List your home's sq ft, avg mthly Electric bill and quantity of people living there

[waggy]

Originally posted by: WannaFly
1. ~1100sq ft
2. ~120 in the middle of summer now
3. 2 people
4. Florida

This is an interesting thread, just bought my house 5 months ago and the AC is 10 years old, i keep it at 79 but it seems much cooler, it goes up to 84 during the day when we're at work.

I've also thought about replacing it to get better efficieny, but this one works fine.

the AC in my place is 12 years old. we thought about replaceing it but it is working great. So we replaced the terrible heater we had with a new high efficient one. and replaced a few of the worst windows (going to do the rest next summer).

I can see a huge benifit. my heating bill is less. we are not useing as much propane .

now really tempted to buy a new AC unit
its amazing how a new unit can save you money.

 

[Sphexi]

1 - 900 - 1000? (2bdrm apartment)
2 - $30-35
3 - 3, soon 4 (two are little kids so they don't count)

 

[fstime]

8 People

$300-400 / Month

Thats Fairfield County, CT for you.

 

[lokiju]

1: 1,875sq ft
2: No clue yet, haven't lived there a month.
3: 2 (plus two cats)
4: GA

 

[TXHokie]

1. 3000sqft
2. ave billing 185 (90min winter-380max summer, a/c set at 78deg 24/7 with kids+stay at home mom)
3. 5 people
4. Dallas, TX (hot hot hot)

Used to be more but since we've put up light blocking curtains on the sun side of the house, it's helped cool down the house quite a bit.

 

[Fritzo]

2400 sq ft, 2 adults 2 kids = $270 And that's with 27 energy efficient bulbs. We have a fridge in our garage though, and I run 2 servers, our wide screen LCD is on like 10 hours a day + 400 watts for my guitar rig

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Anubis
1) 4000
2) 120 ish
3) 3, was 4 untill 2 weeks ago
4) bumfuck NY
5) house was built in the mid 1800s totally gutted down to the stud walls and refinished about 11 years ago

National Grid?

 

[Scarpozzi]

1400sq feet
$150/month (1-24,000btu central A/C Unit, 1-6,500btu window A/C Unit, 1-18 cubic foot refridgerator, and 1-26 cubic foot refridgerator)

3 people....sometime 4.

 

[JRich]

948 sq ft.
$50 in the winter. $130-150 in the summer.
2
AZ

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: JRich
948 sq ft.
$50 in the winter. $130-150 in the summer.
2
AZ

YOU SERIOUS?!?!? WTF WHY AM I GETTING SO SCREWED?

950 SQ FT.
$80 - 100 winter - 200 min 300 max summer
2 people
Tempe, AZ

 

[Metron]

1100 sq. ft. 2 story townhouse (no gas, all electric, digital setback thermostat)
$35 in Winter, $105 was highest bill this year for hot August last month
1
Texas

 

[hanoverphist]

1550 sq ft
summer time bills from 150 to 250, winter from 85 to 115
4 humans, 2 dogs, lizard and a bird. damn lizard never turns off lights tho.


oh, this is in arizona. desert, hot most of the time. the 250ish bills are july and august, the rest of the year i closer to the 100 mark. oh, i have a really old block home with crappy sash windows that dont seal. that and a huge doggy door that spews cold air usually. i bet if i replaced the windows and got rid of the dogs my summer bills would drop in half.

 

[JRich]

Originally posted by: cheezy321

Originally posted by: JRich
948 sq ft.
$50 in the winter. $130-150 in the summer.
2
AZ

YOU SERIOUS?!?!? WTF WHY AM I GETTING SO SCREWED?

950 SQ FT.
$80 - 100 winter - 200 min 300 max summer
2 people
Tempe, AZ

I'm in an older apartment with vaulted ceilings too. During the day my blinds are shut tight and the a/c is set at 78-80 degrees. At night the computers are shut off. I don't run the heater in the winter that much if at all.

 

[JulesMaximus]

2200 sq ft
3 people
Ave: $110-120/month (includes gas-heating, dryer, stove/oven)

 

[xochi]

2950 Sq ft Dallas/Fort Worth
August Bill $165
5 total

brand new heat pump very efficient, last years August bill was about $350-400

 

[MrDudeMan]

1100 sq ft.
$45 avg. elec and $18 avg. gas
2 people
Colorado

Our condo was finished in May of this year and is insanely energy efficient. The AC unit never turned on in the month of May and the temperatures ranged from 60 at night to 80 during the day. I had the thermostat set on 74 and it never budged from 72 for the entire month. Our bill that month was $16, haha. I expect this month will be similar since the AC unit only runs during the day and even then it hardly ever turns on. I keep all of the blinds shut tight when we aren't home and I open the windows in the computer room to let the hot air out and keep it away from the rest of the house. Computers go off at night and we use energy efficient bulbs.

 

[jersiq]

2100 sq ft.
4 people, but my oldest daughter is less than 2 yrs old so we only control the temp.
2 3-ton units for central air. (2 story house)
Houston TX

Average bill is 250. It peaks to ~375 in the summer, but one of the reasons is that I have a doggie door to my backyard on my storm door. So the main back door is always open.

I installed some radiant barrier in our attics, and had my dryer vent flushed out. (It piped directly to the roof, so I had to hire someone to do that) and I saw a decrease of ~50/month.

FWIW I was paying 14.5 cents per kWh

 

[BurnItDwn]

1100 sq feet
$70 avg electric (though in the summer it's always over $100. gas is usually about $20 or so in the summer, and up to around $100 or so in the winter)
currently 1 person.
Streamwood, IL

Summer thermostat is set to 70-75 (70 when I'm home, otherwise 75)
Winter thermostat is set to 56-60 (60 when I feel like it, otherwise upper 50s.)

 

[Greenman]

Around 8000 sqft, gas/electric is around $950 a month (includes heating the pool and AC), 2 living in the house.

 

[HomerSapien]

1800 sq ft
2 people
~75 month
heat pump, electric water heater, 12 years old
Southern New Mexico Desert
Seriously people, buy a programmable digital thermostat and stop keeping the ac at 70

 

[aphex]

1300 sq ft
$80/mo in Winter
$140/mo in Summer
2 people + 1 dog
Southwest FL

 

[Eos]

1800 sq ft
$60/mo in winter (gas heat)
$120/mo in summer (electric cooling system)
2 people living in desert SE Washington state, so hot all summer.

Gas bill runs about $140 in the winter and $30 in the summer.

 

[brtspears2]

900 sq ft
$50 winter, up to $100 summer
1 person, 1 cat, two fridges
Riverside, CA

 

[RossMAN]

1) around 980 sq ft
2) around $60
3) 2

 

[edro]

1200 sq ft
$160 Summer, $100 Winter (Gas makes it even)
3 people, Ohio