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[Ya-ta Boy]

The electric bill came today. I was a little concerned that it might break the bank. For 2 1/2 weeks of air con use, I only have to pay W13,000. I was so worried that I kept the temp at 26.

I think next month, when it really is hot, I'll run the thing 24/7 at about 18 degrees and wear mittens.

There is something weird about the electic bill. Last summer when I had the air con installed the electric man came by to tell me I was over the limit and I'd have to pay the higher rate. That amounted to only like W8,000 or something. Screwy.

[DrunkenMaster]

This should be a sticky.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'm lookin foward to my next elec bill. My last one was 11000 for about 8 days of heavy use. Didn't even change. In NZ we used to get $300 or more bills in winter when running the heat pump (reverse air con) in winter.

If it's going tpo cost 40000 to run the thing 12 hours a day so be it. I would happily pay double that.

[JongnoGuru]

Die thread, die!!

[mateomiguel]

My electricity and gas bills are so low I only pay them every 3 months, when they come visit and put a sticky note on my door. With late fees and penalties applied, my gas bill comes to about 5,000 won, and my electricity bill is maybe 40,000? Those late fees really add up I tell ya.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I had to stop my OP because the maid wanted to clean this room.

The other half of my story is that the winter gas bill is a killer. I was paying around W400,000 while being careful to turn the boiler off while I was at work, but the woman upstairs ran hers cranked 5 degrees higher than mine and didn't turn it off, day or night, till spring. She said she never paid more than W200,000.

I swear the meters in this building are all cross-wired or something.

[seoulsister]

I also found I saved a lot of money this year by leaving the gas on all the time. I think it uses a lot to power up. Something to consider.

Also, electrticity gets more expensive the more you use. If you are only using the basic appliances it should be inexpensive, but start adding the extras and watch it jump. I'm quite the power guzzler myself

[Are they the lemmings]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Having been to NZ, I can say that in the winter they turn their air cons around, blow the cold air outside and the heat from the motor is pumped into the homes.

[captain kirk]

I'm washing a load of laundry at the moment. The washer is going, 'woo woo, gallunk gallunk, woo woo'. Then, at the spin dry (after the rinse), it goes, 'wuzz wuzz wuzz walla walla walla wooooooooooooooooooooooo'. The long 'woo' lasts five minutes and is the cool, 'spinning centrifuge' part. I hate unloading the farking thing and hanging stuff to dry, so tedius and clammy, but there's no maid.

[Chris_Dixon]

[Ya-ta Boy]

[captain kirk]

[Hanson]

[cheeseface]