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Posted by Mark on January 24, 2009, 9:11 pm
Does, or did, your power company estimate your usage? Mine does
occasionally and it always seems they guess high, which of course is in
their favor, they get to use my money for a month.
Also, as many have stated, extra lights due to short days, Christmas lights,
furnace fan running due to the cold winter, all add up. Also check that no
lights have been left on in areas you don't visit often. Extra closet or
attic, or crawlspace?
>I am just curious for opinions. Looking at my electric bill, it has a
> peak in the summer months (presumably because of A/C), but an even
> bigger peak in the winter and that's with gas heat. Any idea why that
> would be? It's about 200kWh higher in January than it was in August,
> which baffles me. I can't think of anything I'm doing now that I
> wasn't doing a year ago, but it's about 100kWh higher than January
> 2008. Thanks!
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Posted by George on January 25, 2009, 12:07 am
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:22:08 -0800 (PST), mattmeitzner@gmail.com wrote:
>I am just curious for opinions. Looking at my electric bill, it has a
>peak in the summer months (presumably because of A/C), but an even
>bigger peak in the winter and that's with gas heat. Any idea why that
>would be? It's about 200kWh higher in January than it was in August,
>which baffles me. I can't think of anything I'm doing now that I
>wasn't doing a year ago, but it's about 100kWh higher than January
>2008. Thanks!
This site, http://www.wunderground.com/, will let you calc degree-days
for any time period. You'll likely find that this year was quite a bit
colder. At least hear (central NYS), I think it's also been windier. As
others have said, more blower time. Our December electric use was up
20%+ over previous year.
Other things: extra lighting, maybe people having more lights on, people
home more often.
G
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Posted by Perry Aynum on January 25, 2009, 3:21 pm
>I am just curious for opinions. Looking at my electric bill, it has a
> peak in the summer months (presumably because of A/C), but an even
> bigger peak in the winter and that's with gas heat. Any idea why that
> would be? It's about 200kWh higher in January than it was in August,
> which baffles me. I can't think of anything I'm doing now that I
> wasn't doing a year ago, but it's about 100kWh higher than January
> 2008. Thanks!
Did you put in one of those allergen-reducing filters in your furnace? They
can make you blower motor draw more current trying to run. Are you furnace
filters clean?
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Posted by on January 25, 2009, 5:48 pm
you may have a hole in a electric wire and piss amps are escapeing....
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Posted by Steve.IA on January 26, 2009, 6:11 am
mattmeitzner@gmail.com wrote in news:13ca8988-7cd9-4395-ac80-b29a55401362
@e22g2000vbe.googlegroups.com:
> I am just curious for opinions. Looking at my electric bill, it has a
> peak in the summer months (presumably because of A/C), but an even
> bigger peak in the winter and that's with gas heat. Any idea why that
> would be? It's about 200kWh higher in January than it was in August,
> which baffles me. I can't think of anything I'm doing now that I
> wasn't doing a year ago, but it's about 100kWh higher than January
> 2008. Thanks!
>
Call your electric co. and check your history for last january (billing
for DEC.) compared to this. See if it's really unusual, or if you've
just noticed.
How many holiday lights do you run and for how long?
Personally, I keep a spreadsheet on my usage and know when something goes
awry as it did last year for about 3 weeks in nov.and dec. My daily for
that time period jumped 2x to 3x over normal. The elec co. (REC) had
records of comsuption collected ever 27 hours which indicated usage.
(We finally traced the leakage to a faulty disconnect switch for a well)
Seriously, the power company doesn't want to see you wasting power, call
em soon.
Good luck.
Steve
Southiowa
--
"When it all comes down,
I hope it doesn't land on you."
- Hoyt Axton
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> peak in the summer months (presumably because of A/C), but an even
> bigger peak in the winter and that's with gas heat. Any idea why that
> would be? It's about 200kWh higher in January than it was in August,
> which baffles me. I can't think of anything I'm doing now that I
> wasn't doing a year ago, but it's about 100kWh higher than January
> 2008. Thanks!