I just got a job, so nobody will be home for 8 hours out of the day. How much might our electric bill lower?
Question:I've been at home every day since I graduated one month ago. I finally got a job, so now my boyfriend and myself won't be home for 8 hours of the day. If I turn down the A/C and make sure everything is off when I leave, how much might our electric bill decrease? I'm trying to save as much money as possible so I don't have to get a second job.
Answers:
It depend on how much you use the power while you were home, but I would say 15%.
how about turning everything down to save the environment?
I am gone 10 hours a day and I put the ac on 80. I get home at 7 and I put the ac at 75 until 10:30 when I go to bed and then back to 80. I go upstairs turn on a fan and I'm ok comfortable (for now, nights aren't too hot yet). My house is 2800 sq feet and my last light bill was $60. My neighbors with kids and ac going all the time is $200 to $300, same size house
You should check your electricity counter reading before and after a "normal" day and compare its reading with one day you are out 8 hours. Multiply the difference for the number of days you will be working in a month. That will be your difference in KW/h, which you should then multiply for your normal electricity rate to get the savings in one working month.
Of course, you should take into account that you might have to shift some of your day activities to the evening.
Do you pay the same electricity rates by day and by night, as it is common practice in many places?
The laundry and all that won't matter, because you have to do the laundry sometime.
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