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Free Electricity from 7pm to 11pm
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I have some results in from Direct Energy with the "free" nights program from 7pm to 11pm 7 nights a week.
They do supply an app to follow your use and to pay bills etc.
They quickly switched me over and this is the fastest switch over I have ever seen. Great!
I dig get lazy and did not go nuts on conservation as I am that way already.
I did not buy anything as everything listed, I already had. I did not wash and dry clothes etc. in the free time.
I probably should do that this month.
What I did do in the "free" time that I usually don't.
*Have 6 house lights on outside but are 10-watt LED
* One 10 watt in a separate garage on a timer
* Two 100-watt air purifiers with UV lights on full blast
* The bad......... Have two old Sun-Heat Infared heaters 1500 watts each set at max in the free time (like running 30–100-watt bulbs)
We have had single digit temps and mostly in the 20-30F mark.
The bonus- the forced air oil heat runs usually 3x and hour and oil is $3.25 a gallon here.
So, the heater runs once and hour in that time slot and often not at all. Those savings would not be figured in as
they are too varied.
* I did watch more tv because work was slower around the holidays. The TV is a very old large projection unit.
Other than this, things were as the usual.
No car charging or anything like that.
The bill was 35% less than last month $$$$ wise....
I have signed up my other house and my brother signed up his.
They do supply an app to follow your use and to pay bills etc.
They quickly switched me over and this is the fastest switch over I have ever seen. Great!
I dig get lazy and did not go nuts on conservation as I am that way already.
I did not buy anything as everything listed, I already had. I did not wash and dry clothes etc. in the free time.
I probably should do that this month.
What I did do in the "free" time that I usually don't.
*Have 6 house lights on outside but are 10-watt LED
* One 10 watt in a separate garage on a timer
* Two 100-watt air purifiers with UV lights on full blast
* The bad......... Have two old Sun-Heat Infared heaters 1500 watts each set at max in the free time (like running 30–100-watt bulbs)
We have had single digit temps and mostly in the 20-30F mark.
The bonus- the forced air oil heat runs usually 3x and hour and oil is $3.25 a gallon here.
So, the heater runs once and hour in that time slot and often not at all. Those savings would not be figured in as
they are too varied.
* I did watch more tv because work was slower around the holidays. The TV is a very old large projection unit.
Other than this, things were as the usual.
No car charging or anything like that.
The bill was 35% less than last month $$$$ wise....
I have signed up my other house and my brother signed up his.
Someone did. Just because a particular individual doesn't pay doesn't mean no one is paying.
Zee09
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How do you figure?
I have oil heat and I figured I would use these 12 year old unused heaters as a supplement only. But if I didn't have this deal I don't like using a 3000 watt heater combo...that is why I never used them except if a heater goes out etc.
Also I would never buy them again.
Too costly and too expensive to operate.
Buy two EcoFlow Delta Pro, their twinning adapter, and a "smart home panel" transfer switch for your house.
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Our electric provider (Cobb EMC - metro-Atlanta cooperative) is a corrupt mixed bag.
They got nailed screwing the owners (a.k.a. us) and now have to pay us back over a 25 year period.
They also have the highest monthly maintenance fees in the state. I pay $30 a month with my plan. Others pay $39. Given that Georgia Power was $10 a month until recently that's pretty much an insane mark-up.
However they do have the lowest rates and boy, do they brag about it to everyone while ignoring that bodyslam of a monthly maintenance fee.
We have a Mitsubishi i-MiEV that only requires a few hours of charging a day. I've calculated that the per mile cost is somewhere between 1.6 cents and 1.8 cents depending on who's driving. We drive it about 8,000 miles a year and will likely save about $1200 this year on fuel.
Our usage isn't particularly high even with an EV in our garage. Rarely does our bill ever get to be more than $100, and 10 years ago when the monthly fee was around $7 to $10 most of our monthly bills were in the $25 to $50 range.
I hate them though. Pure scum. If Georgia Power came knocking on my door with electric service I would light a match, throw it over my shoulder, and quickly walk away.
They got nailed screwing the owners (a.k.a. us) and now have to pay us back over a 25 year period.
They also have the highest monthly maintenance fees in the state. I pay $30 a month with my plan. Others pay $39. Given that Georgia Power was $10 a month until recently that's pretty much an insane mark-up.
However they do have the lowest rates and boy, do they brag about it to everyone while ignoring that bodyslam of a monthly maintenance fee.
We have a Mitsubishi i-MiEV that only requires a few hours of charging a day. I've calculated that the per mile cost is somewhere between 1.6 cents and 1.8 cents depending on who's driving. We drive it about 8,000 miles a year and will likely save about $1200 this year on fuel.
Our usage isn't particularly high even with an EV in our garage. Rarely does our bill ever get to be more than $100, and 10 years ago when the monthly fee was around $7 to $10 most of our monthly bills were in the $25 to $50 range.
I hate them though. Pure scum. If Georgia Power came knocking on my door with electric service I would light a match, throw it over my shoulder, and quickly walk away.
It’s unfortunate that even the cheapest new appliance disallows cave man “power on-off” timers
My old washer and dryer could easily fire right up as soon as it was time the new crap requires a bunch of button pushes, total fail
My old washer and dryer could easily fire right up as soon as it was time the new crap requires a bunch of button pushes, total fail
Purchased the DELTA Pro , portable 220 watt BiFacial solar panel and DELTA Pro smart extra battery . Used the PRO twice with Solar BiFacial Solar panel . The panel reached 250 watts , higher than stated 220 . First use was for fridge , table top PC and modem . 2nd only for fridge .
1st use . Powering ( fridge , etc. ) and unplugged to recharge with solar after power came on .
1st use . Powering ( fridge , etc. ) and unplugged to recharge with solar after power came on .
) , higher than 220 rating .
