I've never been so excited to get a bill in. Our Duke Energy bill showed up this afternoon while I was mowing the lawn. When I wife let me know I immediately asked, "How much?!?!" When she mumbled something to the range of 2600 kWh, I replied, "No F*$&#ing way!" That's when I went inside to find she was way off. Note...she did admit that she has no idea where that number came from since there isn't any 2600 or 2xxx number on the bill.
Anyhow...the totals (drum roll please...):
Total kWh = 888
Days = 28
Avg = 31.71 kWh/d
Aug 2010 Avg = 51.13 kWh/d (over 32 days)
2011 Savings = 37.97% Boooyahhhh!!!
Cost for July/August (trying to get an equivalent # of days):
2010 (54 days) = 2586 kWh = 47.89 kWh/d -->$246
2011 (61 days) = 1974 kWh = 32.36 kWh/d -->$190
Savings = 612 kWh -->$56 ....and that's using 7 days more electricity!
OK...compared to our 2005 built townhome:
2009 Total Energy Usage: 34.24 kWh/d
2011 Total Energy Usage: 31.71 kWh/d
Difference (2011 vs 2009): 92.6%
So again our work has paid off! Our 2700sf home built in 1986 used 7.4% less energy than our 1300sf townhome built in 2005.
That's just awesome! Again the savings would be greater if I wasn't running the dehumidifier so much. But, how can I complain???
I will note that my TED unit estimated 1071 kWh were used for the month. My first thoughts was that its a fairly big error although we were 3 days short (28 vs 31 days). 3 days @ 31.71 kWh/d = 95.13 kWh+888 = 983.13 kWh. 983.13/888 = 10.7% error. I guess you can't complain about a 10% error for a residential product.
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