closet greenie.
Al
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30th December 2005, 09:43 AM #30
Mines about $120-150!(2 people)
Gas water/cooking/heating... what confuses me is my bill only went up about 10 bucks when I started using all my machinery!(up to 6hp Tsaw & dusty together)....................................................................
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