Are you using energy saving bulbs, and do you notice a saving ?

[Bison]

I meant the ninety something bill.

This is going off topic, but hey, I own the thread and can hijack it if I like.

Isn't it feeling more and more like winter with the nights drawing in quicker ?

For the last few nights I've thought to myself that it must be only a few days until Christmas or something, as it feels so wintery having the curtains shut at 7:30PM!

"t was -8 c up here night before last

 

[Two-Stroke]

Stupid fluorecent bulbs don't last half as long as the the old indescent ones but cost 3 times as much here.
Power bill hovers between 140(summer) and 200+(winter) last couple years(contract)

Sooo,no saving for this boy or it must be cause of the power contract.

You may have a problem with power surges. CFBs should last about six or seven years. You mentioned in another thread that you live at the end of a one-mile dirt road, etc. That sounds a lot like my place in Cleburne County, Alabama. I've had power surge problems there that I never had at the house in Atlanta. One week, two CFBs burned out -- and they were fairly new.

You may want to look into this. If you have expensive electronics not hooked up through a surge protector, you may be putting stress on them which will shorten their life. You can get a protector for the whole house or protectors that you plug into the wall.

 

[KennyV]

There are fewer & fewer incandescent bulbs available and soon to be only specialty incandescent made... They are inefficient and short lived...
Any time you use Less amperage to do the same thing, your energy use Will go down... any time your usage goes down your billing will also go down... But the bill you get for that usage may not go down ... there are all kinds of add on charges, fees and taxes that the utility companies periodically get to add to the billing... If you do not seek ways to reduce your consumption, your bill will really grow ... :smile:KennyV

BTW what are you paying per kilowatt where you are located..?

 

[Two-Stroke]

There are fewer & fewer incandescent bulbs available and soon to be only specialty incandescent made... They are inefficient and short lived...
Any time you use Less amperage to do the same thing, your energy use Will go down... any time your usage goes down your billing will also go down... But the bill you get for that usage may not go down ... there are all kinds of add on charges, fees and taxes that the utility companies periodically get to add to the billing... If you do not seek ways to reduce your consumption, your bill will really grow ... :smile:KennyV

BTW what are you paying per kilowatt where you are located..?

I pay about $.07 per kilowatt/hour which means I can run a 10w CFB for about 12 hours for roughly a penny. :biggrin:

 

[KennyV]

In this part of Kansas we use electricity generated at a nuclear power plant... I remember when they were pitching the idea... power will be so cheap it will not be metered... Residential users will subscribe to electrical service at a fixed low mthly rate..... we are paying 10.4 cents per kW.... It could be worse... :smile:KennyV

 

[Bison]

In this part of Kansas we use electricity generated at a nuclear power plant... I remember when they were pitching the idea... power will be so cheap it will not be metered... Residential users will subscribe to electrical service at a fixed low mthly rate..... we are paying 10.4 cents per kW.... It could be worse... :smile:KennyV

people lie.......all of them

'cept me:laughing:

 

[jmurray01]

people lie.......all of them

'cept me:laughing:

Of course! Goes without saying :laughing: