Going back a few pages, got sticker shock from my $600+ electric bill this month, and yeah, we had a week where it was pretty cold, but man heat pumps are just worthless below like 30. We used about double the kWh from this time last year so I'm going to go look around and see which neighbor is running a lead into their house from my outlet.
Date | kWh
Jan 17 2982
Feb 17 2342
Mar 17 2330
Apr 17 1139
May 17 1891
Jun 17 2578
Jul 17 3169
Aug 17 2976
Sep 17 2294
Oct 17 1918
Nov 17 2743
Dec 17 3443
Jan 18 6160
And we burned through about 80 gallons of LP for the 2 fireplaces this month also. I have 2 heat pumps and they are both electric backup. The upstairs unit ate itself a year after we moved in (it was about 8-9 years old at the time) and we replaced it with a better SEER unit, but still electric. If one had to go, I would have preferred larger basement unit so I could have put in a unit with an LP backup.
I'm not sure how energy efficient our place is, I'm guessing not very, but it might be worth having an audit done, although that might make me cry knowing how bad it really is.
Steve, I'm subscribing to your water softener newsletter, this was the bottom of one of the tanks where the element should go, and the element in question. (it was a solid bar of build up before I broke it apart) I need to do something for the whole house. Did you look at sectioning off the toilets or outside faucets at all? Or is it not a huge deal to use the treated water for those?
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Date | kWh
Jan 17 2982
Feb 17 2342
Mar 17 2330
Apr 17 1139
May 17 1891
Jun 17 2578
Jul 17 3169
Aug 17 2976
Sep 17 2294
Oct 17 1918
Nov 17 2743
Dec 17 3443
Jan 18 6160
And we burned through about 80 gallons of LP for the 2 fireplaces this month also. I have 2 heat pumps and they are both electric backup. The upstairs unit ate itself a year after we moved in (it was about 8-9 years old at the time) and we replaced it with a better SEER unit, but still electric. If one had to go, I would have preferred larger basement unit so I could have put in a unit with an LP backup.
I'm not sure how energy efficient our place is, I'm guessing not very, but it might be worth having an audit done, although that might make me cry knowing how bad it really is.
Steve, I'm subscribing to your water softener newsletter, this was the bottom of one of the tanks where the element should go, and the element in question. (it was a solid bar of build up before I broke it apart) I need to do something for the whole house. Did you look at sectioning off the toilets or outside faucets at all? Or is it not a huge deal to use the treated water for those?