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does anyone know how much it costs if you leave your computer on 24/7 -per month for hydro?



I have search and searched.......and its all in kilowatts.
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Odie;1222827 wrote: does anyone know how much it costs if you leave your computer on 24/7 -per month for hydro?



I have search and searched.......and its all in kilowatts.


What's hydro?

Then maybe we can do a conversion.
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Bryn Mawr;1222833 wrote: What's hydro?

Then maybe we can do a conversion.


electricity, sorry.

we are charged here monthly for it.
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Here is a link that explains it nicely. ;)

How much electricity does my computer use?
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CARLA;1222859 wrote: Here is a link that explains it nicely. ;)

How much electricity does my computer use?


that really helped, so for me it may cost me 5.00 a month....

and that is using the sleep mode during the day when not in use....and shutting it down at night....



also found out a lot on running my central air conditioning when not at home..I thought it was less energy to keep it on rather than putting it on when I returned...

.....and that's not at all true..

..for anyone wondering why, please read-up on central air conditioning.

my brother runs his a/c when it first gets hot, say June....and he never shuts it down until September.....he also runs the furnace fan to circulate the air...

I can only imagine what it costs him per month and they live in a 2 story 5 bedroom home... I have forwarded all that info to him....as he is the type that he always thinks he knows everything.





thanks a ton Carla:-6



- I must watch my bills now as I am on my own and paying for them.
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Odie;1222870 wrote: I must watch my bills now as I am on my own and paying for them.


It's nice and "Green", too. It's surprising what things you can turn off to save electricity.

Do you use "compact fluorescent" light bulbs? They're very good - the only issue is that they take a second to come on, and a short time to achieve full brightness. People may also barrack about "mercury", which isn't actually an issue.

What do you pay for a unit (1KWHr)?
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Bill Sikes;1222893 wrote: It's nice and "Green", too. It's surprising what things you can turn off to save electricity.

Do you use "compact fluorescent" light bulbs? They're very good - the only issue is that they take a second to come on, and a short time to achieve full brightness. People may also barrack about "mercury", which isn't actually an issue.

What do you pay for a unit (1KWHr)?


I've always been cautious with electricity....only one light on when watching t.v at night...........the t.v. is only on when its used..

laundry is done Saturday.....in cold water....lowest times are weekends.

I have two lamps that use the energy-saver bulbs.......

I pay 5.7 cents per kilowatt

what gets me is all the additions added on to the bill monthly:

G.S.T tax

delivery charge

regulatgory charge

debt retirement charge



these 4 add up to roughly 48.00 per month

the actual electricity is only 34.00

so on a regular month: total is: 83.00

that's without running the central air or heating in winter.........then it can be up to 160.00 per month.



what do you pay per kilowat there?
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Odie;1222898 wrote: what do you pay per kilowat there?


24p per kWh for the first 125KWh per quarter.

10p per kWh for subsequent units.

Aproximately.



You pay the equivalent of 3.5p per KWh (if I have calculated correctly).

Approximately.
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Bill Sikes;1222947 wrote: 24p per kWh for the first 125KWh per quarter.

10p per kWh for subsequent units.

Aproximately.



You pay the equivalent of 3.5p per KWh (if I have calculated correctly).

Approximately.


That's Hydro!

I had wondered :-)
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Bryn Mawr;1222960 wrote: That's Hydro!


It's very cheap, isn't it!
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Bill Sikes;1222963 wrote: It's very cheap, isn't it!


For sure - we couldn't generate it that cheaply.
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Bill Sikes;1222947 wrote: 24p per kWh for the first 125KWh per quarter.

10p per kWh for subsequent units.

Aproximately.



You pay the equivalent of 3.5p per KWh (if I have calculated correctly).

Approximately.




and your paying 24?



try this, as this is what it written on my bill:

600,000 KWH @5.700 cents/KWH--------------34.20

36.049 KWH @6.60 cents/KWH.............................. 2.38



not sure Bill why they have two, perhaps one is at peak times?
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Odie;1222968 wrote: and your paying 24?



try this, as this is what it written on my bill:

600,000 KWH @5.700 cents/KWH--------------34.20

36.049 KWH @6.60 cents/KWH.............................. 2.38



not sure Bill why they have two, perhaps one is at peak times?


I felt a bit faint there, thinking of 600,000 kWh....

Anyway, yes, 24 pence/kWh for the first 125 units per quarter. 10p a unit thereafter, so if your 636 unit bill was for a quarter, we'd pay, in the UK, £81.10p What's that in local currency?

I don't know why you have two figures, when one is for few units - maybe it's some sort of charge for the meter.
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Bill Sikes;1223047 wrote: I felt a bit faint there, thinking of 600,000 kWh....

Anyway, yes, 24 pence/kWh for the first 125 units per quarter. 10p a unit thereafter, so if your 636 unit bill was for a quarter, we'd pay, in the UK, £81.10p What's that in local currency?

I don't know why you have two figures, when one is for few units - maybe it's some sort of charge for the meter.


- your bills are sent out every 3 months.

-roughly 280.00 every three months in our currency.



-mine would have been cheaper.......240.00

but also, who knows really how much we each use everyday?
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Odie;1223078 wrote: but also, who knows really how much we each use everyday?


Your meter knows. Look at it, and find out!
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Bill Sikes;1223109 wrote: Your meter knows. Look at it, and find out!


The meter does know.

More than you realize.
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Bill Sikes;1223109 wrote: Your meter knows. Look at it, and find out!


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I meant you and I!
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Nomad;1223121 wrote: The meter does know.

More than you realize.


oh shutty!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl
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