Electric bill spike?

 My electric for June was $49 over what it was for May and June was a mild
month for this part of the world (Texas) Rained 20 days straight. When I
started puzzling over what could have caused this increase, the only thing I
could come up with was a new toaster oven we had bought. This oven draws
1350 Watts .
Could that be the driver?

TIA
B

 

only if you're running a toast restaurant!

Check to see if your rates are indexed to some kind of energy supply price.

Otherwise, take the difference in KW between june and may, and divide it by
720 (number of hours in a month) and look for something (or combination of
somethings) that add up to that many watts.  Check fridge/freezer doors,
dehumidifiers, floodlights...

You're sure your AC/ heat pump isn't in?

Rained for 20 days ...  Is your sump pump working really hard?  If it rained
a lot, sump pump plus dehumidifier can add up quickly.

If you can't find anything obviously running by mistake, turn off stuff at
home (and unplug as needed) until your meter stops spinning. If you can't
stop the meter, you have something running you don't know about.  If you
find a mystery load, try opening circuit breakers until the meter stops to
help isolate... if that doens't work, call an electrician.

If i did the arithmetic right, you're looking for a ~~330 watt load running
24/7 (based on  $.15/kw total service (cost of elect + other fees) charge).

let us know what you find!

.max

 max wrote:

Actually it would be 454W.  ($49/mo * 1kWh/$0.15 * 1mo/0.720 Kh)

--
Phil

 wrote:


you are correct... i wonder how i arrived at my figure.  

Math is hard!

.max

 

Does the electric bill state that the meter was read for June or is an
estimated bill?

If you had your toaster oven on for an hour a day it would only use 40.5 KWH
in a month (about $6.00 @ 15 cents KWH).