[luckydriver]

Just called my electric company. They said i pay 10 cents now. Under time of day it would be 13.5 cents Mon-Fri from 9am to 9pm and 7 cents all other times. Free new meter and my customer charge goes from 8 to 11 bucks a month. If i decide I hate it, they just change the rate in the computer back to 10 cents and no penalties.

Also note in 2011 we lose rate caps and there are predictions of 30-50% hikes. I've begun a voluntary 7.5% interest rate savings account putting 10% more than my monthly bill in their account

So can you think of anything below here that i'm forgetting to take into account?

I"m alone so during the day there is no use but fridge, entertainment unit, and heat in winter (brand new low mass with indirect just installed dec 08). I do have a spa and would adjust filtering times to non peak. I would also do dishes off peak and washer and dryer are 100% done only on weekends. House has window AC units only turned on when I'm home.

I dug out my electric bills but am missing a lot unfortunately. But i got the spa in 2004 so here are some before and after readings. Basically pay out the butt to heat in winter and get the 'break' in summer. I have a lot more readings, just didnt want to overload the board. Note the 2009 rates are for 1 person but all other rates are for 2 with one being home disabled (ie high tv use)

1/03 506 kwh 32F daily 17kwh
1/06 1340 kwh 36F daily 42kwh
1/09 1289 kwh 31F daily 43kwh

3/03 525 kwh 28F daily 18kwh
3/06 1108 kwh 36F daily 38kwh
3/09 1028 kwh 36F daily 32kwh

5/03 464 kwh 57F daily 16kwh
5/06 805 kwh 58F daily 26kwh

7/03 790 kwh 73F daily 26kwh
7/06 999 kwh 74F daily 33kwh

11/02 438kwh 45F daily 14kwh
11/06 945kwh 48F daily 32kwh
11/07 998kwh 52F daily 32 kwh

Otherwise I have a killawatt and measured over the course of 2 hours that my entire entertainment center runs 200 watts when the tv is off and 400 when the crt is on (ie the 200 will be 'fixed').

Fridge was tested for 123 hours and was 165 watts and total yearly cost of $100

My PC setup was runs 239 watts when it's all turned on and then i let the meter run 409 hours to get an 'average' use of $72 a year. I turn it off when not in use but it does run most all days on weekends, something i can cut out myself.

I just cant think of any other 'big' energy hogs other than what I've posted here. Can you thing of examples i may have missed and give your opinion if time of day seems right for me?



PS if anyone wants to go further into detail and solve this issue it would be appreciated.

with 2 people and one home all day:

I measured the tv alone for 2 hours and it said 200 watts while on, .46 a day, 3.26 a week, 14/mo and $170 a year to run. I guess this assumes the tv on 24/7?

Then running everything on my entertainment system thru the UPS i ran 216 hours and got 400 watts while tv turned on (200 while off) and costs of .73 day, 5.17 week, 22.16 month, 269 a year.

Can i assume the $170 for the tv was biased because i only ran it 2 hours alone vs 216 hours of 'total entertainment center' usage. So that the 269 a year would be a more reliable number? (keep in mind now that 2nd person is not here, i'm cutting down on at least 8-9 hours of tv a day)