Post your monthly power consumption (KWH)

[jip911]

Just curious how many kilowatt hours you burn through on a given month...

I work out of town and rent an acreage with another guy and we are burning on average over 2000 KWH per month! I read online that an average convenience store burns 2200 KWH...

The power company just installed a second meter on the line to confirm if the first one is operating correctly, but they say its pretty rare that the meter is screwed and if it is working correctly its going to cost me another 150 bux for their time...

We are out of the house for almost 14 hrs of the day, maybe do 4 loads of laundry a month for bedding and towels and do the rest at our own houses, no electric heat, there are 2 fridges and a mid size freezer (2 of the 3 are brand new) every bulb in this place is an energy saver type... I just don't get it..

There is a well pump and a pretty high tech water softener system on the house, and central air conditioning but it is on a programmable thermostat and does not run during the day and only runs in the evenings set @ 21...

I just cant figure out how we could be chewing through that kind of power...

The power company also informed me that in a week if the meters read within 3% they have no further obligation to investigate this matter further... Will a clamp on amp meter tell me anything or is there any way I can trace what is burning all the juice?

Thanks
J

[Deer Hunter]

550 kWh in a city house with A/C. Are you/roommate growing drugs in the basement? jk

[Homesteader]

Originally Posted by Deer Hunter

550 kWh in a city house with A/C. Are you/roommate growing drugs in the basement? jk

Yep just got my enmax bill today, 1700sq ft two storey, with central air, temp set at 71. 565 kWh, actual, not estimate.

[kronk]

Originally Posted by jip911

Just curious how many kilowatt hours you burn through on a given month...

I work out of town and rent an acreage with another guy and we are burning on average over 2000 KWH per month! I read online that an average convenience store burns 2200 KWH...

The power company just installed a second meter on the line to confirm if the first one is operating correctly, but they say its pretty rare that the meter is screwed and if it is working correctly its going to cost me another 150 bux for their time...

We are out of the house for almost 14 hrs of the day, maybe do 4 loads of laundry a month for bedding and towels and do the rest at our own houses, no electric heat, there are 2 fridges and a mid size freezer (2 of the 3 are brand new) every bulb in this place is an energy saver type... I just don't get it..

There is a well pump and a pretty high tech water softener system on the house, and central air conditioning but it is on a programmable thermostat and does not run during the day and only runs in the evenings set @ 21...

I just cant figure out how we could be chewing through that kind of power...

The power company also informed me that in a week if the meters read within 3% they have no further obligation to investigate this matter further... Will a clamp on amp meter tell me anything or is there any way I can trace what is burning all the juice?

Thanks
J

We had a bill for 3800 at our house, they changed our meter, and wound up paying us back for 1500kwh

[DAVENYK66]

hi,
If you could temporarily shut off everything except for one outlet ,record your KWHrs then run a 1000 watt space heater for one hour , then check the meter's reading again , that will tell you if you are accurate, of course you could just do it for 15 minutes then multiply by 4.
just a thought.
and someone beat me to the dope growing comment.

also to trace what is sucking the power shut off all breakers and have some one watch the meter as you flip each one on one by one

[pseelk]

WE used 772 KWH last month and our tv and computer is on about 15hrs a day.That was also with some ac use.

[just_dave]

I'm at most 1000kwh in Dec.

I'm usually around the 900kwh or less range even with central A/C, big screen plasmas, two refrigerators, fair amount of laundry, laptop on all day and everything else.

[FishingMOM]

I average 450-600kwh

[Wild&Free]

Originally Posted by FishingMOM

I average 450-600kwh

525ish here too. No AC.

[DarkAisling]

Our lowest month in the last year was around 900kwh. Our highest month was around 1550 kwh.

I have three reptile enclosures, running between 50 and 250 watts of power an hour for twelve hours a day. I have an aquarium that is using as much as 800 watts an hour on and off (the heaters turn on and off as required). My three AeroGardens use a total of 234 watts an hour over the course of (I think) 16 hours a day.

We have three desktop computer systems that run 24/7, in addition to three notebook computers. We have two Wii systems, two PlayStations systems, and an Xbox that are constantly on. We have a huge assortment of other electronic devices (including an arcade machine), and I'm sure there must be a couple dozen chargers plugged into walls. We have a big halogen flood lamp in the back yard that is on almost all night (the motion sensor is very sensitive).

I do at least one load laundry almost every day of the week (I'm on my sixth load so far today), and our laundry equipment is old. Our fridge is old. We leave the stove light on all night.

We are energy pigs.

[mulie4x4]

My last bill was 509kwh. We have the air conditioner set at 23 and have 3 laptops 4 tvs 2 refrigerators and I would say an average of 5 loads of laundry per week.