what do you mean "discourage use"? they don't want to make good business? we have no A/C, only fan - at night, i turn off and disconect everything, what else is there to do? use horse-powered generator (no horse but we have a cat)? solar energy? put a wind turbine on a roof? eeech.... in half of july we've been in our flat we used 66kw (or whatever, i'm a woman, i don't know). last month it was 214. it's more than 3 times as much. as my polish frind says: it makes my hands and t**s drop to the floor....
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Ufffff Jodenorte, electric bill gone nuts
Too funny. I understand what you are saying. I am only telling you what they told us - discourage use.......... as for cutting down on use, I don't know what more you can do. There is no rhyme or reason to some of these bills. I was out of the apt for 3 weeks, only one light on and my fridge, still I used massive amounts of electricity. Yes we have had the lines checked.
Ririvaga, spread the word of what happens when everyone pays their electric bill!
Hopefully the rest of the country will catch on....
-NALs
I shut off the water pump at night simply by pulling the fuse, resetting it in the morning. Now it doesn't recycle when I don't need the water. I don't have any numbers to compare yet. Canadian Bob.
One common practice in apartment buildings is for your neighbors to change their lines over to your meter when they know you are going to be gone for an extended time. They can then enjoy AC when the grid is on without worrying about the bills. We had to have the place we worked for check our meters while we were out of town on vacation to stop this practice. We lived in very nice apartments but thievery is a way of life there no matter the social/economic level.
Up here in Detroit people normally fill their reefers with other stuff...
You suckers crack me up...I ain't paying until I absolutely have to or until they provide reliable, reasonably priced electricity...
Huh?
It takes much more energy to turn water into ice than cool down air to fridge temperature.
m'frog
It takes much more energy to turn water into ice than cool down air to fridge temperature.
m'frog
Turned off, meaning, Unplugged stereo, pc, projector etc from the power to save on standby current they might be drawing. the biggest step I took was to sleep without a/c. I slept with a ceiling fan and was very comfortable. I hope the real hot weather is over. I was quite cool with the fan. lets see my bill now.
AZB
AZB
JD,
Thanks for the advice. My hot water is on a switch and when I mean cold showers for 2 months I never turned it on. I put a ton of water in the fridge so hopefully that will help. As far as the pump, I have no idea. I live in a large building so that is billed to the owner but I think the owner is passing on the "common area" expenses onto our meters. My bills went up after he bought the building. I even had the electric company come and check my meter but they didn't unlock because logic tells them if it is locked then no one can tamer with it. I asked him if the owner had a key and he said yes. But no one can tamper with the meters, huh?? Sounds shady to me.
Thanks for the advice. My hot water is on a switch and when I mean cold showers for 2 months I never turned it on. I put a ton of water in the fridge so hopefully that will help. As far as the pump, I have no idea. I live in a large building so that is billed to the owner but I think the owner is passing on the "common area" expenses onto our meters. My bills went up after he bought the building. I even had the electric company come and check my meter but they didn't unlock because logic tells them if it is locked then no one can tamer with it. I asked him if the owner had a key and he said yes. But no one can tamper with the meters, huh?? Sounds shady to me.
Cold Water Batteries?
The electricity company's profit, that is.
It's a foolish thing to do, unless you need cold water.
m'frog
Yes, it will.
The electricity company's profit, that is.
It's a foolish thing to do, unless you need cold water.
m'frog
It is not quite clear to me that most of you have the meter, if so, the better way is to check the numbers regularly and fight if they are not correct in the bill.
Do you still remember how many kW:ts all of you used in your former country ?
The waterheater use a lot, 1000 W makes one kW per hour and if you keep it on all the time.....
Do you still remember how many kW:ts all of you used in your former country ?
The waterheater use a lot, 1000 W makes one kW per hour and if you keep it on all the time.....
Meters run by kWh
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A 1000W (= 1 kW) consumer switched on for one hour will clock 1 kWh on your meter.
m'frog
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A 1000W (= 1 kW) consumer switched on for one hour will clock 1 kWh on your meter.
m'frog
For comparison 4,006 kWh cost me with taxes...etc in Ontario $483.95 Canadian. That was my cost for 91 days Jun 15 -Sept 14- extensive airconditioning used. How much would my 4006 kWh have cost in the DR?
Comparison costs
For comparison 4,006 kWh cost me with taxes...etc in Ontario $483.95 Canadian. That was my cost for 91 days Jun 15 -Sept 14- extensive airconditioning used. How much would my 4006 kWh have cost in the DR?
For comparison 4,006 kWh cost me with taxes...etc in Ontario $483.95 Canadian. That was my cost for 91 days Jun 15 -Sept 14- extensive airconditioning used. How much would my 4006 kWh have cost in the DR?
Still Cheap
Might well be.
Not in Las Terrenas though.
I forget how much they pay for the kWh, but I believe it's more than 10 Pesos/kWh.
m'frog
Might well be.
Not in Las Terrenas though.
I forget how much they pay for the kWh, but I believe it's more than 10 Pesos/kWh.
m'frog