Scary Electricity Bill
Feb 10th 2013, 12:50 am
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Re: Scary Electricity Bill
Originally Posted by Nakrob
Thanks for the replies.
We're the first tenants in a new unit so the air con is new and (should be) operating ok. Its a ducted system to each room operated independently. There are no cables leading to other units etc.
Agree with the comments on water heaters, I'm not sure turning it on and off will make much difference although we might try it next month.
I think the bill must be air con use but even so it seems high. We've been running two units for 8-10 hours per night, temp set at 24 to 25 degrees. Our bill is circa 1400kwh in about 40 days, that's 35kwh per day. I don't know what the rating is on our air con (the inverters are behind a screen in a roof section that I can't access) but if I assume all other appliances are negligible they'd need to be 1.5-2KW each to result in our bill. I've no idea on domestic air con rating but would that be reasonable?
We're the first tenants in a new unit so the air con is new and (should be) operating ok. Its a ducted system to each room operated independently. There are no cables leading to other units etc.
Agree with the comments on water heaters, I'm not sure turning it on and off will make much difference although we might try it next month.
I think the bill must be air con use but even so it seems high. We've been running two units for 8-10 hours per night, temp set at 24 to 25 degrees. Our bill is circa 1400kwh in about 40 days, that's 35kwh per day. I don't know what the rating is on our air con (the inverters are behind a screen in a roof section that I can't access) but if I assume all other appliances are negligible they'd need to be 1.5-2KW each to result in our bill. I've no idea on domestic air con rating but would that be reasonable?
Just as a point of reference, we have a 2700 sq ft apartment in KLCC. We generally run one or two a/c units in the evening, and then one during the day.
We also have electric water heating, and a tumble dryer.
Our bill is RM700-1100 per month - mainly depending on how much we use the tumble dryer and electric oven. Other expats' bills (at our company at least) have similar or higher bills.
It would seem to me that your bill is in line. On the water heaters - I would only turn them on when you want them - we had problems in one our apartments (the management advised that the heaters could over heat if they were left on!).
Tahiti
Feb 19th 2013, 2:16 am
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Re: Scary Electricity Bill
Thats scary!!..huhuhuh
Last edited by Jonovic; Feb 19th 2013 at 2:22 am.
