My Electricity Bill!!!!!!!!

[Bonibelle]

there is actually a website that will let you put in model numbers of older refrigerators and freezers to see the estimated Kwh.I even did that....I monitored my meter like crazy and in retrospect, I should have realized that there something that was consuming electric 24/7. My usage wasn't too much different night time vs day time when there was much more activity.

[leaky]

This debate rages in my house daily.

Rayman, what is your Beachcomber costing you?  I know there are SO many factors that determine it, but my latest foray into this exact issue is interesting.

We recently had a traveling neighborhood Christmas party.  At this party I cornered a good neighbor who is an engineer at SoCal Edison (SCE).  I told him of my concern:  Our bill is around $230 a month now!  The latest one, which just arrived, showed we used 1000KWh in a 29 day period.  I complained enough to him that he agreed to schedule an auditor to come out and check the house (I know bonni says that's a joke, but...)

My suspicions are numerous:  I drained the spa in August when we went to Boise for the US Regional soccer championships.  It was powered OFF for 12 days, and we weren't even home for 9 of them.  Our next bill went down about $20.  I also talked to another neighbor, one who has the same number of kids about the same age, who did a remodel and addition with the same contractor as me (approximate same footage, appliances, lighting, etc.)  He SHOWED me his bill, and it was $80!!!!  He says it never gets higher than that!  I then talked to my neigbor right across the street.  He has four kids to my two, has a two story house to my one, and HIS bill averages about $70 a month!

I have yet to get the auditor out, but I can't see that my Beachcomber is costing me between $2-$3 PER DAY.  Hopefully the audit will reveal a faulty meter that will yield me a $50,000 rebate from Edison.......

[hottub.pool_boy]

Lag, mine last month- $396.76.

[Steve]

I had a Beachcomber 578 for 3 years here in Edmonton and it never was more than $30 per month to operate it. We used it 5 times a week on average and usually twice a day.

I'd meter the spa...

[Tom]

is it 110 or 240 volts?

All the Arctic line is 240V.  
Tom