Huge Electricity Bill - Help
We are staying on the side of family right now. We arrived a couple months ago. First month electric bill went up a little... from $120 to $160. This last month from $160 to $800!!!! Trying to figu...
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tsetsaf wrote:
- We set the thermostat to 68 during the day and 55 at night.
- We do run the electric heater non-stop otherwise we would burn through way too much propane. It was agreed upon with our family. (as is we went through a bottle every other day)
- There was a real cold spell during the billing cycle (Christmas thru New Years) with daytime highs in the low 20's and nighttime lows below freezing.
So, the outside temps were below freezing to low 20s, you had your propane furnace set to 55 and 68, and you were running the electric heater to reduce the propane use. Seems to me that using an electric heater to keep an RV at those temps could easily increase usage a lot.
As others have mentioned, once you reach a set usage, the cost will go up exponentially due to overage fees, penalties, etc.
