Super Low Hydro Bill
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 3:29pm |
 Coolness: 2750385 | I'm not sure if this happened to anyone else but my hydro bill halved since last year. It might be because I'm using the 13/23 watt light bulbs instead of the 60/100 watt ones. Has anyone else noticed a huge decrease in their hydro bill... I'm going to replace the other light bulbs I have with the new ones also. They sell them at maddison/addison for like 3$ each. With a savings like this I think everyone should switch also.
2008-06-27 - 2008-09-02 = 106.78$ 2009-09-03 - 2008-11-03 = 97.32$ 2008-11-04 - 2009-01-06 = 103.72$ 2009-01-07 - 2009-03-04 = 83.44$ 2009-03-05 - 2009-05-07 = 100.45$ 2009-05-08 - 2009-07-02 = 91.51$ ----------------------------------- 2009-07-03 - 2009-09-03 = 54.13$ |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 4:39pm |
 Coolness: 55700 | Did you stop using TV or replace with a LCD ?...
Because that much for simple lights is nonsense, except if you stay light on all the 24/h day... open 24h/day 365days/year 1 light = 100watt is about ~90$/year 1 Old tv bewteen 27-37" = ~250watt ~225$/year 1 AC (small ~4-5000BTU) = ~450watt ~400$/year Update » GKiLLAZ wrote on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 5:06pm And the price is the canadian average, not the Quebec one's
So in Qc it's a bit cheaper The US average is about 35-40% higher (depend on exchange rate) |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 5:08pm |
| Coolness: 2750385 | No clue why... I didn't change any of my habits besides these new light bulbs... I don't have an AC... I'm going to replace all the other light bulbs in the apartment this weekend and see what happens for the next bill. I do think it's a good savings to have those new 23 watt -> 100 watt light bulbs... Your 90$/year will become 20$/year if your lights are on all the time... That * 11 lights comes out to a huge savings... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 5:13pm |
| Coolness: 55700 | Originally Posted By NUCLEAR
No clue why... I didn't change any of my habits besides these new light bulbs... I don't have an AC... I'm going to replace all the other light bulbs in the apartment this weekend and see what happens for the next bill. I do think it's a good savings to have those new 23 watt -> 100 watt light bulbs... Your 90$/year will become 20$/year if your lights are on all the time... That * 11 lights comes out to a huge savings... You'r right, the 90$/year depend directly on the amount of watt you used. If you used all 23watt versus the 100 one, it's easy 23/100 of the price... Then your small bulb will used only ~20$ that's the fact So maybe you got too much light bulbs in your apparment(house), so that's showing easier the difference of electricity used between both kind of lights ----- By the way, my girlfriend remember me this, [ lcn.canoe.ca ] It can be another reason but probably not if your bill are made in accordance to your real usage |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flo replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 6:15pm |
 Coolness: 147235 | or maybe one of your adjacent appartments has been vacant for about one month, and it's plugged on your electrical counter... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» AlienZeD replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 8:27pm |
 Coolness: 510470 | did you go on vacation? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Rakoon replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 8:42pm |
 Coolness: 176350 | a LCD screen use 3 times more energy than a normal tv set |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Fri Sep 11, 2009 @ 11:02pm |
| Coolness: 55700 | Originally Posted By RAKOON
a LCD screen use 3 times more energy than a normal tv set What are you talking about ? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Rakoon replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 5:06am |
| Coolness: 176350 | got a mistake in my sources. it's Plasma screen, my bad |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 6:05am |
 Coolness: 165710 | from what ive heard HDTV will use more energy if you dont use the economic mode! because of all the different process it does to your movie (scaling,antialiasing etc)
source: HDTV NATION on Rev3 |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» v.2-1 replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 12:45pm |
 Coolness: 160030 | Hey.
Maybe....MAYBE Hydro's doing like they did lately, you know, like your bill is low because their billing systems don't calculate properly and you'll receive a 700$ bill to compensate for this, like the bastards pulled off recently ? |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 1:01pm |
| Coolness: 55700 | Originally Posted By APR1ZM
from what ive heard HDTV will use more energy if you dont use the economic mode! because of all the different process it does to your movie (scaling,antialiasing etc) source: HDTV NATION on Rev3 If you read ANY reviews of the energy used by a tv, you will be able to saw they compare versus the regular model used: Most of owner got a 27-32" When they buy an HD model they get a 42-46" So if you compare to same size, all the HDTV including the cheapest one will used less energy [ reviews.cnet.com ] Originally Posted By kevin_flynn
Hey. Maybe....MAYBE Hydro's doing like they did lately, you know, like your bill is low because their billing systems don't calculate properly and you'll receive a 700$ bill to compensate for this, like the bastards pulled off recently ? I told the same thing about the LCN (TVA) news, HydroQuebec does some errors but all the errors shown as been for the people who received regular bills. The plan they give each month the same amount, not like the bill shown Nuclear. The one he shown, it's look like, real usage bills. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 1:04pm |
| Coolness: 2750385 | Yes I get charged based on usage... :) Anyways I'll see what the next bill brings, I just changed all the other lights so now 9 low watt light bulbs and 2 not since they are on faders... Need to find bulbs which work with faders... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 2:24pm |
| Coolness: 55700 | Originally Posted By NUCLEAR
Yes I get charged based on usage... :) Anyways I'll see what the next bill brings, I just changed all the other lights so now 9 low watt light bulbs and 2 not since they are on faders... Need to find bulbs which work with faders... Yak... fader one's.... I never got any Compact fluorescent for the fader because it was to expensive, 45$ for 2 pieces (23w) The problem on those small bulbs is they'r like neon, they need a constant voltage So I never re-install my fader anymore since I got all those small bulbs |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Nuclear replied on Sat Sep 12, 2009 @ 3:46pm |
| Coolness: 2750385 | Where do you buy them (2 for 45$)... I'd spend the money on them cause I want them but I've never seen them in stores in Montreal. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Sun Sep 13, 2009 @ 12:14pm |
| Coolness: 55700 | Originally Posted By NUCLEAR
Where do you buy them (2 for 45$)... I'd spend the money on them cause I want them but I've never seen them in stores in Montreal. Some Home Depot, BMR, Costco, Uniprix and Pharmaprix For any places who sold the regular one, you can ask for those They won't all keep in stock, but they can do special order for you, about 1 week delay Some like that = [ www.acehardwareoutlet.com ] [ www.amazon.com ] |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» JasonBeastly replied on Mon Sep 14, 2009 @ 5:50pm |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» clown replied on Mon Sep 14, 2009 @ 10:36pm |
 Coolness: 222675 | yeah, hydro tends to bill be based on "Estimate" electrical usage sometimes and then i get that larger bill later on during the year. actually, i find my usage increased !!! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» GKiLLAZ replied on Mon Sep 14, 2009 @ 10:44pm |
| Coolness: 55700 | Originally Posted By CLOWN
yeah, hydro tends to bill be based on "Estimate" electrical usage sometimes and then i get that larger bill later on during the year. actually, i find my usage increased !!! yeah but that's not the case for nuclear, he got charged for the real usage... So he need to find what is the reason of this lower bill, can be the light bulbs... but, need to confirm... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Wed Sep 16, 2009 @ 9:24am |
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