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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    If you would just install $50,000 worth of solar panel, you could run those computers for free! You know, free power from the Sun. Go green!
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    Yeha go green and feel like Hulk


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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    My landlord charges me directly for my power.
    No matter how much power I use, he charges me $0.30/Kwh. My highest usage on record was 1057Kw for the month of May 15th to June 15th. This produced a bill of $317. Last month was 953Kw for $285. Meanwhile a friend of mine that lives just five miles away is paying less than $60/month while living in a regular full size house with all the amenities. He's not a cruncher however, so he doesn't have boxes running 24/7 like me.

    My house is 240 SqF. I have a dorm size frige, microwave and two computers running 24/7. Propane for the stove and water heater. That runs me at the rate of about the current gasoline prices and the tank is 150gal. They come to fill it once a year and last time is was over $300. The year before it was over $400 and I have to pay that all at once within 10 days or the landlord gets pissy about it. I don't usually have 300 or 400 bucks just laying around and I never know when they are going to come fill the thing. They just show up one day and I find the bill hanging on my doorknob.
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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    Quote Originally Posted by YoDude9999 View Post
    My landlord charges me directly for my power.
    No matter how much power I use, he charges me $0.30/Kwh. My highest usage on record was 1057Kw for the month of May 15th to June 15th. This produced a bill of $317. Last month was 953Kw for $285. Meanwhile a friend of mine that lives just five miles away is paying less than $60/month while living in a regular full size house with all the amenities. He's not a cruncher however, so he doesn't have boxes running 24/7 like me.

    My house is 240 SqF. I have a dorm size frige, microwave and two computers running 24/7. Propane for the stove and water heater. That runs me at the rate of about the current gasoline prices and the tank is 150gal. They come to fill it once a year and last time is was over $300. The year before it was over $400 and I have to pay that all at once within 10 days or the landlord gets pissy about it. I don't usually have 300 or 400 bucks just laying around and I never know when they are going to come fill the thing. They just show up one day and I find the bill hanging on my doorknob.
    Propane stove??? I hope you have good ventalation and a carbon monoxide alarm in your place.
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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    With the ac going and all my toys it cost me 586.00 last month. Maybe its time to buy a wind generator..

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    Yeha do that.

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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    Quote Originally Posted by STMahlberg View Post
    Propane stove??? I hope you have good ventalation and a carbon monoxide alarm in your place.
    I do, but propane, I don't think, is any more dangerous than natural gas. I've never had an issue with it anyway.
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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    Hey Yo, I know that you and all of us I am sure are trying to conserve power, but did you have to turn off the lights on your Avatar as well? That bum is a lot darker than before...

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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    I turned up the lights...

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    Re: $500 power bill yikes!

    Quote Originally Posted by Cruncher Pete View Post
    Hey Yo, I know that you and all of us I am sure are trying to conserve power, but did you have to turn off the lights on your Avatar as well? That bum is a lot darker than before...
    Yeah, I noticed it looked a little dark but I haven't changed it in any way, so I don't know why it should have changed.
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