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Ouch got my electric bill today. This year we used 3 698 KWh vs last year we used 2 438. I am on a balanced billing plan with Long Island power, and 7 moths remaining my I am $534 i the hole. We pay .105898 a kwh. Most of you know I got my tub for free but I guess the old adage is nothing is for free. Oh well. Fact of the matter is I do love the tub. Really. I hardly use it winter months. Maybe once or twice a month. I definitely enjoyed it more in the spring and summer- Yes I know I am not the norm. It is funny as I write this i think it would be great to go in right now!I think next winter I will close it for the winter, open it up in Mid to end of March.
Benny, that sounds pretty good to me. It looks like you used about 200 kwh more than normal. That's only a little over $20 per month. I would love to have your electric bill. My rates are 3x yours. You can't take the family out to Taco Bell for $20. Good luck.....
Sorry, couldn't follow the post. "3 698 KWh vs last year we used 2 438". Thought he meant from 438 to 698. Can't believe the spa could use 1200kwh's. Are you saying 3698 vs 2438 for an entire year? Don't understand the calcs.
At some point you need to better insulate that spa. The method Thermospa uses is not yielding positive results and I think that was discussed long ago. I'd get out there as soon as I could because you're heating your yard every day it’s operating.
That is for 70 days. So last year total bill for the same time was for 2298 KWH. This yea it was for 3698.Long Island has some of the highest rates in he country for electric. My total bill based on balanced billing of 12 month is $306 for a 2,600 square foot home.
Went skiing today. After a 3 hr ride home I decided to go to the tub, heat it up to 102 so tomorrow AM I will be soaking. As I said I really love having it.
Is there a simplified meter that you could plug into an outlet and them plug an appliance like a refrigerator into that can give you a sense of how much power is being used. I have an old fridge in the basement and would be curious to see how much power it is using. I know it wouldn't work for a spa or a dryer which runs on 220 but it might be a simpler tool for some things than having to wire something in for people not all that comfortable around a live wire...