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Gliderman8 said:
Is that a manual coffee grinder attached to the cabinet to the left of the fridge?
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Yes it's an Enterprise with the original glass below, that is usually broken. Since this photo I put in new countertops and my wife now wants it gone.
 
Richard, don't know if cheap is the correct phrase.
The cost to run that fridge and icebox is probably 3 times what a new unit uses
 
Ah, but I doubt the ice box uses electricity!
 
DNK said:
Richard, don't know if cheap is the correct phrase.
The cost to run that fridge and icebox is probably 3 times what a new unit uses
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I don't know, last month our electric bill was $35, what was yours?
 
NutmegCT said:
Does that include the cost of the solar panels?
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Now you're getting technical
Don't remember when my Ebill was $35
Must be about 1981 when I lived in a 400 square foot house that was heated by a wood stove and I was paying .008 per KW
Considering I have a 3700 ft house now that is heated and cooled with juice and my KW charge is now 17X higher than than it was in 1981. If my Ebill cost was $35 with the usual basic facility charge of $10 that makes my net bill$25 at .14/KW means I would use 178 KWs for the month
Gads , I wish I could do that

Bet my ceiling fans use that much
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Appliances. UGH. I'm th' dishwasher here, the GE unit we have quit pumping about two years ago. Likely something stupid that I could fix but we generate so few dishes it doesn't really matter. And the dishes are CLEANER if I do 'em, anyway. The fridge is just over a year old, Mitsy got it in a local charity's silent auction for $200! Not a big unit but again, it's just th' two of us. One "benefit" is; it has no whizz-bang features. At the time of pickup of the 'fridge we were told we would also get a new range... no additional cost! Only thing I've an issue with is the range top is gloss black. A real bugger to keep clean! I do a LOT of the cooking with my Weber charcoal grill on the back porch.
 
Our E-bill hovers around $80/Mo. I consider that too high. As the incandescent bulbs konk out they are replaced with LED's, I've dimmers on most of the lighting in th' hovel and that has helped as well. The place has a full tree canopy so no direct sunlight. My roof lasts two-to-one compared to other places in th' hood. And th' central A/C died over a decade ago, haven't bothered to "upgrade" it. I'm in Florida ON PURPOSE. :devilgrin:
 
Our other oven.
Pizza oven.jpgPizza oven 2.jpg
 
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DNK said:
Now you're getting technical
Don't remember when my Ebill was $35
Must be about 1981 when I lived in a 400 square foot house that was heated by a wood stove and I was paying .008 per KW
Considering I have a 3700 ft house now that is heated and cooled with juice and my KW charge is now 17X higher than than it was in 1981. If my Ebill cost was $35 with the usual basic facility charge of $10 that makes my net bill$25 at .14/KW means I would use 178 KWs for the month
Gads , I wish I could do that

Bet my ceiling fans use that much
:encouragement:
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Since I seldom open the bills and had no idea I looked up our usage. In the last year we had a couple months at 200 KWH when we were gone all month and a high month of 600 KWH running the air.

That must be one big mother of a ceiling fan you have there.
 
Rich, what KW charge do you have in Iowa?
My lowest usage is usually spring and late fall when no A/C is on and it usually is in the 450 Kdub area.
Height it is about 2k I think.
I think I posted my usage in my solar diatribe.
We have 5 or 6 ceiling fans that run 24/7 when the A/C is on
My son is going to his ROTC camp next week and then a month in Germany to shadow a Lieutenant in a Calvary unit. Hopefully then my cost will come down as I can turn the upstairs unit up a bit so it won't come on as much
 
Thank you.

Was thinking this afternoon that it is a bit like a Pub conversation. Pulls in a lot of interesting info and topics.

I enjoy reading the threads in this section of the Forum. A place to sit and enjoy a coffee or adult beverage.

David
 
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