So, I was woken up this AM to my wife going, "its a snow day! it's a snow day!". Yup...at 6am, there was about 1.5" of snow on the ground.
And the first thing that went through my mind was, "what time is it?" followed by "ohhh...I wonder what TED is saying?"
So, after going outside and shoveling the driveway and taking the dog for a walk, so checked on TED. And the results are promising:
If you look at the hourly history comparing yesterday and today, since about 6pm, we've used consistently less heat. There's a couple 'blips' on the radar, (11am and midnight), but overall it's showing that less power is being used. That makes the $436 we spent on the insulation worth it. If you use simple math...saving $1/day means saving $365/year and nearly paying off that insulation. And for those nerds out there...the actual math is $1.1945/day means a 1 year ROI.
And BTW...that 117 kWh yesterday...#$*&#$*&! If you couldn't tell...that big power usage from 3-5pm was when we finished laying the insulation and turned the heat back on (in was 60 degrees downstairs and 59 degrees upstairs).
We'll see how the full day today turns out. Now it's time for breakfast...
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