Saving 10% to 25% on the electric bill

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JakeH;2997118; said:
Looks like a big capacitor-style voltage regulator. Excess current gets stored in low-draw times (at night), then gets used when draw goes up. Motors should last longer running at constant voltage/amperage, instead of pulling more amps when voltage gets sucked up. Taking your house from a .77 PF to a .98, though? I think not. Maybe if you replaced ALL the wiring in your house, too. You lose power through inductance, resistance, capacitance & wire heating (a product of resistance). Getting .98PF in your house would require much more than a $200 box can provide. Your monthly bill should drop, though. Let us know how it goes!
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Will do! It's going in this month before the temps go up here in Phoenix
 
Egon;2997207; said:
A friend of mine just went solar (same company as this thread) $40K investment after all the tax cuts and rebates. He has $0 electric bill and he says it will only take him 8 years to break even???? That comes out to about $400 a month and change. I only pay $300 a month in the summer (Arizona) but he keeps his AC at 70 degrees and believes the electric cost are only going to go up in price pushing his break even point closer. Who has $40K sitting around? I can't even get a line of credit on my house right now lol!
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it wont cost me near that for the system i have the panels and converter already. the batteries are going to be the bigest cost for me
 
Egon;2997343; said:
Wow, well that sucks! Thanks for the info, now I'm not going to buy this..............but that's why I posted. It's good to get opinions.
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I have been researching ways to save on electric since I started building my 500 gallon indoor pond. It will be heated by 900watts of heaters and a pump that draws 150 watts.

I just bought one of those kill-a-watt devices to find out why my electric bill is $100 a month/500 KW. I think it's going to hurt when I fire up the pond in a week or two :(

Anyway...
HDTV,audio receiver, and sat tv box costs me around $20/mo.
45 gal tank $16/mo(1 rena xp2, small air pump, 1 200 watt heater)
90 gal tank $28/mo(xp3, xp2, (2) powerheads, (2)300watt heaters, 9w UV)

So with lights, the fridge, bedroom TV and the washing machine still to be measured I kinda see where the money goes.

Sad part is I calculated the phantom power of devices plugged in and not in use and I would only save about $8/mo pulling the plugs. Not really worth it to me.

This is an expensive hobby in more ways than one!!!:headbang2
 
I am going solar when I get a few days off in May. I already have the panels a customer owed me some cash when a job was finished and he had them in the boxes in his garage he apparently was getting foreclosed on.
 
Egon;2997207; said:
A friend of mine just went solar (same company as this thread) $40K investment after all the tax cuts and rebates. He has $0 electric bill and he says it will only take him 8 years to break even???? That comes out to about $400 a month and change. I only pay $300 a month in the summer (Arizona) but he keeps his AC at 70 degrees and believes the electric cost are only going to go up in price pushing his break even point closer. Who has $40K sitting around? I can't even get a line of credit on my house right now lol!
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My family has a 10kw solar system, $60k after rebates. Loan payment is smaller than the electrical bill was.
 
Can yall make enough power solar wise to sell some back to the electric company to help? Or is that even possible....
 
NOLAGT;2999043; said:
Can yall make enough power solar wise to sell some back to the electric company to help? Or is that even possible....
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My friend just did that at his warehouse. His solar cells make so much juice he sells it back to the utility company!!
 
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