Australian Food is Just Too Goddam Expensive
Mar 13th 2013, 11:37 am
#31
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 15,526
Re: Australian Food is Just Too Goddam Expensive
There's an online portal for keeping an eye on your energy usage if you have the smart meter and that updates every half an hour.
Mar 13th 2013, 12:16 pm
#32
MODERATOR
Joined: Nov 2002
Location: Redneck Wonderland
Posts: 9,932
Re: Australian Food is Just Too Goddam Expensive
Only had the panels since last Sept & Ergon owe us $400 bucks already. No bill & a $400 buck credit. At that rate I'll be ahead well within 5 years.
Mar 15th 2013, 12:08 pm
#33
BE Forum Addict
Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Ridgewood , Perth
Posts: 3,134
Re: Australian Food is Just Too Goddam Expensive
Mar 15th 2013, 9:31 pm
#34
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 4,555
Re: Australian Food is Just Too Goddam Expensive
I'd like to see how it works out in NSW now O'Fazza ripped up the contracts and slashed the payments. Now I own a place it is worth investigating.
We don't have a smart meter but we do have a new digital meter, installed after our solar panels as they made the old meter run backwards. I take a reading most Sundays & record it on a spreadsheet. I didn't bother until we got the panels but since then I've been messing around with the way we do things. For instance the washer & dishwasher are now set to come on during the night. That way we use economy power at 7 cents per kWh rather than 21 cents in the daytime. That 21 cents actually equates to 47 cents because our solar pays that per kWh during the day.
Only had the panels since last Sept & Ergon owe us $400 bucks already. No bill & a $400 buck credit. At that rate I'll be ahead well within 5 years.
Only had the panels since last Sept & Ergon owe us $400 bucks already. No bill & a $400 buck credit. At that rate I'll be ahead well within 5 years.
Mar 16th 2013, 3:06 pm
#35
Proudly Deplorable
Joined: May 2003
Location: Alloha snack bar
Posts: 24,246
