Meter Reading

thescreensavers

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Last night

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Tonight, same time from last reading
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75122 @11:50 11/15
75299 @11:50 11/16

So today my house used 177 KwH?

Am I reading that correctly?
 
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It looks like the 3rd number might be a 1, its just that it's so close, it made it look like a 2.
 

Jesusthewererabbit

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I think the second reading is 75189. If it was 299, the third dial would almost be on the 3. I'm not sure, but I can ask the meter guys tomorrow.
 

Rubycon

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You ALWAYS read from RIGHT to LEFT so you don't "jump ahead" a number which can be quite significant. In the period between snaps shots your meter is reading 68 units or kWh.
 

Rubycon

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75122 is the first picture.
75199 is the second picture.

77kwh you used...

Incorrect.

The second to last dial on the second position is actually an 8 not a 9. It will be a 9 when the pointer to the right passes zero.
 

thescreensavers

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Thank you Rubycon!

68 would be a great number, still a bit high imo but much less then the average 115 a day we ran last bill. I have unplugged 2 of the first floor AC units completely, and am just running the AC unit upstairs, and its been cooling the house quite well with the ambient temp being in 80s during the day.

I am going to continue the experiment till tmw night since

Tomorrow my mom runs the wash/irons..ect so that would be a much more active day then today, then I can calculate on avg what the electric bill can be.

Thanks again
 

alkemyst

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holy moly....what are you trying to accomplish? You may want to buy a killawatt meter if you are going this gungho. It will give you an instant reading of consumption.
 

thescreensavers

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the tens digit cannot be a 0 because it has not passed to the left of the 0.

And since the tens digit is so close to the 0, the hundreds digit is probably a 2, because if it was a 3, it should be much closer to 4.

http://www.glps.net/meterread.htm

doh your right, thought I had it this time ha.

Thanks :)

ok leaving 2 AC units off resulted in a 34% Energy Savings!! estimated vs last month.


76.3KwH VS 115Kwh Average per day

But we had a problem with one subdivided room with a desktop in it. The desktop would heat up the room and ceiling fan was useless. Need to find a more energy efficient way in cooling that room.
 
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alkemyst

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ceiling fans don't truly cool the room, the lower the perceived temp. If room is closed up with a desktop alone in it (especially with a CRT) it's going to act like a heater.

We are going into the cooler months so you aren't really going to get worst case scenario models for a baseline electric bill.