Electricity. How much do you pay

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Harleyssuck

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I know electricity is expensive. Please share what your monthly costs are and what equipment are you running. I stayed at condo at Hispaniola sol for a month and cost was only $35 for the month. Interested in hearing from people in casa Linda or residential Hispaniola to get an idea of costs on a villa with running a pool would be
Thanks
 
malko

malko

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Jan 12, 2013
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Just paid 2500 pesos for last month's bill. No A/C. Ceiling fan at night. Lots of lights. Couple of hours flatscreen a day. Didnt use heater. Used a water pump only a couple of hours. Invetere 8 batteries. "First world" washing machine......
Hardly used the pool pumps that month, maybe 7 days ( 2 hours a day).
 
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Mauricio

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Nov 18, 2002
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Between 3,000 and 5,000 per month. Two aircon's being used every night (inverter) one conventional being used now and then. One tv, solar water heater, laundry machine, fridge, most lamps are led or energy savers. Fans are only on when someone is in that space, I think many people forget how much energy a fan uses. And I had to teach the laundry woman to disconnect the iron when she's not ironing, she would turn the temparture down and leave it connected....

I do check rooms if 'they' left lights / airco on.
 
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amp

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Oct 5, 2010
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We live in Santiago, have 2 abanicos de techo, fridge, TV, two computers, and an inversor. Bill comes between $760-$850 usually.
 
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bigbird

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May 1, 2005
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3500-4000 pesos.

Two a/c, ceiling fan, washer/dryer combo but very, very rarely use dryer. Flat screen Tvs, electric on demand hot water heater, pc, and the usual stuff.
 
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cjewell

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Oct 11, 2004
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Ok I had an electrician out here because I have a small 1 bedroom and ran my AC 24/7 for one month and my bill came in at 9600RD. I thought someone was stealing my electricity but the electrician said no. Now people on here running multiple AC's at night are reporting bills WAY lower than mine and more other things running as well. WTF??? How do I prove if there is a problem because I am thinking again something is seriously wrong here.
 
bob saunders

bob saunders

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amp said:
We live in Santiago, have 2 abanicos de techo, fridge, TV, two computers, and an inversor. Bill comes between $760-$850 usually.
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That's more or less what we have and what it costs. We do have electric hot water heater that is on about 45 minutes each day.
 
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dv8

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Sep 27, 2006
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POP: about 50 dollars a month, no air con, fan used mainly at night, usual electronics, no tv, big fridge, washing machine on 2-3 times a week, heater on every day for about 30-60 minutes.
 
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mudman24

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casa linda averaged around 8,000 pesos a month. We have 3 kids so their were more electronics going. Had a pool, don't know how often the pool guy ran the pump. Rarely ran the a/c....like 4x a month. 55" lcd tv and multiple laptops ect..
now at Ocean village it is around 6,000/mo no a/c at all. We run electric dryer 5x a week. same number of kids. no pool on the electric makes a big difference.
 
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Harleyssuck

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mudman24 said:
casa linda averaged around 8,000 pesos a month. We have 3 kids so their were more electronics going. Had a pool, don't know how often the pool guy ran the pump. Rarely ran the a/c....like 4x a month. 55" lcd tv and multiple laptops ect..
now at Ocean village it is around 6,000/mo no a/c at all. We run electric dryer 5x a week. same number of kids. no pool on the electric makes a big difference.
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That does not sound too bad as that is approx. What I pay in Canada for a 1800 sq Ft house. I was hearing of people paying alot more than that
 
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jeanchris

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6-8000/month... A little bit more during july and august

Use AC a lot but all inverters, water heater, no pool.
 
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HUG

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In the city no more than RD1000 per month. Ceiling fans 24/7, computer 24/7, no hot water, TV all evening, washing machine every other day for an hour, pretty normal steady existence.
In the Campo, never paid an electricity bill, never had one, no one ever had one.
 
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donluis99

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Jul 12, 2004
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RD38.00 every month, 6 bedroom, 2 with AC, 5 bath home and hot water all the time................

g'luck
 
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Koreano

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Just a little bit under 5k monthly and there's on time change of 10k every year. We run one AC, lots of fans, one fridge, washing machine, tv and one laptop.
 
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drSix

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4 bed, 3 A/C's, electric water heater, pool pump, kids you don't know how to turn stuff off, US$5-600 a month.
 
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Celt202

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May 22, 2004
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Usually around 800 - 1000 pesos

Computer, usually no more than one low energy light on, flat screen TV, refrigerator, floor fan, no AC, small top load washing machine (which can be repaired again and again*)

The bill reaches the higher range when I leave the fan on when I sleep which I only do in the hotter months.


* I use a shop on Duarte just south of Quinto Centenario in Santo Domingo for washing machine repairs
 
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