Electrical Bill

[mich2599]

Is your furnace electric? water heater electric? Everything in our home is electric we don’t even have gas. During winter if it gets really cold bill may come in at 400 or so bucks. Just for a few months before it goes back down. Are there any other charges? like storm recovery?

 

[Coralreefer1]

Doesn’t sound right as that is not much electricity for what you added. I could see if you added a chiller or metal halide lights! ???

 

[Brett newell]

Hobby gets out of control quick with electric. The wife hates seeing the bill. But I have 6 tanks running, and adding a 7th soon.

 

[lbacha]

My bill was high this month as well, darn those Christmas lights

 

[fish farmer]

My whole house is around $150 a month and I have an electric water heater and clothes dryer. We run a small space heater(1500 watts) in the bedroom now in the evenings. That usually adds $30 to our bill.

 

[lapin]

My guess is meter reading like said before. Many times my meter was estimated then they actually came out and got a read. Ouch. But then I was in Calif and I dont know how I could have afforded a tank.

 

[Pntbll687]

Check for something else, that sounds like a huge spike.

What size is the tank?

 

[Saveafish]

I agree, something's else is pulling wattage.

I'm thinking maybe hot water leak? Or some heating element in the hot water heater. Or the sticker shock of winter heating.

 

[4FordFamily]

Yeah $150 for what you’ve added is a lot. My electrical bill is another $100 or $125 with the addition of a 500 gallon wall tank...

My 400G hot tub was $75-80/mo

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

Do you use budget billing? If so they usually take an average over 3-6 months and divide it equally.

 

[Ciglesias]

yeah that doesn't sound reasonable for that tank to have that much of an affect. I'd definitely look elsewhere for the culprit. Leaky hot water faucet etc...

Yea that’s what I was hoping thank you!

 

[Ciglesias]

How much is it usually and how much was it now?

I live in Florida so it’s just electric and it usually is $230-$250 and my bill this month was ~$400

 

[shred5]

It might be more days in the month.. Mine was more than average too...

 

[mta_morrow]

I live in Florida so it’s just electric and it usually is $230-$250 and my bill this month was ~$400

Is this your first winter / Christmas in this house?

 

[Dave Cureton]

That’s a pretty serious increase. If it came from the tank it’s the heater. Still seems high though. Typically a hot tub will add $100-150/month this time of year.

 

[Dom]

During the summer, with central air, my bill touches $500.00. LOL

 

[vanpire]

During the summer, with central air, my bill touches $500.00. LOL

Holy cow. How big is your house? I live in AZ in a 2,500 sq feet house, and my electricity last summer was $350-$375 with MH and of course, AC. I thought that was expensive. I get that bill about 4 months of the year. AC accounts for most of the electricity cost Others months are less and in the winter months, my electricity bill is about $150/mo, but natural gas bill has gone up quite a bit for heating.

 

[MSB123]

And I thought my bill was high!
My tank is about $100 a month year round (I love sunny weather in winter)

 

[vetteguy53081]

Part of the hobby yes.
I averaged $74/month. Set up 360g with many lites and components and went to $124/mo average. I now have 3 systems and am at $196/mo average. Is it worth it....... Yes. Am I pleased with bill - No. Is there any way to cut this down - Maybe.
Everything is at optimum so I will live with it. Then add Air conditioning during the summer and I can add $26/mo to that bill

 

[Reefinny Verified Sponsor]

I have no idea why my bill is so much. I only have 3 tanks running Halides and a chiller.... SMH