Monthly power bills
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| 1 | What is the average monthly bill for a two person household using all electric appliances and heating? I know it will vary depending on appliances used, but I'm just after a ballpark figure. nanalu - 2021-08-15 19:37:00 |
| 2 | $300 to $600 with the heating if it keeps you warm ash4561 - 2021-08-15 19:45:00 |
| 3 | nanalu wrote: tweake - 2021-08-15 19:58:00 |
| 4 | nanalu wrote: $150 month, includes gas hot water, heat pump, dryer and the rest of appliances. gabbysnana - 2021-08-15 20:10:00 |
| 5 | Mid winter we're paying about $300 for 2 people, 3brm house. We have 2 heatpumps that are on more than 50% of the day, and a dehumidifier running 24/7. Plus the usual showers, washing, drying. Summer, maybe $180? lyl_guy - 2021-08-15 20:15:00 |
| 6 | In Southland four bedroom home at the moment $550 average, Less in the summer strathview - 2021-08-15 20:28:00 |
| 7 | Id say double summer account just with a heater and extra heating with the hot water cylinder. $150 summer $300 winter. $1000 if you have the whole house warm 24 hours. Edited by ash4561 at 8:47 pm, Sun 15 Aug ash4561 - 2021-08-15 20:45:00 |
| 8 | summer $170 winter $ 230. Auckland . mercury energy, plus every year mercury energy trust pays us $160 - $300 rebate, all customers. msigg - 2021-08-15 20:49:00 |
| 9 | gabbysnana wrote: How much for gas a month for hot water? ash4561 - 2021-08-15 21:27:00 |
| 10 | Last month's electricity bill for the two of us was $233. Two bedrooms, one heat pump, assorted appliances. Summer $159. We are with Contact. We don't have gas. zsazsa777 - 2021-08-16 00:26:00 |
| 11 | $200 plus megan109 - 2021-08-16 02:16:00 |
| 12 | 100-200 for a 5 bedroom mansion in Christchurch using heat pumps and resistance heaters in bedrooms for two adults two children. Our last one was $211 which is very unusual. One before that was $172. tygertung - 2021-08-16 08:07:00 |
| 13 | We've had heat pump on overnight (20) lately, turned off about 10, back on 4pm. lythande1 - 2021-08-16 08:33:00 |
| 14 | The kids live next door, family of four, gas is $60, power is $225, $90 of that is line charge. They run a 20kw ducted heat pump system 24/7. Have a baby so dryer and washing machine non stop. Gas hot water and cooking. gabbysnana - 2021-08-16 09:19:00 |
| 15 | ash4561 wrote: gas is under $50, use between 12 and 15 m3, lines charge us $40. gabbysnana - 2021-08-16 09:23:00 |
| 16 | tygertung wrote: You live in a mansion? Seems an unusual way to describe your home - is it an actual historical house that's called "Xxxx Mansion"? Do tell! lyl_guy - 2021-08-16 09:28:00 |
| 17 | One person lilyfield - 2021-08-16 12:04:00 |
| 18 | lyl_guy wrote:
No, it is just because it is real massive, maybe 180 or 200 m2, which I call it a mansion. tygertung - 2021-08-16 12:47:00 |
| 19 | tygertung wrote: Looks around at my 300m2 palace…. sparkychap - 2021-08-16 13:25:00 |
| 20 | sparkychap wrote:
Ahh yes, that certainly is a palace, do you have a maid for all the hoovering? 300m2 is a large area! tygertung - 2021-08-16 13:35:00 |
| 21 | sparkychap wrote:
My 5000m2 castle has a large open hearth to for heating. johnston - 2021-08-16 13:45:00 |
| 22 | johnston wrote: would you like to buy a bridge to go with that? I have one whose spans open. Sometimes they even stay open. sparkychap - 2021-08-16 14:07:00 |
| 23 | *Slinks away within my 96sqm “cottage”, hits wall, slinks in other direction* Edited by lyl_guy at 2:09 pm, Mon 16 Aug lyl_guy - 2021-08-16 14:09:00 |
| 24 | lyl_guy wrote: . sparkychap - 2021-08-16 14:21:00 |
| 25 | tygertung wrote:
That is not a huge house in my opinion korban - 2021-08-21 08:52:00 |
| 26 | Last year there was just the two of us, power bills ranged from $220 to $300 per month. stevo2 - 2021-08-21 10:09:00 |
| 27 | korban wrote:
Our last house was a 100 m2 state house so this one is very large in comparison. tygertung - 2021-08-21 11:32:00 |
| 28 | msigg wrote:
Could you explain what this means as I am Mercury and have never had a rebate? sally63 - 2021-08-21 11:37:00 |
| 29 | sally63 wrote: pauline999 - 2021-08-21 12:06:00 |
| 30 | lilyfield wrote:
me to, 42 - 55 bucks, and I get about $400 back pa with the rebate. and i'm not a scotsman Edited by gypsypom at 1:43 pm, Sat 21 Aug gypsypom - 2021-08-21 13:40:00 |
| 31 | Family of four - last one (using the heater) $129. When I lived alone in the trogedon - 2021-08-21 14:00:00 |
| 32 | Just me and the rusty dog, gas hot water and hob. About $70 in the summer and the last one was $123. I do use the heat pump over the colder months. It will be higher this month as I have been and will be home more during the day. I am with Power Shop but still get the Top Energy $200 annual credit. joanie04 - 2021-08-21 14:23:00 |
| 33 | $400 paid last night. Could reduce it by $52 for prompt payment rebate but take that amount as AirNZ$. That includes power and gas for 4 adults 300sqmtr two storey house. New Rinnai Evolve fire downstairs plus air conditioning heat pump. Around $270 during summer. Quite happy with that as always warm in winter and cool in summer. mowerman99 - 2021-08-21 16:01:00 |
| 34 | tygertung wrote:
Still not a mansion korban - 2021-08-21 16:11:00 |
| 35 | korban wrote:
It would be to an Afghan family. trogedon - 2021-08-21 17:17:00 |
| 36 | My power per month is $75-85 including water pump and fence unit and that's basically the same all year round, water heating is by a Marshall heater, house heating is wood fired, gas hob and oven. Edited by mrcat1 at 2:58 am, Sun 22 Aug mrcat1 - 2021-08-22 02:57:00 |
| 37 | trogedon wrote:
We are not talking about an Afghan family in this instance korban - 2021-08-22 07:49:00 |
| 38 | Ours is averaging about $350 a month this winter. Three people, 200 sq/m, one heat pump plus occasional use of oil column heaters in bedrooms. Seems really high to me. House needs more insulation and I'd like to look at double glazing retro fitting - hopefully that would help. sarahp24 - 2021-08-22 11:44:00 |
| 39 | ash4561 wrote:
wow, thats basically double mine, and I'm in the cold south island! wine-o-clock - 2021-08-22 11:48:00 |
| 40 | sarahp24 wrote:
Yes that seems very high. You can usually put more insulation in the roof yourself quite easily and cheaply. Do you leave your heatpump on all the time, or just when you are using the area? tygertung - 2021-08-22 12:36:00 |
| 41 | tygertung wrote:
Yes, he refers to as the wife. committed - 2021-08-22 14:00:00 |
| 42 | wine-o-clock wrote: I suspect the meter or transformer down the road is faulty. I have a heater on in one room only for a couple of hours at night. I saw in Australia on tv once where there power was $1000 and when the lines were upgraded out there gate if was only a couple of hundred. The numbers tick over on the meter and the cents per kw matches. ash4561 - 2021-08-22 22:23:00 |
| 43 | About 150 - 200. 2 adults, 2 brm house, heatpumps, water pump x2, spa pool, dryer. molly37 - 2021-08-23 06:19:00 |
| 44 | man, some of these power bills are low! 2 adults, 2 kids, heatpump running, 270sqm home. ours hovers around $500 a month in winter. We do have alot of appliances, including 2 fridge/freezers (I heard these were the worst for power consumption), and a 400l fish tank that runs 24/7 though.... phoenix22 - 2021-08-23 08:20:00 |
| 45 | And some are so high because people can afford to pay them lilyfield - 2021-08-23 08:31:00 |
| 46 | korban wrote:
It was an attempt at humour and timely re Taliban take over of Afghanistan. trogedon - 2021-08-23 11:18:00 |
| 47 | We are just on 300 a month in Auckland for a family of two adults and two young children / babies.... so lots of baths and warm washes and drier use. 330sqm modern house with ducted heat pumps. Its usually about 260 in summer with a fair bit of air con use and about 200 in shoulder seasons of late spring and early autumn where heating/cooling is near zilch. Edited by esprit at 3:04 pm, Mon 23 Aug esprit - 2021-08-23 15:03:00 |
| 48 | $160-$180 a month with wood fire heating and occasional heatpunp. I pay weekly with Contact and found my oven was the biggest guzzler on the power so now use the Airfryer most of the time. camper18 - 2021-08-23 15:10:00 |
