High electric bill for no reason
Does anyone know about how much power a 38ft 5th wheel with 2 AC's (which run all the time here in south texas during summer) should be using. I have the highest electric bill in the entire park. By m...
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justinleebuckley wrote:
Thanks for all the help. It wouldnt be strange but i used one AC all this month instead of 2 like last month and the bills were 6 dollars apart. I have a 38ft 2007 select suite. My neightbor has a brand new sierra. My other neighbor has a high end heartland.
1 or 2 units doesn't really matter if a single can cool it to the same temp
do this
1) Verify you are the only consumer off the meter (stuff can be wired weird). When its really hot out; go to the meter when your rig is unplugged; see if its spinning. It shouldn't be turning
2) Plug in the rv; without the ac/water heat/etc turned on you should see a small usage being registered.
3) Take a measurement of the amp draw of your ac units or find the manufacturer tags and see if their run times jive with the kilowatts being used. Example: if they never shut off and they draw 40amp continuous the $'s make sense.
my guess,
your rv has ac units that are using more power and they are running more due to less insulation vs. your neighbors newer rigs
