I will not chime in because our weather is too perfect. My gas bill (H2O, furnace) does double this time of year (up to a staggering $58 a month), but I’ve dialed in APS and I’m on the $162 a month every month plan. I need a Mercedes and a house.
AZBob Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 24, 2022, at 8:25 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > My gas bill at the Flagstaff house is laughable. I don’t know why, but I’m > not complaining. Gas furnace, range, demand hot water heater, dryer. Last > month it was $82. That’s with 2-1/2 adults (the person living in the casita > uses the dryer, but heat is a mini-split.) > > The electric bill is another story, however. Since the mini-splits have been > added it has approached the $200 mark. I’m not sure I’m on a good rate plan, > though, either. APS has a bunch of different ones, and they don’t do a good > job allowing you to compare. It’s something I’ve been looking into. > > -D > >> On Dec 24, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> In typically winter weather here I don’t recall seeing a bill over 300 in >> one month during the coldest part of the year. It has seemed cheaper to me >> with a heat pump versus a regular AC and gas furnace. I would hate to see a >> gas bill in the winter now with natural gas prices way up like they are. I’m >> a big fan of heat pumps. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Dec 24, 2022, at 9:10 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> I meant to mention that the mini-splits I had installed at the Flagstaff >>> house are rated at above 90% efficiency down to -4F. We had single digit >>> temps there last week, so I checked in to make sure all was well and >>> everyone reported they were working fine and making plenty of heat. >>> >>> Can’t wait to see my electric bill. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Dec 24, 2022, at 10:07 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Right now it is finally up to 11. Supposed to get up to 25 today. Most of >>>> the day Thursday and all night it was anywhere from -1 to 2. Yesterday it >>>> was around 8 all day. We have a heat pump for heat and it actually did >>>> just fine maintaining 68-69 inside (programmable thermostat). Electric aux >>>> heat would kick on from time to time. I can’t say how long total it ran on >>>> aux heat but it was not constant. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>>> On Dec 24, 2022, at 8:42 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>>>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 19F here which is very unusual. My heating systems are struggling and >>>>> aren’t really keeping up so it is chilly in the manse. It was a two dog >>>>> night because I only have two dogs. >>>>> >>>>> Hahaha I just remembered too that 4yr ago today I woke up in the hospital >>>>> after having my broken leg fixed the evening before. A casualty of >>>>> Ultimate but that aspect of dumbassery has been relegated to the past. >>>>> >>>>> Y’all stay warm and enjoy the holiday weekend, Christmas, Festivus, >>>>> Kwaanzaa, Hanukkah, Solstice, Saturnalia, or whatever you celebrate. I >>>>> don’t think I’m going to be working on any cars today but will be >>>>> studying more how to get this M137 cam position sensor replaced later in >>>>> the week when it warms up again. >>>>> >>>>> —FT >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
