[MrLonzo]

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Our electric bill last month was $283. That's with thermostat set at 78 during the day and 73 at night. We also have an extra freezer and a pool pump that runs 8 hours a day. The past month was very hot and your A/C use is directly proportional to the temperature. Don't be surprised if your next bill is even higher.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Your bill is not high.

[Keefelane66]

We’re out of state for the summer. 1400 sqft home poured concrete, humidistat installed set at 60% thermostat set a 80°, refrig running last bill Aug 5th $53.00.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

How many square feet?

But $100 for electricity doesn't seem that high - especially in the summer! I paid a lot more up north. A friend of mine lives in California and he pays about $700-$800 a month in the summer!

[JohnN]

1600 square feet. 77 degree setting. $100-$110 in "winter", $180ish in summer

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Our house sat empty for two years before we moved here permanently. Refrigerator on, AC set to 80, cooling set to 65 (or 68 maybe). Our bills ranged from $50 to $100 with the summer months being on the higher end. $101 doesn't seem unreasonably high given how warm it has been.

[Toymeister]

Our AC consumes exactly 2,927 watts when it is on, likewise our fridge uses 104 watts.

Our monthly AC cosumption is exactly 496,120 watts or 496.1 kWH. This for a 2230 sq ft concrete block home with 9' walls set to 77 degrees with R38 ceiling insulation. This includes over week of our vacation where it was set at 84.

By far AC is the largest consumer of juice, however there are a number of items that consume power all the time (ghost watts) averaging 100 to 200 watts 24/7 or 73.2 to 146.4 kWH monthly.

To quote dollars to operate an appliance is somewhat misleading depending upon your utility but you can be reasonably accurate at 11.2 cents per kWH. So my AC costs $55.56 this month not including customer charges, taxes and other fees. Keeping in mind it's over a dollar a day to simply have electric service with SECO in customer service fees.

Data based upon a whole house energy monitor collecting 100,000 points of data per second for six years or 18.9 trillion points of reference.

Any questions on energy consumption in TV, ask away.

TLDR: no your bill is not high.

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Your bill is not high.

Depends on size of your home and sun exposure.

[JSR22]

I received my bill today for $220. My house is 2070 sq ft, pool filter running 8 hours a day and the AC is set 74 degrees 24 by 7. Lanai 30 by13 has a split.

[Toymeister]

Originally Posted by JSR22

I received my bill today for $220. My house is 2070 sq ft, pool filter running 8 hours a day and the AC is set 74 degrees 24 by 7. Lanai 30 by13 has a split.

Pool consumes 277.55 kWH /month or $31.05. it is also a pig in the always on dept at 29 watts 24/7 and 971 when running in filter mode.

[MrFlorida]

Seems normal, it's been unseasonably hot this summer.

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

Our AC consumes exactly 2,927 watts when it is on, likewise our fridge uses 104 watts.

Our monthly AC consumption is exactly 496,120,000 watts or 496.1 kWH. This for a 2230 sq ft concrete block home with 9' walls set to 77 degrees.

By far AC is the largest consumer of juice, however there are a number of items that consume power all the time (ghost watts) averaging 100 to 200 watts 24/7 or 73.2 to 146.4 kWH monthly.

To quote dollars to operate an appliance is somewhat misleading depending upon your utility but you can be reasonably accurate at .112 cents per kWH. So my AC costs $55.56 this month not including customer charges, taxes and other fees.

Data based upon a whole house energy monitor collecting 100,000 points of data per second for six years or 18.9 trillion points of reference.

Any questions on energy consumption in TV, ask away.

TLDR: no your bill is not high.

A few questions.

Is the AC consuming 2927 watts per hour, per day?

Was the 496,120,000 watts for the month computed by your monitor?

About how many hours a day do you run the AC during the summer?

[JSR22]

Originally Posted by Toymeister

Pool consumes 277.55 kWH /month or $31.05. it is also a pig in the always on dept at 29 watts 24/7 and 971 when running in filter mode.

I am completely happy with my electric bills in FL. In NJ same size house without a pool were around $600 in the summer.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by MrLonzo

Haven't moved in yet, refrigerator is off, only electric I'm using in the house is A/C, thermostat set at 80. Just got a bill from SECO for $101 for 29 days. Seems high, but is it?

Our bill for the same period was $88. We weren’t there so A/C was set at 81 and hot water heater was off. However, the pool pump runs for 8 hours a day and the refrigerator was running. Our biggest electric bills are by far the months of January and February when our HVAC system is rarely used, but heating the pool costs a couple hundred a month, but we use it daily and it’s well worth it : )