I have to share my experience with you. As I owned a 5th wheel in a mobile home RV Park ion palm Beach Blvd in Fort Myers FL. My electric bills were between 179 -250.00 per month. I was being scammed. There were 39 RV spots. The first five spots where I lived we were paying 10 times more than we should have. The other 34 RV snowbirds were paying 7.50 a month for electric and 7.50 for base change monthly. So while 34 RV snowbirds paid 15.00 per month I was paying outrageous bills. I confronted the HOA members and was ignored for four yrs. I continued to pay the high electric bills because my family and friends were there as we were all snowbirds loving the sunshine. However the office manager was doing the billing along with charging everyone hugh amts of money for water as well. The board of directors never would give me the time of day to address my concerns. So I finally paid it hard on the president of the HOA stating that I was being scammed and fraud was going on in regards to the OM over billing me. Well the OM didn't want me to blow up her scam so she did something very unlawful. She had my RV opened up from a locksmith, left my home opened to be robbed and ransacked while I went back to my home for the summer. Then she had it towed away. She destroyed my semi pension years. I lost my home and everything in it. I never missed a rent payment or a utility payment never in the 4 yrs I stayed at the park in the winter season. I actually paid over 5000.00 over the AMT as what the normal charge should have been. The OM has a history of misconduct and unprofessional acts of violations and other financial issues that are not honestly being addressed at the park. Im still ignored by all members as the BOD believes her lies as she scams elderly people for her own financial needs. I lost everything and I wish some nice lawyer would help me or someone to come along with support to get this scam artist out of the park and remove her from her job. As all of the homeowners are so scared to report her misconduct as she may tow their home away to out of spite. Or show malicious retaliation as she did to me. Please help me, retired RN from NY
Florida power and light told me that RV tenants who us fans, tv, Central air, washer and dryer and use of appliances use about 525 kwh on a average per month. To calculate your monthly average electricity bill in Florida is to multiply the kwh say 525 kwh used per month times 14 cents per kwh . 525x 0.014= $ 7.35 per month. That is the amount of electricity you should pay for. And if the park charges an additional $7.50 for a monthly base charge. You should only be paying the $7.35 ( electric charge) + $7.50 (base charge) = 14.85 per month for electric use for one month in 5th wheel. Less usage less money. Anything over that is a red flag.
10 years ago this was a question.
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.
minnow wrote:On a metered site, unplug you rig and see if the meter stops. If your electricity isn't metered, who cares?
Probably someone left the Recreation Room lights and A/C on 24/7. I always wondered if these RV parks that charge monthly electric bills just add on the electricty the facility uses onto the RV'ers bills. How would anyone know ?
minnow wrote:
Probably someone left the Recreation Room lights and A/C on 24/7. I always wondered if these RV parks that charge monthly electric bills just add on the electricty the facility uses onto the RV'ers bills. How would anyone know ?
westernrvparkowner wrote:kellertx5er wrote:RVs are much less insulated than your stick home. Walls a couple of inches thick. There is no 10 inches of insulation in the roof. Slides often don't fit tight. Windows are not nearly as insulated and efficient as the standard double or triple pane home windows. It isn't sitting on the ground, so it gets no cooling or insulating effect that a basement, crawl space or slab provides. Your home is likely surrounded by grass, shrubs and other landscaping that does not reflect heat like a gravel or concrete RV pad. Your home AC is likely much more efficient than an RV. Finally, I doubt you enter and exit your home nearly as much as the average RVer does and when you enter and exit it is often into a secondary room (garage, mud room, entryway etc) the isolates the heat gain from the outside and the cooling loss from the inside. Square footage is a small piece of the puzzle.justinleebuckley wrote:
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 more than 100 dollars. Was running around 160ish 2 months ago. Its in the 260 range now. My neighbors run both ac's as well. There bill is just 140 to 160.. Please help. I think i may have a faulty meter?
Something is wrong. We cool a 3000 sq ft home for that much. Many possibilities but 'something' is not right.
OutdoorPhotographer wrote:Learjet wrote:
30 amps (3,600 watts) x 24 hrs per day x 10 cents per KWH = $260 per month
Boy I miss Louisiana.
My lowest tier in CA was 19 cents/KWH and if you turned on the ligths you bumped into tier 2. Tier 4 was 39 cents. I managed to stay in tier 3 except the dead of summer. Moved to RI and they raised rates 25% to near CA rates.
