Manic
Retired Moderator
Hey everyone,
So with the recent eskom price increases my electricty bill is around R9000 a month, which is crazy. I've worked it out and my tank contributes around R500 a month if my heaters run 24h a day. This is for a house with 5 people living in it with hardly anything on during the day, 2 geysers and only gas cooking appliances. Obviously there is something wrong, so just wanted to find out what everyone else is paying a month.
I also found something very cool which I am picking up today. It is a wireless electricty monitor. It connects to your meter box outside and you get a lcd screen inside your house that runs on batteries. It tells you exactly how much electricty you are using at any given time and can plug into your computer to give you a minute by minute usage report for the last two years. It is also cheap at R660. Have a look here:
OWL | Wireless Electricity Monitor Designed To Save You Money
So with the recent eskom price increases my electricty bill is around R9000 a month, which is crazy. I've worked it out and my tank contributes around R500 a month if my heaters run 24h a day. This is for a house with 5 people living in it with hardly anything on during the day, 2 geysers and only gas cooking appliances. Obviously there is something wrong, so just wanted to find out what everyone else is paying a month.
I also found something very cool which I am picking up today. It is a wireless electricty monitor. It connects to your meter box outside and you get a lcd screen inside your house that runs on batteries. It tells you exactly how much electricty you are using at any given time and can plug into your computer to give you a minute by minute usage report for the last two years. It is also cheap at R660. Have a look here:
OWL | Wireless Electricity Monitor Designed To Save You Money