Electricity Bills
Nov 9th 2008, 8:18 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
Wore about 5 layers including furry slippers. What a stunner I must have looked 
Actually it was warmer outside that in.
Actually it was warmer outside that in.
Nov 9th 2008, 8:30 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
Nov 9th 2008, 8:43 pm
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You call that heating? 
In Singapore, if I had the aircon on at all and then it was only part of the night in the bedroom, I had it set at 26C 
I would love to move to QLD, but we have to go where the work is. This said, so far I have followed the same path Rudi has, so Brisbane must be our next move.
In Singapore, if I had the aircon on at all and then it was only part of the night in the bedroom, I had it set at 26C I would love to move to QLD, but we have to go where the work is. This said, so far I have followed the same path Rudi has, so Brisbane must be our next move.
yep - give it a couple of years and then move here.....you never know I might even stay here and we may get to be proper buddies rather than internet and occasional coffee buddies I have even found you some houses to buy....
http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin...&tm=1226309996
http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin...&tm=1226309996
There's heaps more where they come from.......
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Nov 9th 2008, 8:47 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
Bejaysus, what's with those prices? I would get a studio apartment overlooking a carpark for that here. 
Nov 9th 2008, 9:06 pm
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yes, trying to find a small patch of sunshine with a deckchair and a mug of hot tea. I refrained from the fingerless gloves and grey wooly hat incase I was arrested for being a vagrant!
Nov 9th 2008, 9:22 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
My last 5 quarterly bills, (after deducting the Ambulance charge):
18-Sep-07 $454.95
05-Dec-07 $439.25
16-Mar-08 $482.90
16-Jun-08 $461.60
16-Sep-08 $519.45 14% increase since last sept !
That's $35.30 pw last year, and probably about $40pw this year, following the price rise.
That is for a 5 bed house, 2 computers running 18 hours a day, pool pump and pool heating pump both running ?? hours a day, 2 PVR's, 2 DVD's, 3 TV's, etc all left on standby when not actually on.
3 Reverse cycle units in the house, Light bulbs left on way too much...
All electric, no gas.
If I did what my neighbours do and turn everything off at night I reckon I could save 20% !
18-Sep-07 $454.95
05-Dec-07 $439.25
16-Mar-08 $482.90
16-Jun-08 $461.60
16-Sep-08 $519.45 14% increase since last sept !
That's $35.30 pw last year, and probably about $40pw this year, following the price rise.
That is for a 5 bed house, 2 computers running 18 hours a day, pool pump and pool heating pump both running ?? hours a day, 2 PVR's, 2 DVD's, 3 TV's, etc all left on standby when not actually on.
3 Reverse cycle units in the house, Light bulbs left on way too much...
All electric, no gas.
If I did what my neighbours do and turn everything off at night I reckon I could save 20% !
Nov 9th 2008, 9:46 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
Yep mate ! Queenslanders are charged an ambulance rate within their electric bill then don't have to pay a set fee if an ambulance is called out like other states i believe 
Nov 9th 2008, 9:46 pm
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We just bought a wood burner to go in before next winter..... lovely jubbly 
Nov 9th 2008, 10:11 pm
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Correct. It covers all Queenslanders, anywhere in Australia, even those who don't have electricity !
Nov 9th 2008, 11:46 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
You call that heating? In Singapore, if I had the aircon on at all and then it was only part of the night in the bedroom, I had it set at 26C
I would love to move to QLD, but we have to go where the work is. This said, so far I have followed the same path Rudi has, so Brisbane must be our next move.
In Singapore, if I had the aircon on at all and then it was only part of the night in the bedroom, I had it set at 26C I would love to move to QLD, but we have to go where the work is. This said, so far I have followed the same path Rudi has, so Brisbane must be our next move.
brought up in a house with no central heating - fond memories of chilblains on hot water bottles
Nov 9th 2008, 11:48 pm
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Re: Electricity Bills
6 years in Asia has softened me up.
Nov 10th 2008, 12:44 am
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Friends of ours in Melbourne set about systematically partitioning their completely open plan home as it got completely bloody freezing.
Nov 10th 2008, 9:41 am
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Re: Electricity Bills
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